From an email with the guys at PTR:
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Subject: Serial range for paddle release
From: Zero (zero@commanderzero.com)
Date: Sun, April 10, 2016 2:39 am
To: “Info@ptr91.com” <Info@ptr91.com>
As a dealer, I’d rather get the newer models of PTR with the paddle release. When I call my vendor (RSR, CDNN, etc.) I can’t really ask them to look in the box and see if it has the paddle release or not. Is there a serial cutoff on the GI Model for the paddle introduction…something where I can ask the sales rep to check the serial # and know that way?
Reply:
Thanks for getting in touch with us.Due to us not always building our guns in sequential order, there is no way to know if a gun will have a paddle mag release by the serial number.The best way to tell if a gun has a paddle mag release or not is to go off of the model number (when we started offering the paddle magazine releases and new 5/8×24″ threading, we changed the model numbers for all of our products). Models with the paddle mag release and new 5/8×24″ threading will have models numbers starting with “PTR”, which will be followed by 3 digits (old models without the paddle mag release will have 6 digit model numbers in the following format “915XXX” for standard models, or “900XXX” for CA compliant models). For instance, the model number of a G.I. with the paddle mag release will be PTR100. The model number of a G.I. R with the paddle mag release will be PTR101.I hope this helps.Best Regards,
Chris PetersenCustomer Service Manager
PTR Industries
101 Cool Springs Dr. | Aynor, SC 29511
Tel: 843.358.2222 | Fax: 843.358.2223
sales@ptr91.com | www.ptr91.com
