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Old 06-26-2017, 07:23 AM
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They're great revolvers. I much prefer their closer to K-frame size than the GP100. Pictured below is my 1978 6" Security Six.
As I said earlier, I owned a couple of "Six's" back in the day, but when they bought out the GP-100, I never even looked at one. Now you want to talk about an UGLY revolver?

I didn't buy another Ruger centerfire revolver until a few weeks ago when I bought an LCR 38. Which I'll admit will never win a beauty contest either, but it fills a niche.
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While I'm a real S&W fan, the Ruger Security Six, especially in the 4.0 inch barrel length is my absolute favorite center fire, medium bore revolver. I have two of them, a "pre-warning" series 150 (blued steel), and a series 151 (stainless steel) that was a former Puerto Rican "state" police turn in. No, their trigger pull is not as smooth as that on a S&W, but they are well built and reliable. Oddly, few people seem to realize that the speed loaders and holsters for a S&W K-frame also work on the Ruger Security Six revolvers.

Also, probably an apocryphal tale, but an old shooting buddy that allegedly had friends with Ruger's executive management team once told me that the "GP" in the GP-100's name stood for "Great, profit" which was what Bill Ruger was alleged to have said when he learned he would actually be able to make profit from the sale of this revolver, rather than the barely-break-even sales of the Security Six line of products. I always thought that if that story wasn't true, it was one that ought to be.

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While I'm a real S&W fan, the Ruger Security Six, especially in the 4.0 inch barrel length is my absolute favorite center fire, medium bore revolver. I have two of them, a "pre-warning" series 150 (blued steel), and a series 151 (stainless steel) that was a former Puerto Rican "state" police turn in.

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The pre-warning guns are getting harder to find, especially the blued ones. My 2.75-inch stainless one is pre-warning. I look at a lot of them online...and the first thing I look for is if they have the warning on the barrel. A lot of them are in great shape, but I just don't like that warning on the barrel.
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Old 06-26-2017, 08:40 AM
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I've owned four Security-Six revolvers and one Police Service-Six. They were all very good shooting, extremely well built guns. Several GP-100's worked their way into, then out of my collection too. Compared to the older Six series, the GP's ware and are a bit chunky and clunky. Accurate and tough, but when you have Smith & Wesson revolvers to compare them too, well

Anyhow, I kept the Police-Service Six .38 Special, a four inch stainless model form the mid 1980's because it has a really GOOD double action trigger. Better than any other DA Ruger I've ever shot. The gun was a former constable & private security guard's. I did a lot of wet sanding and polishing to bring the exterior back to a respectable finish, but the bore and chambers were perfect. The revolver is now one of our home defense stash.
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They still repair or replace the (defective Redhawk) guns if they break.
You are apparently correct and I have added a correction to my post (#28) above. Thanks to you and another member who PM'd me, I checked it out again and got a very different answer from Ruger CS. While there still is no recall, they said they were willing to look at my early 500-series gun free of charge. What happens after they check it out is not clear but it can't be any worse than the situation I'm in now. If appropriate, I'll post a separate thread on it at a later date.
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I saw a speed six short barrel at my favorite discount gun store, I intended to go up and check it out on Monday morning, the best time to haggle on used guns.Geoff
Locals in Jacksonville FL note the gun is at Shooters of Jacksonville. They want a very good price ($700) for it. I figured even if I haggled it wouldn't get into my budget range. Looked to be in excellent condition with no holster wear.

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Who notes that price point is new S&W 686+ territory on sale and 4th of July is rapidly approaching.
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Great Rugers on this thread. I've always "kinda" wanted a Security Six myself, but at current auction-site prices, I can buy another Model 15
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I while back I caught my LGS putting a security six in blue w/6" barrel in excellent condition in the used gun case for $199. It didn't stay there long not even a minute I grabbed it. She's growing roots in the safe ever since.
I have a police service six in 357 / 2 3/4" barrel sing 1976. What a quality built revolver.
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Love my Security Six. I bought it new in the 1970s, and it's been many miles by my side in that El Paso Saddlery holster. Not much blueing left on the old girl.
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I love the Security-Six, and Ruger revolvers in general. I was shooting those long before I was shooting S&W and Colt, and while I can see the obvious differences, I am still a big fan. I only own 2 at the moment, a SBH, and a SRH.

In 1979 I bought my second revolver, a blued, 4" SS. Brand new, for 177.50. I was 19 and had my dad buy it for me. With the right load, it would stand along side anything else. My first wife could almost out-shoot me with it, and when my dad went shooting with us, he admitted a few years later that after seeing her shoot he almost didn't want to.

About 12 years later I foolishly traded it away. It was an important lesson I learned, never trade away a gun that shoots that good.

The SS is on my "someday when I see another and the price is right" list!
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I know, I know, this is the S&W forum here . But I like my -6.'s .

Disclaimers - A full race S&W DA trigger is nicer than a full race Ruger DA trigger. But a well broken in, or lightly smoothed Ruger trigger is plenty darn good. ( Unlike DW, but that's a different conversation.)

The -6 square butt doesn't suit me as well as a K fr Square, but Ruger is still usable.

Speed Six grip fits Me better than Kfr Round butts.

The version of scuttebutt I heard, and makes sense to me :

The Security Six family was indeed profitable for Ruger. After the introduction of the GP100 , their feel was Security Six and GP100 were competing against each other, and cannibalizing their own sales. They also predicted that the Security Six owners/ potential buyers could successfully be sold GP100s instead.

The first may have been true, but the second was definitely not.

I will note, the 2.75 Speed Six remained catalogued at least a year after the rest were discontinued . Given their since cult status with Ruger guys, at least the snub Speed Six could have remained popular until the wind down of the Revolver Era without negatively effecting GP100 sales.
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"Impressed by its looks"??? Now that's a chin scratcher...
Ruger makes the ugliest guns on the market.
They do look somewhat blocky but that didn't bother me when I saw it 'in the metal', held, and shot it. And my other friend just bought a GP-100. It didn't look much different from my 686.

I like my S&Ws. I wouldn't mind having a Ruger now that I've got my 686 and J frames.
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You're forgetting that complex crane lock. That was a bit of genius. Not since the Triple Lock S&W have we seen such a crane lock.


The crane lock is probably cheaper to manufacture. Ruger was already using it on the Redhawk when they designed the GP.

I suspect the grip stud was also cheaper to make vs a steel grip frame.

I had sworn off Ruger DAs till I saw a local add offering to trade this jewel for a Glock. So I packed up a LEO trade in G22 and raced to make the swap:

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It went to the range with me today and I found the DA pull much better than any of the others I'd owned before.
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I would choose a Security-Six over a model 19 any day of the week.
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As a poor college kid I bought my Security Six the same day I was granted my pistol permit back in 1971. I really wanted a model 19, but the lower price of the Ruger was too tempting to pass up.

Today, with ample funds I own many revolver model 19's, 14's, 66's, 29's, 27's pre-27's, yada yada. I probably have twice as many S&W's as Rugers.

Guess what my most favorite is - yeah the SS.

Ugly is in the eyes of the beholder. Mine has custom made grips and it looks sharp. It truly shoots better than any revolver I own.
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I own only three of the Ruger Security Six series, but would gladly buy more.

My Police Service Six is my favorite.
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