Ruger Security Six Factory Repairs???

[oldhammy1]

I have a friend who would sell me his Ruger Security Six (4") for about $150. It works in single action, but not in double. I would like to pick it up, but don't know much about how to fix it. Another friend told me that if I send it in to Ruger, that they will fix it for free. Can anyone verify this for me? If so, I think I may have found a pretty good deal.

Hammy

 

[Wade]

I recently sent my 150-series Security Six to Ruger for repair - the cylinder had stopped cycling when the trigger was pulled or the hammer cocked. I included a note asking them to let me know how much the repairs would be. About 3 weeks later, I got it back with a list of the repairs completed, but no charges for the work. I was pleasantly surprised considering this is a 30+ year old revolver that is well past the warranty!

 

[highlander 5]

Ruger repair

I have had several Rugers rifles handguns and when I had a problem sent them back and they fixed the problem no questions asked +1000 on customer service

 

[Dienekes]

Your biggest bother will be the UPS/Fed Ex shipping. Otherwise you can't lose--it will be fixed right at minimal cost and that's the end of it. (I have sent a number of these in with no difficulty--great guns.)

 

[Confederate]

Just out of curiosity, is it blue or stainless? Is it single action by design or converted? I'd sure like to see the inside.

 

[p35]

Ruger always puts a statement in the manual that they don't have a warranty on their guns, but that's for liability reasons. In reality they stand behind their products 150%.

If you don't want it I do!

 

[dispatch]

Buy it. Soak it in paint thinner for a couple of hours. Put in the dishwasher. Spray it with ether (engine starter fluid). Spray it with Rem Oil.
If that doesn't work, then send it to Ruger.

 

[Sharps Shooter]

+1 what Dienekes said about shipping being a bother. I have a Ruger Security Six that I bought used several years ago. Whoever owned it before had done some kitchen table gunsmithing on it and it had problems similar to the one you're concidering buying. I got it for a very good price and didn't even test fire it. I just boxed it up and shipped it to Ruger along with a note explaining I had purchased the gun used, knowing it had problems, and expected no warranty. Three weeks later the gun came back in perfect condition - No Charge! It seems like it did cost me over $50.00 to ship the gun to Ruger in the first place though. UPS made me ship it "Overnight Express" or some damn thing. And when Ruger shipped it back, UPS made me drive into town to the main terminal to pick it up.

 

[oldhammy1]

Update

OK, I went over to his place and took a look at it. I was mistaken, and it turns out that it works only in double action. When I try to cock the hammer, it does not stay back in the cocked position, and then it does not come all the way down when you try to bring it down. If I then pull it all the way back, and pull the trigger, I can then let the hammer all the way down. I don't know if it is a trigger job gone wrong, or if it is just worn parts. Maybe someone with more knowledge than me would know. He really wants to get rid of it, so I might offer him $100 for it. That way, even if I need to spend $100 fixing it, I am still in good shape. Any advice?

 

[critter]

Yeah. Buy it!

 

[p35]

One nice thing about the Six series is that it's easy to take apart and reassemble with minimal tools. It would probably be worth disassembling it and soaking the parts in cleaner just to see what happens. This weekend I took one of mine apart and put PTFE dry-lube all over the internal parts. Amazing how that slicked up the action.

 

[fecmech]

Oldhammy--That may be a double action only revo. I think Ruger made some for some law enforcement agency or foreign country. I'd give Ruger a call and ask them if they made any DA only revo's and if so how they would handle converting back to an SA/DA revo. If they would'nt convert it you could be stuck with a DA only revo. Nick

 

[oldhammy1]

DAO??

Does anyone know the answer to the privious post. I thought all the security six's were double and single action, and the single six was single action only. I have to decide today, so any help would be appreciated.

 

[riverdog]

Going back two decades, a friend of mine took the Ruger gunsmithing course and wanted to take my Security Six to the course. It came back with a very nice double action pull and a "don't try this at home" single action pull; it will stay in SA as long as you bring the hammer back crisply and don't breath on the trigger. He also gave me the original internals back unsmithed if I didn't like it.

Reads to me like someone took a trigger job a bit too far on the S6 you are looking at and ended up with a DAO gun by default, not by design.

My $.02 -- buy the gun, call Ruger and get their opinion along with the shipping info, then ship it to Ruger via UPS/FEDEX overnight.

 

[Sharps Shooter]

"Oldhammy--That may be a double action only revo. I think Ruger made some for some law enforcement agency or foreign country."

"Does anyone know the answer to the privious post."

I don't think Ruger built DAO Security Sixes. It seems to me Ruger's DAO revolvers that were similar to Security Sixes were called either "Speed" Sixes or "Service" Sixes. As best as I can recall, they generally had shorter barrels and didn't have adjustable rear sights. It also seems to me like some of Rugers DAO revolvers that were similar to Security Sixes even had covered hammers.
But I've been wrong before. You might be better off to hop on over to the Ruger Forum and post your questions there.

www.rugerforum.com

 

[p35]

I think Ruger used to list DAO hammers for the Six series- they used to inclued a parts/price list with the owner's manual. Even then, it would be easy to file the single action notch off a Six series hammer and someone could have done it to this one. No way to say beyond taking it apart and knowing where to look. I perssonally wouldn't mind having a DAO Security Six, but that's just me. I've seen a bunch of factory DAO GP-100s- I think they were made for some Canadian agency originally.