So yes, the BATFE does take serial numbers very seriously and you're not likely to find a "D" gun from recent production years. The "D" guns are considered quite rare and there are collectors who seek them. After the Gun Control Act was passed the gun companies had to devise a better system and that's the one we see today. And sometimes the same number was used more than once by mistake on the same model and when it was caught in manufacturing the "D" was added to the duplicate serial number gun. So you could have a Single Six with the same serial number as a Blackhawk. They didn't use the two or three digit prefix numbers that relate to different models like today, only the number itself. Before the Gun Control Act of 1969 manufacturers like Ruger were a lot more loosey-goosey with serial numbers and used the same number on different guns.
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