Local funstore had this Ruger 4" 357 police Service Six. It was born in 1975 and spent the last 30 years in a leather holster, and looks like it. It is tight and the action is smooth for a Ruger. Less than $250 OTD..... May be my new carry gun as I am really appreciating the 357 revolver in these politically charged days.
Found a jewel in the rough
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Hammerhead
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Nice revolver, great price.
These days I'm glad I'm a revolver guy too.
These days I'm glad I'm a revolver guy too.
Hammerhead
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Anyone get the feeling that wheel guns are about to make a comeback?
Kreyzhorse
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Congratulations. That's a he'll of a deal on a nice gun.
Check your map, you are here in the Revolver Forum.
This audience already knows that revolvers NEVER left and don't need a comeback!
I'll always have a soft spot for a Security Six. First center fire handgun I had ever shot. Friend of the family was asked by my Mom to get me out for my first REAL shooting (many years of BB guns and air rifles, CO2 pistols) and we did rimfire rifles first, then a Ruger Single Six.
When the Security Six came out, I asked what caliber and he told me that it was .357 Magnum. I asked him to shoot it first, so I could observe. He declined.
He told me that it wasn't uncontrollable, that I'd be able to handle it and that he wasn't going to "demo" it for me to decide. I didn't have to shoot it if I didn't care to, he'd just take it back to the house. Or I could send 6 shots down range if I was curious.
I did and it was one of those moments in time, like a capsule, that you never forget.
Older than many of us surely were when we started-- I was 15 years old.bamaranger
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nice revolver
BAck in the 1980's, when auto's were just on the horizon as duty guns, I was told at FLETC that a fed organization (Border Patrol or Treasury maybe, maybe the academy staff) had shot the assorted K type frames (Colt, Smith, Ruger) till failure. The Rugers walked away with it.
I traded a Sec-6 and still regret it. (at least, for another Ruger, a B'hawkl)
BAck in the 1980's, when auto's were just on the horizon as duty guns, I was told at FLETC that a fed organization (Border Patrol or Treasury maybe, maybe the academy staff) had shot the assorted K type frames (Colt, Smith, Ruger) till failure. The Rugers walked away with it.
I traded a Sec-6 and still regret it. (at least, for another Ruger, a B'hawkl)
Congrats, IMO the Six Series is the best buy on the used market.Local funstore had this Ruger 4" 357 police Service Six. It was born in 1975 and spent the last 30 years in a leather holster, and looks like it. It is tight and the action is smooth for a Ruger. Less than $250 OTD..... May be my new carry gun as I am really appreciating the 357 revolver in these politically charged days.
I have the same one in stainless and it is my favorite revolver.
Ruger still has the the wood target grips on sale. That thing would look would look even sweeter with some new wooden shoes, but your current Pachs are probably more comfortable with the magnum loads.
http://shopruger.com/RLG-Security-Six-Grips/productinfo/19935/
warningshot
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Leather rust makes the bullets go faster in Ruger 1970s revolvers.
I was in the BP back then.
The Colts were literally falling apart, the Rugers needed work and shot out of time significantly faster than the Smiths, I forget the ratio but it was 5 or 10 to one. That was the GP100's though. The Rugers would lock up when ran hard, unlike the Smiths.
We still had guy's using Model 19 no dashes in 1996 when we went to 40's.
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