Ruger Red Label Serial Number History

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I'm looking for a D.O.B. For a Ruger Red Label.20 gauge o/u shotgun I put a deposit on yesterday the serial is in the 400-06xxx range. Jul 2, 2017 - Ruger No.1 Serial Number History - Sturm, Ruger & Co. SR Precision Submachine MP Shotguns Red Label Gold Pistols Hawkeye series LC. The age of a Ruger Red Label by the serial number? Can you determine the age of a Ruger Red Label. Serial number, you can contact Ruger's Records.

Red Label Over-and-Under Shotgun
(Manufactured from 1978 to 1995)
Gauge: 20
Beginning Serial Number:Years of Production:
400-000011978
400-018531979
400-098521980
400-222351981
400-281121982
400-326901983
400-388201984
400-397491985
400-409241986
400-420271987
400-435211988
400-441821989
400-481771990
400-526071991
400-543661992
400-553231993
400-589311994
400-615341995

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.

Ruger does not necessarily 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, firearms may be stored for a length of time before they are shipped.

For details on your specific serial number you may contact our Service Department: 336-949-5200

For serial numbers manufactured prior to our electronic records, or for an official letter confirming the details on your firearm please download and mail in the Request for Letter of Authenticity form.

Trix box made easy. This is a discussion on The Red Label Family within the Ruger Shotguns forums, part of the Rifle & Shotgun Forum category; I posted a thread about our dove hunt yesterday up in the Hunting forum. Not much to report really - winds were blowing and the ..


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October 28th, 2012, 04:17 PM #1
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Location: Arizona
The Red Label Family
I posted a thread about our dove hunt yesterday up in the Hunting forum. Not much to report really - winds were blowing and the few doves we saw went screaming by laughing their tail feathers off at us. Cleaned up the guns today so I decided to take a few pictures. We do enjoy our Red labels!
My son's 20 ga.
My 12 ga.
My old 12 ga. (1985 serial number)
Detail of the wood on the old 12 ga. The older guns seem to have the nicest wood. The Pachmayr pad is pretty tired and there are many field scars. But she's a great old gun and a good shooter.
The Family Portrait
Wave

October 28th, 2012, 04:28 PM #2

Location: northern Wisconsin
Nice collection. A used Red Label is on my list - not right at the top - but definitely on my list. Thanks for the pics.
October 28th, 2012, 05:35 PM #3

Location: Loganport, Indiana, by way of Hohenwald, Tennessee, by way of Cocoa, Florida
I would love to have one of those in 28 ga....Robin
October 28th, 2012, 05:44 PM #4

Location: Montana
you had to go and do it, didn't you?!!!!! you had to post pics to make me salivate even more for one of those babies!
October 28th, 2012, 06:03 PM #5
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Location: Arizona
Originally Posted by arg0naut22
you had to go and do it, didn't you?!!!!! you had to post pics to make me salivate even more for one of those babies!
Easy arg0naut! There's a Red Label out there for you somewhere... Thought you might like to see a few pictures. You don't see many shotgun photos in the gallery forum. Not sure why that is.
Wave
October 28th, 2012, 06:40 PM #6

Location: Montana
Originally Posted by Waveform
Easy arg0naut! There's a Red Label out there for you somewhere... Thought you might like to see a few pictures. You don't see many shotgun photos in the gallery forum. Not sure why that is.
Wave
i DO love the pics-- it just makes me covet even more, though. yeah, that is weird that there aren't more pics. from a purely aesthetic point of view, shotguns should be held in higher regard. wood, finish, everything. i think of what i'd put up on the mantle for public viewing and it's always some iteration of shotgun.
October 29th, 2012, 02:18 AM #7
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Location: Arizona
Originally Posted by HAWKEN
I would love to have one of those in 28 ga....Robin
Robin, that's my secret wish list Red Label - 28 ga. engraved with an English stock.
And a Woodside..
And a English stocked Gold Label...
And...
October 29th, 2012, 04:46 AM #8
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Location: NH, USA.
That is a fine looking set of Red labels.
I have a 12 ga and it fits like it was custom built for me. I always felt the stainless version would be the perfect shotgun for waterfowl/turkey hunting and by the time I started looking for them Ruger had stopped production. Now they are tough to find locally. No way I'm laying out that kind of money to buy on an auction site.
October 29th, 2012, 05:33 AM #9
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Location: Arizona
Originally Posted by terry_p
That is a fine looking set of Red labels.
I have a 12 ga and it fits like it was custom built for me. I always felt the stainless version would be the perfect shotgun for waterfowl/turkey hunting and by the time I started looking for them Ruger had stopped production. Now they are tough to find locally. No way I'm laying out that kind of money to buy on an auction site.
Thanks Terry. I know what you mean about ponying up a lot of money on a gun just based on a description and some photos. I did acquire the 20 ga. that way but the seller was an individual, not a gun store/pawn shop/flipper and we talked about it before I got it. He told me he slightly exaggerated the flaws (it was 10 years old and had been used in the field) so the buyer wouldn't be disappointed and he was right - it was in better condition than it was described. And it was under $1K so we're not talking big money, certainly not big money in the shotgun world. My son is 11 and he handles it really well. It should last him the rest of his life (if he takes good care of it, as I remind him every time we shoot..)
Wave
October 29th, 2012, 05:49 AM #10

Location: Loganport, Indiana, by way of Hohenwald, Tennessee, by way of Cocoa, Florida
Waveform, I got to shoot one, and fell in love with it. It is light as a feather. (about 5 pounds), and points well. Recoil is minimal. This would be a perfect quail gun..Robin

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October 29th, 2012, 10:31 AM #11
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Location: Arizona
Originally Posted by HAWKEN
Waveform, I got to shoot one, and fell in love with it. It is light as a feather. (about 5 pounds), and points well. Recoil is minimal. This would be a perfect quail gun..Robin
I've handled and pointed a couple of 28 ga. Red Labels but not with the English stock. For some reason that's the way I want one. It just seems right to me somehow. They're out there but I haven't come across one with engraving. I don't know why I think I want the engraved version..but I do!
Wave
November 26th, 2012, 06:07 PM #12

Location: Centeral Wisconsin
Only have one and it is a 28 with 28' barrels and also have the Briley Ruger 410 bore tubes. Great little shotgun and I was lucky enough to find the 410 tubes. Hard to believe they dropped the O/U especialy the 28.
November 26th, 2012, 06:53 PM #13
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Location: NSW Australia.
That is an absolutely fine collection.
November 27th, 2012, 12:30 PM #14
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Location: Arizona
Originally Posted by popplecop
Only have one and it is a 28 with 28' barrels and also have the Briley Ruger 410 bore tubes. Great little shotgun and I was lucky enough to find the 410 tubes. Hard to believe they dropped the O/U especialy the 28.
Tis a sad thing for sure. Sounds like you have a nice 28. Rumors here on another thread suggested the RL may return but I'll believe it when I see it (and be happy too.)
Originally Posted by James6591
Thanks James. The 20 ga is my son's so one day it will leave the house with him. My Dad has a sweet English stock 20 ga RL so there's another one in the extended family.

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