Doug.38PR
Single-Sixer
strange...(are they the same frame size?). When I hold th GP100 in my hand....it seems smaller the Security Six. The SS seems beefier to me.
Doug.38PR":3vitz9rc said:WendyZXZ, treasure those guns! Especially the Diamondback! Colts are a work of art. (I shouldn't be saying all this on a ruger forum).
I own Security Sixes and GP100s and the GPs are definitely thicker and heavier than the Sixes. Are you sure you are not thinking about the SP101?Doug.38PR":14f9c01l said:strange...(are they the same frame size?). When I hold th GP100 in my hand....it seems smaller the Security Six. The SS seems beefier to me.
"bought my wife a SS 4"."MMichaelAK":b4qe02rl said:Ive got a GP100 6" with the short lug and bought my wife a SS 4".
She didn't like the factory wood grips so I put a Hogue on it for her and she loves it now.
I like them both.
If I ever stumble across another short lug GP Ill buy it immediately just like if I stumble across a SS 6".
Doug.38PR":3ev486ce said:which of these looks better to y'all? The first one is ugly as a mud fence in my mind. The second is sleek and classy. I guess the barrel makes all the difference in a gun. You either love it or you hate it
WendyZXZ":1lxs7vv4 said:Doug.38PR":1lxs7vv4 said:WendyZXZ, treasure those guns! Especially the Diamondback! Colts are a work of art. (I shouldn't be saying all this on a ruger forum).
I do at that. So far I have only added one other of the older Colts, it is a Police Positive Special that the S/N puts as 1978 manufacture. Very nice one in near perfect condition.
Lost Sheep":3h7d5hua said:I own Security Sixes and GP100s and the GPs are definitely thicker and heavier than the Sixes. Are you sure you are not thinking about the SP101?Doug.38PR":3h7d5hua said:strange...(are they the same frame size?). When I hold th GP100 in my hand....it seems smaller the Security Six. The SS seems beefier to me.
Lost Sheep
Doug.38PR":3hadey3q said:WendyZXZ":3hadey3q said:Doug.38PR":3hadey3q said:WendyZXZ, treasure those guns! Especially the Diamondback! Colts are a work of art. (I shouldn't be saying all this on a ruger forum).
I do at that. So far I have only added one other of the older Colts, it is a Police Positive Special that the S/N puts as 1978 manufacture. Very nice one in near perfect condition.
now complete your D frame collection by getting it's most notorious gun: The Detective Special 8) That is my 2nd favorite handgun next to my Official Police service revolver
DGW1949":tvuj413c said:My impression was that the Security Six was intended to compete with the Smith 19, and the GP to compete with the Smith L-Frame....which at the time, were replacing the old K-Frame guns used by a lot of the cops who still carried wheel guns.
That, and the S-S series cost too much to build.
But whatever the reasons, it's perty plain to me that for the most part.... Ruger DA's were (and are) still the best bang for the buck.
DGW
WendyZXZ":13n3dm8s said:Doug.38PR":13n3dm8s said:WendyZXZ":13n3dm8s said:Doug.38PR":13n3dm8s said:WendyZXZ, treasure those guns! Especially the Diamondback! Colts are a work of art. (I shouldn't be saying all this on a ruger forum).
I do at that. So far I have only added one other of the older Colts, it is a Police Positive Special that the S/N puts as 1978 manufacture. Very nice one in near perfect condition.
now complete your D frame collection by getting it's most notorious gun: The Detective Special 8) That is my 2nd favorite handgun next to my Official Police service revolver
Then on to the Python, and SAA, and... It never ends.