Thanks Ron, I'll keep it in mind.
A few weeks ago, my Buddy and I were at the Oaks show. He'd mentioned that he'd met up with this seller at the Allentown show that had a very nice Security Six and a S&W 915.
I'd toyed with the idea of a 4" DA revolver and have said for a while that I'd keep an eye out for a Security Six. I like them and the GP100s, but figured that the Six would be more of a novelty since they're not as common as the GPs.
Well, this guy, Dickinson was at the show and he still had the 915 and the Security Six. As my buddy wants a 6" more than a 4" (already has a 4" GP100), he went for the 915.
So, the Six...the absolute only blemish is a tiny bit of wear near the muzzle. Everything else on this gun is *pristine*. A veritable safe queen. I walked away because the price was a bit more than I wanted to spend and more than I thought they were going for...even if it was in perfect condition.
I walked away, but it kinda stayed with me. My buddy kept kidding me about it.
So, on Saturday, my buddy texts me and says that he's going to Leesport Gun Show, up near Hamburg. He thinks Dick does that show and we'd see if he had the "country price" on it (as opposed to the higher, "city price"), or would be willing to deal.
Well, not sure if you've made the trip to the Leesport show, but it's about 50 tables, if that. We got there and there were so few cars in the lot, we thought we were in the wrong place...we went in and there were maybe 20 people walking around.
I guess he saw that as the potential to make no sales, because between the customer wasteland and my buddy's being a repeat customer of his, Dick dropped the price quite a bit and I signed on the line.
It wasn't until I saw a thread on the other Ruger forum about the early Security Sixes that keyed me in. I'd remembered my S/N started with 150- and then looked up the number. According to Ruger's site, it's about 500 guns into the 1973 run (150-358xx).
Here's another photo. The gun's actual color is much better, but appears washed out since I had to adjust the light settings.
Otherwise, I really don't know too much about them. This is truly a case of the blind squirrel finding the nut...
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