Ruger Serial Number Look-up fails Polygraph Test!

[PapaDetail]

May not be the best place to post this, but figured collectors likely used this a lot.

So I have a SR1911 that the factory shipped to me directly via my local FFL. Too lazy to look up paperwork so used Ruger's serial number look up. Needed to get an idea of when it shipped as it has tritium sights that have exhausted themselves and no longer glow/illuminate. They are Novak sights provided by the factory to me. The older guns used a 0.215" front sight and if you use the newer 0.180" or 0.160" height sights you will have issues.

Using the serial number look up I got:

Didn't seem right so looked up my packing slip and it shipped on 12/04/2012!

Take what you get here with a grain of salt as something is rotten in Denmark!

Will eventually have to post pics of this gun as it has some minor odd features. This dates to when laser engraving was being developed at Prescott on the SR1911's and this has all the information machine engraved by a CNC. In addition it has unique wooded, one of a kind grips that were specifically produced for this gun.

Have new front and rear Novak sights ordered, and once installed will post pics of the gun.

 

[hittman]

Take what you get here with a grain of salt ….

Many of us have for years. RENE been consistently more accurate.

 

[contender]

"Many of us have for years. RENE been consistently more accurate."

Yes we have. BUT,,,,,,,,,, the RENE Guide stops at 2010. Stuff built after that isn't in the Guide.

 

[mr.deerstalker]

here's another classic, Old Model 45 Colt Black Hawks where made starting in 1970, with the first 500, last year of the black eagle. yet the web site says starting 1971. sooo...I guess my letters are all wrong.

 

[PapaDetail]

As the old adage related to computers and computer data says, "Garbage in - garbage out".

I think it may be how their program searches the older records and what it is looking at, not necessarily picking up the last ship date from Ruger. If they restart the Letters program, hope they don't rely on what ever this is looking at!

 

[hittman]

I almost guarantee if they restart Letters, there’ll be nothing manual about it!

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Have you tried contacting Ruger directly about this?

 

[chet15]

here's another classic, Old Model 45 Colt Black Hawks where made starting in 1970, with the first 500, last year of the black eagle. yet the web site says starting 1971. sooo...I guess my letters are all wrong.

Dads 45-00916 was also made in Decemer 1970.
chet15