Service Six Stainless

I
m looking at a Service Six 4" stainless steel .357 Magnum and the thing that has me curious is that it's got a bobbed hammer with friction grooves milled into the top of the hammer.

Factory or smith job? Anyone know?

Serial number? I'm wondering if some of those with factory bobbed hammers are the scarce NYPD guns ..... the s/n may help.

Is there a "star" or other mark on the crane to indicate and armorers approval?

I'll check with the owner on that.

If it's a .357 Mag it won't be a NYCPD gun. They only bought .38 Spl guns (even when they bought GP100's, they are all .38 spl). Probably not a factory job unless the owner sent it to Ruger to have them do it. Very possible the owner got a DAO hammer from Numrich and put it in (or had a gunsmith do it). A SA/DA bobbed hammer wouldn't have the cross hatching on the top (unless took the time to do it).

Pictures would tell us a lot more.

If a good price (under $450) then buy it or tell me where to buy it

Good call Ron ..... I forgot about the 357 vs. 38 thing!

Here is a factory hammer without spur for the Six Series as shown by Numrich:

http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Products/222680.htm

I bought one a while back from Numrich and it looks as pictured.

SN is 159-288xx

The serrations are only across the hammer.
He is looking for a local trade and I have what he is looking for.
Just waiting on him to get over his decision making disorder.
We shall see.

If the serrations are only going across the hammer, then it probably was a standard hammer that was bobbed and then the grooves cut. The Ruger DAO hammer was cut in a cross hatch pattern. Still, if the deal is worth it, go for it.

That s/n makes it a 1982 model.