I just bought mine in Febuary. It'd been at the dealers before all the gun ban stuff happened so I'm guessing it's a 2012 model. But who here bought one when they first came out? Is there a way to tell by the serial number who here has the oldest?
They all had a 490 prefix, according to info on the Ruger website. Have to go with the suffix. I bought mine used, but it had been shot very little. Made in 2008, first year.
22 Charger Pistol
Caliber: 22 LR
Beginning Serial Number: Years of Production:
490-00001 2008
490-30204 2009
490-38600 2010
490-39965 2011
490-41970 2012
I got mine a few days after Christmas (woohoo for giftcards!) for $175 out the door at Cabelas. My serial is 490-439xx and the safety check sticker on the box was June 4, 2012. Mine sat at Cabelas for 6 months, only to be happily adopted by me!
EDIT: I'd do unspeakable things to have the 490-00001 serial.
Build date on mine is 10-21-2008, still looks like a new one. That will change this week sometime when it gets a new barrel, birdcage, BX 25 X2, and an Archangel kit.
Hello back to ya RetiredSeabee. Now that we sorted them out by year, wondering how many are Stainless vs. Blued. Mine is Stainless w/ brown laminated stock.
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