Ruger Police Service Six round butt?

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Blackwood

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A few years ago I was looking for a reliable .357 mag. Revolver in a managable size. A local gun shop had a second-hand 2 3/4 Ruger Police Service Six in stainless steel. It was like new and I bought it for 250 €. A while later I found in the Internet, that the grip of all pictured Ruger Police Service Six look different to that of mine. The grip was called round butt and it should be a Speed Six grip. The serial number shows 1985 as year of production. I heard that Ruger took Speed Six frames if they had not enough Police Service Six frames for large orders from Police departments and marked this frames with Police Service Six. Could that be possible? If yes, which department could have ordered this Revolver?
 

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It is known that Ruger had misstamped some Speed-Six frames as Police Service-Sixes. In fact on the Rugerforum.net there was one member who had the same Speed-Six as yours with the misstamped Police Service-Six frame designation. It is also possible that to fulfill police contracts that Ruger had mistamped these Speed-Six frames as Police Service-Sixes. In mint condition Speed-Sixes like this are collectible!:eek::)
 
If I remember correctly, I believe that Ruger offered the Service Six for a short time with both round and square butt frames before the introduction of the Speed Six. Perhaps yours is simply an early gun that predates the Speed Six designation.
 
Someone could have had a smith change it to RB configuration.

It is not hard.

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Notice my Security Six has a RB configuration. I HAD THAT DONE (and Eagle Secret Service stocks added.)

Deaf
 
Blackwood: Take the grips off of your Police Service Six and measure the thickness of the base of the grip frame vertically and if it measures 3/8" then you have a Speed-Six frame misstamped as a Police Service Six. The square butt Police Service Six and the Security-Six frame will measure 1/8" less.

Also, your Police Service Six was made in 1985 which is close to the last year of production for both the Police Service Six and the Speed Six which was 1988. So it is not an early gun.
 
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Blackwood:

There is no doubt about it. You have a Speed-Six that had been misstamped at the factory as a Police Service Six. I have seen two more of these recently and one of the owners had requested a letter from Ruger which had verified that his revolver was a Speed-Six misstamped as a Police Service Six identical to your gun. These Speed-Sixes are collectible.:eek::)
 
Your gun could have been shipped to Germany or else carried in by a prior owner etc.? Ruger also had several special contracts around the World for their "Six series" revolvers.:confused:

I recently heard of a long time Ruger collector having already collected 12 Speed-Sixes that were misstamped "Police Service-Six" like yours over the years!:eek:
 
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