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Manufactured from 1956 to 1962
44 Magnum (Instruction Manual)

Serial Year
1 1956
741 1957
5996 1958
14258 1959
22232 1960
26680 1961
28515 1962

LDB wrote: ↑Tue Aug 26, 2025 6:04 pm That is interesting. Maybe if you write Hodgdon you can find out more?

I am dropping them a letter in the mail this morning!

Got my letter from Ruger today. My recently acquired old model Blackhawk .30 Carbine was shipped in Jan of 1971 to Hodgdon! Raises more questions than it answers. I wonder if they used it for load development, or if they had a retail store, or what?

Pretty sure they have always been in the white cardboard boxes. I know when they first came out they where, as I was working in a gun shop when they came out. Can't say what they come in now.

If you can get a good used MK2 would be my vote. Ruger could have stopped with the MK2 and I would have been happy.

Not a big collection for some on here, but I am kinda proud of it.

Found this un-molested old model .30 Carbine today! I know it's not the right grips, but it actually had a set of Pachmeyer rubbers on it, so at least it looks better than it did. First .30 Carbine I have ever owned. It shoots like a ray gun.

Fantastic threesome!

arcticruger wrote: ↑Wed Aug 13, 2025 10:20 pm 2 digit Red Eagle complete with salt cod box and goodies.

Me too!

Bill Ward is the original drummer for Black Sabbath!