stantheman86
Buckeye
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A "Classic" from each branch of the Six family tree.......a Service, Security and a Speed 8)
The Machine Heavy Barrel .357 Service Six, look like it was Ruger's attempt to make a barrel profile similiar to the S&W 10-13 series. I have not seen another one like it. It's an old cop gun, bumped, bruised and worn which is how I like them This one is from 1974 IIRC.
A really well used Security Six, I changed out the pawl, trigger and added a spurless hammer that can still be cocked. Also added a vintage Bullseye spring kit that works well, really slicks this gun up. A well used set of factory slim grips that match the condition of the gun finishes it off. I don't like the look of newer grips on a gun with worn blue, doesn't seem "right" plus I don't have to worry about dinging the grips up, it's already been done. Also added a T-Grip that I got in the days before they cost $200 on Ebay 8) The gun is thrashed looking, seems like it saw 30 years in the holster, but it's still tight and a good shooter. I use it for CC occasionally.
A .357 Speed Six, the first Six I ever got, found it a few years back in my local gun shop. I added the Tyler grip and shoe, to add some "vintage" gear on it. It's probably seen a million rounds and has not been treated kindly by the last owner, who was a local LEO. It's well broken in and it's deadly in DA and SA, but it really shines in SA since I added a GP100 mainspring for fast lock time but left the old style trigger spring in. I got the idea to make it primarily an SA shooter, from talking to an old retired cop two years ago at the shooting range. I was talking about the DA pulls on my revolvers. He said back in the 70's they just fired Single Action for qualifying, so no one worried much about DA pulls in his small dept. He wasn't much of a "gun guy" but he said officers got a $20 bonus for shooting expert so some guys had their wheelguns altered for hair triggers in SA. On top of that, he said outside of yearly qualifying he hardly fired a round exept maybe some plinking.