![]() ![]() ![]() So they were made from 1959-1962, had a serial range of 300000 to 340XXX, are marked "Ruger Single-Six, Win 22 RF MAG Cal" with 2 lines on the frame (left side), had hard rubber grips only as standard the first year but they added walnut the second, they have round loading gates and all of them have 6 1/2" barrels. The 22MAG Only SS's came out right after Win introduced the 22MAG, and were Cat. too much to list, but I have some serial number ranges. Very late in their production 4 5/8 and 9 1/2 barrels came along. Alloy frame 22LR only versions (called Lightweights) with alloy or steel cylinders, 4 5/8 barrels in tricolor (flatgates) and blue (roundgates) were also offered from 1956-1958, each version in its own serial range. In about 1957 the loading gates changed to a roundgate. Ruger did also offer stag and ivory grips from the start, and varnished walnut from 1955, all with black eagle logos as accessory items for them until about 1962 (stag), 1958 (ivory) and in 1960 walnut became the standard with the hard rubber grips changed to an accessory item. No RSS5, and were a steel frame/alloy XR-3 grip frame with a flat loading gate, checkered hard rubber grips, a drift fixed rear sight, with 5 1/2" barrels, and with "Ruger 22LR Single-Six" marked on the LS of the frame. Ruger Single-Six 22LR Only: The very first standard production SS's (starting in 1953) were all 22LR only, Cat. A generalization dug out of my data base FWIW (subject to speculation). ![]()
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