Bushmaster Serial Number List

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Disclaimer: This list is correct to the best of my knowledge, however, I accept absolutely no responsibility for the accuracy of this information or for the consequences and/or damages occurring from any inaccuracies. I have compiled this list for the purposes of sharing information only. This is not intended to be used in any way except for personal entertainment. It is a compilation of both personal information and information submitted from others from the Internet. ALL SERIAL NUMBERS SHOULD BE VERIFIED FROM THE MANUFACTURER PRIOR TO ANY PURCHASE OR ASSEMBLY. It should be noted that it is a felony to possess a Post-Ban (newly assembled after Sept 13, 1994) assault weapon.

If any information presented here is found to be incorrect or you have additional information to contribute, please contact me via E-Mail (hkusp40@midmaine.com) and I will update and re-issue the list.

Note: All items marked with a single asterisk (*) are taken from http://home1.gte.net/bblakley/ban/index.htm. The year/serial numbers under Colt SP series was forwarded to me by an individual whose return address I no longer have. Double asterisk (**) under Bushmaster, a person on the internet e-mailed me that he had a lower that was shipped stripped (thus not a complete rifle) in 1991 from Bushmaster with serial #0327XX - ALWAYS CALL TO VERIFY.

Advanced Armaments
No information - Apparently machined from bar stock aluminum, lowers are marked as M-15.

American Spirit Arms(Formerly 'Sun Valley Traders')
ALL lowers are Post-Ban. Began introduction of lowers and rifles in mid/late 1998. Noted as having good fit & finish. Also, reported to be manufactured by Lewis Machine & Tool.

Armalite/Eagle 800-336-0184
Slightly over S/N 30,000 was the Pre-Ban cut-off, call to verify.* (Some Eagle lowers below the 30,000 range were determined to be POST ban by BATF - call to verify) Armalite sells Eagle lowers, but sells factory complete rifles with Armalite lowers.

Bohica
Made stainless steel lowers, rumored to have also made AR-15 pistols. Lower marked M16-SA. This is NOT verifiable info as it came from the Internet. Out of Business.

Bushmaster 800-998-SWAT
Below L051000 - Assembled Pre-Ban Rifles and some pre-94 lowers.**
L051001-L063000 - Mixed Pre-Ban Assembled Rifles and Pre-Sept 94 Lowers (Call to verify)
L063001 and Up - Post-Ban

Century Arms
Lower marked CIA. All are Post-Ban. Made with Olympic Arms Receivers under contract.

Colt 800-962-COLT
CC001616 and Below - Pre-Ban
CH019500 and Below - Pre-Ban
GC018500 and Below - Pre-Ban
LH011326 and Below - Pre-Ban
MH086020 and Below - Pre-Ban
NL004800 and Below - Pre-Ban
SL027246 and Below - Pre-Ban
SP360200 and Below - Pre-Ban
1963 SP00001-SP00023**
1964 SP00101
1965 SP02501
1966 SP05600
1967 SP08250
1968 SP10750
1969 SP14000-SP14653
1970 SP15001-SP15473
1971 SP16001
1972 SP19401
1973 SP24201
1974 SP32601
1975 SP43801
1976 SP55301
1977 SP67651
1978 SP83400
ST038100 and Below - Pre-Ban
TA10100 and Below - Pre-Ban
BD000134 and Below - Pre-Ban (AR-15A3 Tactical Carbine - very rare model)
MT00001 and Above - Post-Ban
BK000001and Above - Post Ban (CAR-A3)
CST000001 and Above - Post-Ban (Began Late 1997 Production)
CMH000001 and Above - Post Ban
CCH010000 and Above - Post Ban MT6700, MT6700C and MT6700CH series, 1998 production

Dalphon (360) 427-6867
All are POST ban. Cast 356-T6 Aluminum, hardcoat anodized per mil-spec A-8625

DPMS 800-578-3767
Below 10300 - Pre-Ban.
Some or all lowers are cast. Black in color. Some lowers are Stainless Steel.

Eagle Arms 309-944-6939
Now called ArmaLite. They will not give out a list, but will look up on an individual basis. Lower receiver serial numbers DO NOT begin with EA.

Essential Arms
All are Pre-Ban as they went out of business in 1993. (DPMS bought them prior to the Ban) Call DPMS Lower receiver serial numbers begin with EA. Some or all lowers are cast. Light gray coloring. It is rumored that Ruger investment casted the lowers for Essential Arms.

Frankford Arsenal
All are pre-ban. As rumor has it, Olympic Arms produced the lowers for Frankford Arsenal Call Olympic Arms and then Frankford assembled the weapon. A2 configuration lower. Frankford Arsenal went out of business in 1987. (Info from RudolphoS@aol.com)

Hesse Arms
All AR-15's are post ban. Manufacturing began late 1997/early 1998.

J.L.M & Sons* (603) 425-1860
SC001 thru SC250 are Pre-Ban. All others are post ban.

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Knights Armament Co.
All AR-15's are post ban, very few AR-10's are pre-ban. No further info at this time.

Military Manufacturing (M2) (FAX 702-263-7875)
All were military/law enforcement only. Full auto lowers were standard, semi were optional. Lowers were machined form raw bar stock with improvements incorporated - 18deg magazine angle and square mag release. (See: http://www.m2corp.com/HOME.htm)

Nesard
See 'Sendra' below.

Olympic Arms 360-459-7940

  • 4-numbers only - very very old. Probably machined from bar stock.
  • 1-letter and 4# - older receiver, but forgings. (Some are newer, POST ban castings - call to verify.)
  • 2-letters & 4# - most receivers follow this pattern.
  • 2#, 2 letters, 4# - the first two #'s are year of manufacture of the lower.
  • 2 letters, 6# (separated 2 & 4 - e.g. SA 96 0000) - first 2 #'s are year of manufacture.
    • 'ICR' marked lowers are an European customer's overrun, has an unused additional hole - all ICR lowers are post ban.

    Olympic Arms Manufacturer's Notes:
    1. There were some odd variations and some custom serial numbers mixed in thru the years also. And, some receivers manufactured after the ban have the year stamp after the model name, not in the serial #. And if you don't see a year stamp on the receiver, it is not necessarily pre-ban.

    2. Serial numbers that end in 'D' were duplicates and one was changed using this letter.

    3. Recently some serial numbers have left with one or two letters followed by FIVE numbers. The last numbers are either 5's or 0's. 99.9% of these are post-ban.

    4. 'Older' does not always mean pre-ban as per Corey Sattler.

    5. 'BL' serial number series lowers are transitional with some pre and some post ban. If you have a 'BL' you'll have to call to verify for certain.

    Professional Ordinance
    All are post ban (including all of the pistols).

    PWA (360) 438-3983
    35222 and Below - Pre-Ban (Note:Some lowers are cast not forged. Out of business) Post-ban have a year prefix in the serial number. Rumored to have only sold lowers.

    Rocky Mountain Arms
    Producer of AR-15 type pistols.

    Sendra
    Post-ban receivers have a circle milled into the side of the magwell. They were originally bead-blasted to a non-glare finish. All others are pre-ban. (This is unverified info...) Also, they used to be NESARD. Rumored to have been owned by Dick Drasen (currently M&A Parts) and produced lowers only out of Barrington, Illinois. No complete guns were sold (again, unverified info).

    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

    Beginning Serial Number Approximate Production Years of Production Remarks
    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

    Bushmaster Serial Number Decoder

    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 Date

    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.