This is intended to be a complete caliber list of all Ruger No. 1’s that were commercially produced. It does not include the “one of a kind” chamberings that have been made.
204 Ruger, 218 Bee, 22 Hornet, 222 Rem, 223, 22 PPC, 22-250 Rem, 220 Swift, 6mm PPC, 6mm Rem, 243 Win, 250 Savage, 257 Roberts, 25/06, 257 Weatherby, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5×55, 6.5 Rem Mag, 6.5-284 Norma, 264 Win Mag, 270 Win, 270 Weatherby, .275 Rigby, 280 Rem, 280 Ackley Improved, 284 Win, 7×57, 7mm Rem Mag, 7mm STW, 7mm/08, 30-06, 30/30, 30-40 Krag, 300 RCM, 300 H&H, 300 Weatherby, 300 Win Mag, 308 Win, 7.62×39, 303 British, 338 RCM, 338 Federal, 338 Win Mag, 35 Whelen, 357 Mag, 9.3×62, 9.3x74R, 375 H&H, 375 Ruger, 38-55 Win, 404 Jeffrey, 405 Win, 450/400 Nitro Express 3”, 416 Ruger, 416 Rem Mag, 416 Rigby, .44 Rem. Mag., 460 S&W, 45-70 Govt, 450 Bushmaster, 450 Marlin. 450 Nitro Express 3 1/4”, 458 Win Mag, 458 Lott, 475 Linebaugh, 475 Turnbull
The serial numbers listed, except for 1963, 1969, 1970, are the serial number at the first of the year. NOTE II: The 1969-1970 downturn (highlighted in purple) in production numbers is due to Colt withdrawing the AR-15 from the market temporarily to fix the 'hammer follow-down' issue (the gun could fire full-automatically - erratically - if. The following serial number information is for Remingtion firearms manufactured after 1921. Remingtons manufactured after 1921 have a code located on the left side of the barrel near the frame that identifies the year and month of manufacture. The following letters correspond to the months of the year, for example B=January, L= February and so on. Bushmaster Manufacture Date Serial Numbers Were Since serial numbers were not required until 1968, your firearm may not have a serial. If your firearm does have a serial number, if you will call or email us the serial number. Contact us by email or call us at 1-800-243-9700 Mon-Fri 9-5 EST.
Beginning Serial Number | Approximate Production | Years of Production | Remarks |
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1 | – | 1967 | #8437 was the highest serial number |
2231 | – | 1968 | non-prefix shipped May of 1972* |
5885 | 7500* | 1969 | #5290 was the last non-prefix rifle |
130-00001 | 1700 | 1970 | shipped January of 1975 |
130-01681 | 2200 | 1971 | |
130-03843 | 1000 | 1972 | From the J.D. Clayton Ruger No. 1 Book |
130-04859 | 300 | 1973 | From the J.D. Clayton Ruger No. 1 Book |
130-05203 | 7500 | 1974 | |
130-12779 | 4700 | 1975 | |
130-17490 | 23300 | 1976 | |
130-40795 | 28500 | 1977 | 130- prefix ended @ 130-49999 |
131-19270 | 27400 | 1978 | |
131-46676 | 8800 | 1979 | 131- prefix ended @ 131-54116 |
132-01360 | 5800 | 1980 | |
132-07159 | 18800 | 1981 | Ruger No.3's numbered in the No.1 series from 1980-1986 |
132-25986 | 8100 | 1982 | |
132-34077 | 4500 | 1983 | |
132-39043 | 15400 | 1984 | |
132-54434 | 18600 | 1985 | |
132-76167 | 3300 | 1987 | |
132-79519 | 3600 | 1988 | |
132-83110 | 3900 | 1989 | |
132-87029 | 6000 | 1990 | |
132-92985 | 2700 | 1991 | |
132-95719 | 3400 | 1992 | |
132-99165 | 13800 | 1993 | |
133-13007 | 9100 | 1994 | |
133-22067 | 7000 | 1995 | |
133-29051 | 7300 | 1996 | |
133-36393 | 10600 | 1997 | |
133-47014 | 7100 | 1998 | |
133-54089 | 15200 | 1999 | |
133-69291 | 8500 | 2000 | |
133-77839 | 11100 | 2001 | |
133-88974 | 3300 | 2002 | |
133-92276 | 7700 | 2003 | |
134-00011 | 7100 | 2004 | |
134-07100 | 8300 | 2005 | |
134-15411 | 3800 | 2006 | |
134-19170 | 3800 | 2007 | |
134-22930 | 2000 | 2008 | |
134-24861 | 2900 | 2009 | |
134-27798 | 4800 | 2010 | |
134-32639 | 3900 | 2011 | |
134-36488 | 600 | 2012 | |
134-37131 | 1200 | 2013 | |
134-38440 | 2900 | 2014 | |
134-41326 | 3700 | 2015 | |
134-45XXX | 3000 | 2016 | |
134-48XXX | – | 2017 |
The above chart shows the approximate first serial number shipped for the indicated year. This number should be used as a point of reference only. It is not necessarily the very first serial number shipped, but it can be used to determine the approximate year your Ruger firearm was shipped.
Bushmaster Serial Number List
Ruger does not produce firearms in serial number order. There are occasions when blocks of serial numbers have been manufactured out of sequence, sometimes years later. Also, within a model family the same serial number prefix may be used to produce a variety of different models, all in the same block of serial numbers. And in some cases, models may be stored for a length of time before they are shipped.