So, you have a RSSMX and the box is correctly marked as RSSM. 22 RF markings, but still used the RSSMX designation with the serial number range of 800204 to 833094. 22 RF, the serial number range is 385453 to 497953. Then the end of the magnum marked ones, to where the convertibles were marked. There is a rarer variation in the later Type 3 that the serial number range is 375679 to 436269. The Type 3 Transition serial number range is 360361 to 375075. The Type 2 Transition serial number range is 359523 to 360456. The RSSMX (.22 marked frame, yet convertible, and a 6-1/2' bbl,) have a serial number range of 340177 to 359796 for the Type 1 Transition. There was an overlap of the serial numbers, with the Magnum only marked guns beginning at 30000m and ending at 398349. Only the SHIPPER would denote the 'X' for the convertible designation.
They first offered the Magnum only guns in 1959. 22 RF, they soon began offering the convertibles as well. 22 Rimfire Magnum only guns, they marked the frames as such.ĭue to the demands for a 'spare cylinder' in.
