RugerSociety.com

Just a heads up anyone looking for a couple of nice .357 Maximums. They're not a steal but good addition to any collection.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/892444937
Bennett

Saw those.....I think the price is a little high for a starting bid......granted, I like to see those kind of prices, but......they were probably manufactured in Jan-Feb of 1983.......you can tell by the Bar Code end labels they did not ship until much later......2004 to be exact......bar codes didn't come around at Ruger until sometime in the early to mid 90's I believe......Jack.

Since they were shipped late, do you suppose that pair was retro'd with new barrels having the squared off forcing cone?
Chet15

I would think that is possible, but.......I have a consecutive pair in the 11,000 range in the same boxes with same labels that shipped around the same date as well as a single gun that has inventory stickers up through 2005. I'll have to take a look at them. But this creates another question. Ruger supposedly change the forcing cone from 5* to 11* sometime during production.....or did they? And if the did, when during production? Or was it changed after production was stopped and in stock, completed guns were retrofitted? So many questions........so little time......Jack