

If you cannot find additional information, you may perform a web search on your firearm, or consult the various online forums with historical information.Īdditionally, we cannot appraise firearms, as this is against corporate policy, and we cannot physically inspect the firearm.

Therefore, firearms manufactured in the years prior were imported by third parties.

To do so, you may also click here.įor vintage Beretta firearms, circa mid-1977 and earlier, we do not maintain any official history, or technical specifications on firearms that we ourselves did not build or import. This is especially helpful for Italian imports. You can perform your own serial number search here.Īdditionally, you may search "Date of Manufacture" in the search block above for more information on our line of firearms. For firearms sold within the United States by Beretta USA Corp after 1988, information available is limited to make, model, caliber, and the year that the firearm was sold to a dealer or imported. age) on firearms built and sold by Beretta USA Corporation prior to 1988. We generally do not have historical data (e.g. If I give you the serial number, what can you tell me about the gun? Also, can you tell me its value?Ĭurrently, Beretta Italy, nor Beretta USA do not employ the services of a factory historian. And in some cases, firearms may be stored for a length of time before they are shipped.įor details on your specific serial number you may contact our Service Department: 33įor 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.Ĭopyright © 2016 by Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.I have a Beretta firearm. 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. There are occasions when blocks of serial numbers have been manufactured out of sequence, sometimes years later. Ruger does not necessarily produce firearms in serial number order. It can be used to determine the approximate year your Ruger firearm was It is not necessarily the very first serial number shipped, but This number should be used as a point of reference The above chart shows the approximate first serial number shipped for
