Mixed Nuts
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Assuming the same caliber, are the moving parts in the three Ruger revolvers - Security, Speed, and Service Six, - all interchangeable?
Yes.....they should be. Look at Numrich Arms parts diagrams....same part numbers only changing due to stainless or blued. I don't recall Ruger ever offering a DAO version but of course that would have different lockwork.
I have two police service sixes, For that very reason
Quick note. The Six Series were available DA only. But the DAO hammer is the only difference and should interchange reasonably readily between guns.
NYPD used DAO Police Service Sixes.
All three were available in .38 Special and .357 Magnum. But the cylinders should interchange. They just may not match the markings on the barrel.
Before the DAO Police Service Six, the NYPD did use standard blued Service Six with a hammer.
Quick note. The Six Series were available DA only. But the DAO hammer is the only difference and should interchange reasonably readily between guns.
NYPD used DAO Police Service Sixes.
All three were available in .38 Special and .357 Magnum. But the cylinders should interchange. They just may not match the markings on the barrel.
That had to an extremely short run. I’ve never seen one of those! Must have been at the very end of the S&W Model 10 era and just before the dao 64. Ever handled one?
That had to an extremely short run. I’ve never seen one of those! Must have been at the very end of the S&W Model 10 era and just before the dao 64. Ever handled one?
Don't know how long a run it was, but it wasn't short. Check out this article from the NY Times. The NYPD has offically phased out the .38 duty weapon. As of 8/30/18, they are no longer authorized. That's a blued Service Six in a Jay Pee swivel holster.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/nyregion/new-york-police-revolver.html
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In general, the blues Six Series Rugers were fairly short lived compared to the Model 10. When the NYPD went with the DAO Model 64, the Ruger Service Six in stainless was authorized and, was DAO.
Honestly, there weren’t that many Ruger stainless Sixes used. I’m guessing the blues version was more scarce.
As a side note, all issued Service Sixes were stamped with a Star in the yoke at the NYPD range once the were checked out for carry.
View attachment 794428 Everything you say is true.
But, at the time, Colt and Smith dominated the revolver market and many, me included, really didn’t give the Ruger a fair shake.
Remember the Hamburger ads between Smith and Ruger during the GP100 vs S&W L frames debate?
You saw it earlier than many. I now have a Speed Six and a Service Six.
Just great guns.