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older Ruger DA's - Speed Six, Service Six & Security Six

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Hey masterchief,

(I know what you mean about it being a little heavy.) I've got the same gun (tho in 95%+ condition). Do you find yours shoots much better with .357 ammo? My .38 reloads are only moderately accurate in the gun (they do great in my Colts and Smiths) - it could be I need to develop a new load for the Ruger. But the .357s! They are really outstanding from the Ruger. Is yours the same way?

I just wish the bullets were wider . . . . :D

By the way, here's another article with info on these fine revos:

http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0BTT/149_24/65910639/p1/article.jhtml

cheers, erich
 
Hi ERICH, I find that my Ruger is much more accurate using .357 Magnums. No particular favorite brand as long as it is factory stuff. I haven't had good luck shooting my gun range's reloads that they sell, the bullets are frequently pulled out of their casings and stop the cylinder from turning. Could just be sloppy reloads.
As far as firing .38Spl in a .357 magum, I just don't do it. I've heard too many stories about forcing cone problems when large quantities of .38's are shot through a .357. I know thousands of folks do it, I just don't think it's good for the gun. Just my opinion.
I really enjoyed the article that you included in your post. It just fortifies what I've known for years and that is that a good old Ruger is hard to beat.
Who ever owned my Security Six before me didn't believe in cleaning his guns. I had to take her completely apart and clean and lube every part of her. Also he must have shot lots of lead non-jacketed because I had a rough time getting all the lead out of the bore. But now after 25+ years and a little TLC, she's good as new and one of my favorite guns. I don't care who says what, my old Security Six has a trigger action that is far better than either of my Smiths and better than any that I have ever shot in the past. She's just a great old gun.
 
My '85 Police Service has a wonderful factory trigger. Even the S&W shooters say so. Just one of those things. Gotta be lucky and in the right place to find the good ones.

I can't hit much at 50 yards with high test magnums and a 4-inch barrel, but the old Federal Gold Medal Match(or whatever the boxes say) wadcutters are bullseye ammo in my gun.

John
 
I'm only good out to 50 FEET, at 67 years old, I can barely see a bulls eye at 50 YARDS, (LOL) but my Ruger is deadly accurate at 50 feet and that's all she needs to be in my opinion.
 
usnavymasterchief,

I'm more of a 10-25-yd-shooter myself, too (though I go out to 200 w/ the rifles). I just wanted to comment back on the weight issue of the 2 3/4" Security Sixes. Man, they seem fairly heavy, but I put mine in a Don Hume 710 belt slide yesterday and carried it all day with no trouble at all. It's funny, since the Ruger seems a whole lot more substantial than my K-frame Smiths. It's not as easy to carry as my Taurus 415 Ti .41 mag (not much is - the thing fits the same holster and weighs about 22 ounces, loaded), but it was amazingly comfortable.

Try a different holster and see if yours disappears for you the way mine did for me!

cheers, erich
 
The Ruger "_____-Six" DA's...

I bought a new, 4" blue .357 Speed-Six in 1981, and carried it on duty for a year or so. It just might be the best .357 I ever owned; smooth, just enough weight and it was regulated dead-on at 25 yards from the factory. The end of a beer can was ventilated at that distance if you could hold the sights on. But I succumbed to the siren song of whatever S&W was popular with coppers at the time, and the old Speed-Six got cut fom the herd. Dammit, I thought I'd always be able to get another one!

I also owned a few Secuity-Sixes over the years, but the Speed Six shot every bit as well and was a lot handier to carry. There is one thing I can say for these guns that sets them apart from anything Ruger has produced since- I never saw a bad one. I sure can't say that for the GP-100's.
 
A little small? The ones that were on my P-S-Six are tiny. I admit the Pachmayr Presentation grips I'm using are a fraction large, but they're a dream to shoot. I've been meaning to get something else for ten years, but what I have works so I guess I'll stick with 'em.

John
 
I have a Security-Six, it's my 'Car Gun'.
It says 'Made in the 200th Year of American Liberty' on the sideplate.
 
"Ruger's sales reps traveled the planet gleefully shot-putting the Security Sixes around police ranges and running over them with trucks."

That would explain what happened to mine before I had it fixed up :D
 
Security six

The PA State Police used Ruger Security Six's in stainless (6") for some time in the 1980's before the switch to autos. I think they were the last revolvers used by the Staties.

I owned a 6" blue 150 type and a 4" stainless 151 type and enjoyed them both. I'm looking at a 4" blue Speed Six now and it's really calling me. I would be using it as my old-age (57) winter carry gun.

Mark:cool:
 
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This is my $175 Police Service Six 357mag/38spec. , Auxillary Police trade-in.

I don't know the manufacture date, it came with the grips you see on it. The gunshop I patronize got five of these in, store employees bought four of them - I just showed up at the right time:D
 
I have a Ruger .357 magnum Speed Six with 2 3/4" barrel and stainless steel finish. Custom touches are polished finish, lime green front sight insert, walnut fingergroove grips, and a smooth 8-lb. double action trigger pull. I have replaced the custom grips with stock ones to make the grip as small as possible. I like this revolver every bit as much as a Smith & Wesson "K'" frame such as a model 65. I feel this gun is a good choice for a person with small hands because the grip frame is not too big and the trigger finger reach is a little shorter than Smith & Wesson "K" frame. I paid $250-$260, which included shipping and transfer.
 
I like the fully sculpted extractor rod on the Security series. The rod on the GP-100 and SP-101 is a headless affair that seems to be made in two or more pieces, and it slops around loosely in most guns.

However, just last week, I turned down a six-inch SS, partly because the rod had loosened, tying up the gun until tightened. S&W corrected this problem by reversing the thread direction on their guns about 1960-61. Ruger should have picked up on that.

I will probably keep looking until I find a perfect Security-Six in stainless. If the extractor rod loosens, I may be able to use LocTite on it.

The six-inch model, in particular, is a very handy outdoors gun, quite effective in its combination of weight to power. Same is true of the S&W M19/66, of course.

Lone Star
 
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Police trade in I picked up for $150.00. Grips are Eagle SS rosewood. Inlay is silver medallion I put in myself.
The Speed Six is probably the best balance of heft (weight) and durability to balance that Ruger ever made. Having said that the SP101 is easier to conceal and the GP series is stronger. But the Six series triggers are easier to clean up and lighten.
 
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