Found: GS-32P Mis-marked as a "Police Service Six"

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Terry T

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The nice ladies at Ruger records called it a "Speed Six" even though it's stamped "Police Service Six"!
Ser. No. 160-52289 shipped in May of 1985.

I think this is only the second mistamped GS-32P found. :D

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Great gun Terry! Its the third I've had reported with the other two being 161-85971 and 161-87823.
Its pretty interesting that yours is a 160- prefix gun.
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Chad,
Thanks!
I'm a little confused - your book mentions 159-93465 as a mismarked GS-32P but not the other two. So -- have we now found 4? :shock:

It joins it's sister, 159-87714, a mismarked GS-34H. :D

We've yet to find the reverse mismark - a GF- (Service Six) mismarked as a 'Speed Six". So far the error is always a GS- (Speed Six) mismarked as a 'Police Service Six" (except for one short barreled Security Six).
The error appears to be spread out over years of production and just in the stainless guns.
One might suggest that Ruger quality control might have let this kind of error out the door IF the gun was going to a police agency or police supply shop and refused the reverse error. I know that 159-87714 was sold by a shop that catered to police.

By the way, I'm working on getting my hands on 160-56306, a mismarked GS-34HP, one of the two mismarked San Francisco guns. :D
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Just to be clear --
We have found :
RDA-32
158-82925 (RENE 2nd ed.)

GS-32P
159-93465 (RENE 2nd ed.)
160-43636
160-52289
161-85971
161-87823

GS-32
160-04484 (RENE 2nd ed.)
160-37823

GS-34H
159-87714

GS-34HP
159-97761 (SFSO) (RENE 2nd ed.)
160-56309 (SFSO) (RENE 2nd ed.)

All except the RDA are Speed Sixes mismarked as Police Service Sixes.
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