The actions were not number matched to the life members but sold on a first come got the lower number.  I am life member 82 and have action number 34.

Det

I looked into thins a few years back and communicated with the Assra Treasurer who was in office at that time. As he recalled it; when the actions were made available Life Members were given first crack at the number that matched their life member ship number for a limited time.  Some took advantage of that, most did not. Many/most were more oriented to "original" actions (which were more commonly available back then). I was told that only a couple dozen went to life-members on the first go-round.
Remember that the Ruger Single shot was designed and marketed by Bill Ruger as an English-style hunting rifle rather than as a schuetzen-style target rifle.
After the life member had their chance, the remaining actions were offered on a first-come first-serve basis to the general membership.  Almost all were sold on that basis.  the remaining dozen or so were purchased by one member who gradually sold them off.

After the actions were sold the members were sent a list of the buyers, it was a sheet inserted into a newsletter.  May still have it here in the files.

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