Ruger counters mats

[fishhuntnut]

Picked these up recently. Don’t know what year they are from… any guesses?

[arcticruger]

Those are nice!

[Coogs]

look in the bottom corners, there may be a manufacturing code that includes the year, maybe even month/year. like 1385 could be 1985, 13, the week oy the year, 9213 1992, i think ya get my drift...

[67stingray]

I've got a set of 5 of them, never really researched. They don't have any date codes on them, I got out the catalogs and they line up with Ruger's offerings in 1997. The ones I have are: Bolt-Action Rifles, Double-Action Revolvers, Rimfire Pistols, Centerfire Pistols and New Model Single-Action Revolvers.
Bennett

[fishhuntnut]

Ugh, now I am on the hunt for more. . Anyone know how many variants were produced?

[67stingray]

As far as I know there was only five, another one could show up and prove me wrong.
Bennett

[Brass Frame]

How about the two tone colored counter mats from the late 1950s. Black on one side and red on the other with the "correct" logo?
Brass Frame/Lee

[67stingray]

Yes there are other counter mats, I believe there was only 5 to that series. Lee, the one you're talking about is in the pic below - the top two pics are of each side. Also a pic of another version of Double-Action Revolvers.
Bennett