![]() I'll try Single Shot's question on the "rare" category here are a few examples of what I think are rare rifles. But I'd still bet on the low hundreds in all. With Ruger records being incomplete as they are, we will never know for sure and everyone's guess is as good as anyone else's. IF - and this is just speculation - the #1vs in 7mm RM were being made at a similar rate to the early production pattern, under two hundred of them would have been shipped. A little over 90,000 serial #s were assinged to #1s, with over two thirds assinged in the 1976-78 period. To get a sense of overall rough proportions I took a quick look at the span of serial numbers assigned to all new #1s in the decade from 1969 when the non pre-fixes ended and 1979. Consider the low demand for the caliber/model combination,the overall low production runs of #1s in general, and the fact that production of this model ended in the late 70s! I seriously doubt that "thousands" of 1Vs in 7mm RM were made after that. (The publication by the way puts them in the "rare" category.) A total of 8,427 non-prefix serials numbers were assigned to all the early #1s, which means the #1V in 7mm RM represented at best. The book said only 40 non pre-fix Vs in that caliber were made up to 1969. ![]() I found my Red Eagle Newsletter reference materials but the precise stats on production of the #1V in 7mm RM only cover the early non pre-fix production. ![]()
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