Speedsix question

[Powderblast]

Walked in local gun shop Saturday to sell some guns on consignment, and
there it was, stainless speedsix just looking at me and grinning. A little
trading and I walked out with it and some cash. Now the question. This
gun has a 2 7/8 inch barrel, and the blue speedsix I already owned has
a 2 5/8 inch barrel. My measurements may be a little off, but there is a
quarter inch difference in barrel length between the two. Any insight into
this?

 

[jeffnles1]

The one I owned was a 2 3/4". Never measured it though. It said 2.75" on the box.

Wish I had the gun back though.

Jeff

 

[ADP3]

Three inch Speed Sixes were produced. I never measured the one that I had but it wouldn't surprise me if the actual length ran 2 7/8".

Best Regards,
ADP3

 

[Timbo22]

The 3 inch barreled Speed Sixes were produced toward the end of production, I believe. I have two stainless Speed Sixes; one of which was made in 1981 with a 157 serial prefix, fully domed recoil shield and 2 3/4 inch barrel, the other was made in 1987 with a 162 serial prefix, a scalloped recoil shield and a 3 inch barrel. I would love to find a few more.

 

[Beruisis]

We should start a Speed Six Society.
Gun picture required to join.
Beruisis

 

[David Bradshaw]

My shooting partner, the late Ed Verge, made some fine hits with his little SpeedSix 2-3/4" loaded with Federal 357G 180 JHP, out to 200 yards.
David Bradshaw

 

[hittman]

We should start a Speed Six Society.
Gun picture required to join.
Beruisis

 

[Beruisis]

hitman, pls advise as to how to post pics & I'll get mine up since I started this.
Thanks.
Beruisis

 

[hittman]

From our Gallery Section ......

Tutorial: How To Use Photobucket To Post Photos

http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=51390

 

[308longdistance]

.357

 

[Powderblast]

Well, now I do appreciate all the info. I have figured out
my cheap plastic student ruler is 1/8 inch off. So I have a
blue 2 3/4 speedsix made in 1985, and a 3 inch stainless
made in 1987 according to the serial number history. Tried
the new (to me) stainless today and it is a shooter and
perfect windage wise, will not need to file on the back sight
notch. Shoots about 1 inch high at 20 yds. with .38 reloads
(158 gr cast SWC) and just about the same in .357 mag with
some JHP. I am however, not computer savvy and still lack
picture posting skills. When one of my children come to visit
I'll try to get educated. Powderblast

 

[David Bradshaw]

Powderblast.... it's good to hear your SpeedSix is dead nuts @ 20 yards. My late friend's 2-3/4" stainless shot likewise. POA/POI ZERO, or point of aim/point-of-impact coincidence is a big deal. The fixed-sight SpeedSix toughies I've shot share this quality. POA/POI ZERO is, or was, s.o.p. for J-frame S&W's.

A good 5-shot J-frame Smith or SpeedSix Ruger should be able to collect torso hits @ 100 yards, not because that is a "likely scenario," but because intrinsic accuracy offers the one possibility of carrying the snubnose revolver from in-your-gut defense to the fringe of tactical use.

The plastic frame revolvers I have shot are pathetic in deployable accuracy. This fact may simultaneously anger and be meaningless to owners. I have shot small revolvers with laser sights which damn well needed that stream of red light, as the iron sights would do just as well to direct a slug at a bystander as a bandit.

The Ruger SpeedSix represents a benchmark in durable, accurate, manageable belly guns.
David Bradshaw

 

[WAYNO]

We should start a Speed Six Society.
Gun picture required to join.
Beruisis

If you look closely, ya oughta see a couple Speed Sixes here...

WAYNO.

 

[Beruisis]

hittman, I appreciate the info but it doesn't work for me. The process has changed. How about I email my pic somewhere & perhaps someone can post it for me.
Thanks

 

[eagle45]

I'm fond of this one:

 

[Glupy]

We should start a Speed Six Society.
Gun picture required to join.
Beruisis

I am in!
This one has the satin finish.

Sancho

Four sixes beats a full house

 

[Mike Armstrong]

Am I losin' it or is one of Glupy's "Sixes" actually a GP????

 

[308longdistance]

We should start a Speed Six Society.
Gun picture required to join.
Beruisis

If you look closely, ya oughta see a couple Speed Sixes here...

WAYNO.

How did the Security Six get the rounded grip frame?

 

[WAYNO]

We should start a Speed Six Society.
Gun picture required to join.
Beruisis

If you look closely, ya oughta see a couple Speed Sixes here...

WAYNO.

How did the Security Six get the rounded grip frame?

Kind've a long, short story.

We know there are a few round-butt Security Sixes floating around, and history says a batch of gripframes were rounded at the factory, after the fact of leaving the factory with a square butt. Ruger has no documentation of which ones received this treatment. A serial number range is known that encompasses these rounded Sixes, and mine is in that serial number range.

So, I will probably never know if mine is a factory alteration, or if somebody else did it. It is a flawless job, and any Speed Six grips fit, perfectly.

WAYNO.

 

[Beruisis]

Finally, here's mine.

 

[Mike Armstrong]

That's a beauty! With "all the trimmings"!

 

[Glupy]

We know there are a few round-butt Security Sixes floating around, and history says a batch of gripframes were rounded at the factory, after the fact of leaving the factory with a square butt. Ruger has no documentation of which ones received this treatment. A serial number range is known that encompasses these rounded Sixes, and mine is in that serial number range.

So, I will probably never know if mine is a factory alteration, or if somebody else did it. It is a flawless job, and any Speed Six grips fit, perfectly.

WAYNO.

Thanks Wayno. I saw one at a gunshow (Boise) but the seller didn't know the history.
I should have bought it but I didn't know.

Glupy

 

[Powderblast]

Beruisis, that is one fine set of grips on that speedsix
Can you share a little more about those. Are there others
to be had elsewhere or are they a one of a kind set?

 

[Beruisis]

Thanks Powderblast, you can get those from Patrick Grashorn, see attached.
http://www.grashornsgunworks.com/
I've had them on several revolvers but really like them on stainless steel especially.
You can get them with as much (or little) bark on them as you like.
Beruisis