The box is a generic Charter Arms box with a sticker on one flap with 'Charter 2 38 SPL' and the serial number printed on it. Gator's Saco Mark XIX, for example, is MR008417. I have a 357Mag Mark I and its in the 40000, Mines in the 13XXX range but I'm the original owner since I bought it new 1986.Have YOU forgotten?.9/11. 50AE was a prototype, as you might well expect. Today, the pistols are manufactured using all American components. After they switched back to IMI they continued with them but dropped the MRI prefix.Have YOU forgotten?.9/11. I'm thinking MRI started with these long numbers when they were made in the U.S.
