Ruger Security-Six .357 Magnum...Should it be retired?

Ruger Security-Six .357 Magnum...Should it be retired?
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Southern Shooter..

NO.

Use it. Life is short and I'm sure your daughter can pack that gun for a century and it still will be a fine shooter.

Oh, and I have the 4 incher, 2 3/4 incher, two Speed Six's, GP-100, SP-100... and yea the Security Six will do find and dandy.

And $390 plus tax? That ain't much more than a Kel-Tec .380!!

Again, if the gun is serviceable, use it and don't worry about parts.

Deaf
 
Side Note: Ruger Police Service-Six

This afternoon, I put a few .38 Special handloads down the Service-Six barrel (162 grain SWC on top of 3.5 grains of Bullseye). It was a real sweet feel. It felt like a .22 revolver in my hands. Ergonomically, these guns, the Ruger Six Series, work for me. I can't wait to load up some mild .357 Magnums.
 
I'd just prefer something else that could be easily replaced in the event an unexpected incident came up for this use.
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I would agree with this point of view if the gun in question were a Webley-Fosbery or a 45 ACP Luger or something truly irreplaceable. But it's not, it's a Security Six. Thousands of them were made and there are 27 of them under $500 listed on Gunbroker right now.

Take it out and shoot it.
 
Ruger Security-Six .357 Magnum...Should it be retired?

My daughter spends a lot of time in the mountains of Utah and wanted a gun to carry while she was out hiking and/or camping. ...

I have an early 1980's production Ruger Security-Six .357 Magnum with a 4" barrel, a Hogue monogrip, nice trigger pull, that has perfect timing and rock solid lock-up, and fits her hand. ...

I have been catching a little flack from friends who say that because the Security-Six parts are near impossible to get that I should get her a more recent production gun like the SP101 .357 Magnum with a 4" barrel. Then if something happens to the gun it can more easily be repaired.

Any thoughts on this?
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Fits her hand, she can shoot it well & the gun is still in serviceable, functioning condition?

What's the problem? (Other than "flack" from "friends"?)

It's not like the Security/Service?Speed-Six guns are collector's items, after all. They were simply decently rugged DA revolvers built on a medium-size frame. handy, light, easily portable and usually capable of exhibiting acceptable "service accuracy" under normal conditions.

I foolishly let a fair number of older Security/Speed-Sixes slip through my hands as a young man. Early & subsequent versions - Blued & stainless - 2 3/4", 4" & 6" barrels, etc.

I only have a stainless Service-Six 4" HB model remaining in my safe. I had the grip frame re-shaped to round butt, and let MagNaPort port it and do a duty-type tune (although I kept the factory main spring in the gun, since I carried it as an off-duty weapon and needed to know it would ignite primers). Great Magnum revolver.

I also have a SP101DAO 2.25" gun, and the only reason I started carrying it, instead of the Service-Six, is because of its smaller overall size & lighter weight. If I were still wandering the "backwoods" as much as I did as a younger man, I'd again not mind carrying a "medium-bore" .357 Magnum for light duty defense needs (I also carried one or another .41 or .44 Magnum, or a handloaded Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt, in earlier days for those times when I felt it prudent to carry a large-bore revolver).

I was looking for a 3" standard DA SP101 when I had to accept buying the 2.25" DAO model, and I'd still think a 5-shot 3" SP101 would be a handy backwoods belt gun for light duty needs.

I haven't been a reloader for going on 30 years. Mostly because it was a hobby I shared with my dad, and also because once I became a cop I couldn't carry other than new factory ammo made by one of the major American ammo companies.

My first stainless Security-Six 4" (just after they were introduced) saw a LOT of our older handloads, though, up until the time I got hired and started carrying it as an off-duty weapon. I had a friend who carried his 6" stainless Security-Six back in the days when the CHP (CA) issued revolvers and authorized personally-owned revolvers.

Did I mention I really wished I'd kept all those Security/Speed-Sixes I let slip through my hands? :mad:
 
The Security 6 is a well made revolver that was made to be shot. I bought one in 1977 and still have it and it is for some reason my favorite gun to shoot . I don't know why but it is. I'll shoot mine until it is worn out.
 
tough

I've posted before that in a side by side, shoot to failure test done at FLETC in the mid (?) 80's that the walkaway winner was the Security Six.

I seriously doubt that anybody will shoot your revolver enough, with any reasonable load, to do it any harm.

I had one, a very early production model, and like a stooge, traded it.....for another Ruger...........a Blackhawk. We'd gone to auto pistols as a duty gun and I saw no need for a DA revolver and was itching for a single action.
 
Those are fine revolvers

Should give a lifetime of service. Ruger ought to be able to fix any problems that arise in the future for her. Their customer service is top notch.
 
Here are two of mine. A 66-1 S&W and Ruger Security Six that I converted to be a round butt like the S&W. Both with Eagle Secret Service grips.

Now days they ask stupid prices for the S&Ws. Mine has pinned and recessed chambers and that makes it hard for me to go play with it due to collectors value.

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Love 'em both but as you can see the Ruger IS a stronger piece. I'd use that in the field if I didn't also have a GP-100 3 inch, my 'Canadian' revolver.

Deaf
 
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