Ruger Standard, red eagle
Official wording
Ruger, Standard Auto with red eagle, pistol with S/Ns 1 - 25000.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with red eagle, pistol”
- ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “with S/Ns 1 - 25000”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1949–1951.
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 14 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Sturm, Ruger & Co.” ↗, country: Wikipedia: "an American firearm manufacturing company", founded 1949 in Southport, Connecticut
- 2. Wikipedia, “Ruger Standard” ↗, action: Wikipedia: "a rimfire semi-automatic pistol introduced in 1949"
- 3. ruger.com ↗, calibers: Ruger serial history, Standard & Mark I: "Caliber: 22 LR"
- 4. ruger.com ↗, years: Ruger serial history, Standard: S/N 1 = 1949, 2416 = 1950, 11597 = 1951, 32905 = 1952; S/Ns 1–25000 = 1949–1951
- 5. Wikipedia, “Ruger Standard” ↗, years: Wikipedia: after Alex Sturm died in November 1951 the eagle emblem was changed from red to black on future production
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- None
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Ruger Standard Pistol wood grips.jpg” by Faceless Enemy, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Ruger Standard”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Ruger Standard Model is a rimfire semi-automatic pistol introduced in 1949 as the first product manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Co., and was the founding member of a product line of .22 Long Rifle cartridge handguns, including its later iterations: the MK II, MK III, and MK IV. It is marketed as an inexpensive .22 caliber rimfire intended for casual sport and target shooting, and plinking. Designed by company founder William B. Ruger, the Standard model and its variants are the most sold .22 caliber semi-automatic pistols ever produced.