Service six

[freakindawgen]

Low back grip frame
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High back grip frame and as stated before it's almost 100% gonna be this one ….
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That bottom one looks like my Redhawk in 45Colt

 

[azleite]

Thank you, it's definitely a high back. I cleaned it this morning and got virtually nothing out of it. Shows zero signs of neglect. I hit it with some Renaissance wax & it really is a great looking revolver. Got some nice plum on it too. I date it from Ruger's website to 1974-Dave

 

[weaselmeatgravy]

Ok, I picked it up and I like it. It does say "Police" on it. No warning on the barrel. Ser# 150-969xx. I'll try and look up the year of manufacture.

That's a nice early one, has some collector value being a highback in the 150 prefix.

My 150-94xxx is a 4" .38 Special
I also have a 150-97xxx 2.75" in .357 Mag and a 150-97xxx in .357 Mag.

The one you have is the one I'm missing, the 2.75" in .38 Special.

 

[azleite]

Thanks Man! I might've paid a higher price for it, but I'm fine with it. Can't wait to shoot it-Dave

 

[magnum0710]

It won't be a lowback if it is marked as Police Service Six. The lowback square butt fixed sight guns were marked as Security Six. The change to Police Service Six appears to have happened at the same point that they introduced the highback frame (which was actually in the upper end of the 150 prefix guns, along in the 150-9xxxx range - my earliest of that type is 150-94xxx).

Another thing, if it is only marked as Serice Six (without "Police"), then it is a fairly rare example.

To be honest I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few low back Police Service Sixes out there somewhere. I have low back stainless Security Six with a 151 sn so there was definitely some cross pollination during that time frame. I'm not saying they're out there for sure, just that I wouldn't be shocked by it.

 

[hittman]

I once had a HIGH back 150-97xxx FOUR inch Speed Six.
Yeah, there was a bunch of "cross over" between grip frames and serials right at the end of 150-.

 

[magnum0710]

I once had a HIGH back 150-97xxx FOUR inch Speed Six.
Yeah, there was a bunch of "cross over" between grip frames and serials right at the end of 150-.

Yeah it's kind of a never say never situation, I really went down the rabbit hole when I bought rubber grips that said "for sn 151 and up" and they didn't fit.

 

[hittman]

Yeah, I bought that Speed Six sight-unseen and started the search for factory wood LOW back grips. Found 2 sets, both very nice. Then the gun came and I didn't need the grips. However ….. those grips are very hard ( at least for ME ) to find so I'm hanging on to them

 

[Armybrat]

Miss my .357 SS that I bought new in 1975.
Maybe I'll go visit it at my son's house.

 

[azleite]

Got some nice plum on that one, looks good