Speed Six
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Wow, I'm glad I started this thread! I've always owned Smith revolvers, and this is my first foray into the double action Ruger revolver world, but I hope it's not the last. Got to find time and a way to get out and actually shoot the thing. Keep the pics coming, and the comments too! I really wish that mine had been in 9mm; it seems like a neat configuration. Can you put Tyler grip adapters on these things?
The Terminator
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Deaf! How 'bout a photo? 
boa2, thanks, and I want to see your too.
takarra, you are giving me ruger envy, man!
boa2, thanks, and I want to see your too.
takarra, you are giving me ruger envy, man!
SwampYankee
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I think $350 is right on - I've got three so I never pay more than $350 to add another to the collection. I CCW my Speed Six in .38 Special all the time. Shoots to point of aim, easy to handle, very comfortable to hold. Not sure what your trigger feels like but a little bit of proper polishing, a reduced power hammer AND trigger spring and a few hammer shims and the thing will feel like butter on a hot summer day: slick.
SwampYankee
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I bought my first Service Six for $180 about 4 years ago. It was ugly- blueing was destroyed. I sent it to Ford's Refinishing and for $240 they put hard chrome on it. So for $420, I got a deal. Just a magnificent firearm, freaking gorgeous....
I've seen Speed Sixes go for $600. $350 is a very good deal, especially since they are no longer being made.
Here's mine - I also paid $350 but that's a fluke:
I also have a Service Six, which originally had a square butt, but which someone converted into a round butt and cut the barrel down to 3", effectively turning a Service Six into a Speed Six. This gun has a bull barrel:
The custom gun now has a trigger job and spurless hammer, and it pretty much the ultimate .357 carry revolver.
Here's the two together:
Here's mine - I also paid $350 but that's a fluke:
I also have a Service Six, which originally had a square butt, but which someone converted into a round butt and cut the barrel down to 3", effectively turning a Service Six into a Speed Six. This gun has a bull barrel:
The custom gun now has a trigger job and spurless hammer, and it pretty much the ultimate .357 carry revolver.
Here's the two together:
The Terminator:
1)Yes, I'll post a picture of mt 2.75" Security-Six here asap, after I'm allowed to pick it up here in Kalifornia. This revolver is a ways out of town-so, it's gonna be about 3 weeks before I'll be able to get it.
2)Meanwhile, I'll post some pictures of my 3" Speed-Six which I'd found at a gun show about 7 years ago-still NIB! It was one of the very last Speed-Sixes produced in 1988 and was an over run of the USPS 3" Speed-Six. The serial number of this gun is higher than the highest serial number range listed on Ruger's web site!:
1)Yes, I'll post a picture of mt 2.75" Security-Six here asap, after I'm allowed to pick it up here in Kalifornia. This revolver is a ways out of town-so, it's gonna be about 3 weeks before I'll be able to get it.
2)Meanwhile, I'll post some pictures of my 3" Speed-Six which I'd found at a gun show about 7 years ago-still NIB! It was one of the very last Speed-Sixes produced in 1988 and was an over run of the USPS 3" Speed-Six. The serial number of this gun is higher than the highest serial number range listed on Ruger's web site!:
SwampYankee
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That may have been a factory conversion. I have the exact same thing. I have been told that Ruger experienced heavy demand for the Speed Sixes and less demand for the Service Sixes. Aside from the shape of the grip and the rollmark, they were identical. When they could not meet the demand for a Speed Six order fast enough, it was easy enough to grind down the grips and send out modified Police Service Sixes. it is unclear how many are floating around but there may be as few as a hundred and as many as a couple thousand.
If you contact Ruger and pay for a letter, they will give you a model number for the gun. If it is the scenario I describe above, your letter will come back with the Speed Six model number.
Frankly, I think anyone paying $600 for a Six is getting ripped off. There are so many of them floating around it is easy enough to get one at a reasonable price if you keep your eyes open.
madcratebuilder
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The DA Six series Rugers are the best they made IMHO. Prices have gone up considerably in the past two years. I should have bought more of them.
Those are modified Herretts Shooting Stars.
There are a few photos of the grips and what I did to them here:
http://rugerforum.net/gun-gallery/20073-rolling-sixes-speed-security.html
Regards,
Greg
Hi,
Security/Service/Speed Sixes will run between $350 to over $500 in California. In California gun owners generally pay more than just about any state. I paid $350 for Police Service Six 4 inch and $375 for a Ruger Security Six Stainless 2.75. Both with the original grips but no box. Speed Sixes in the 2.75 to 3 inch sizes are running high $475 to over $500.
Bottom line: $350 is not a bad price.
Howard
Security/Service/Speed Sixes will run between $350 to over $500 in California. In California gun owners generally pay more than just about any state. I paid $350 for Police Service Six 4 inch and $375 for a Ruger Security Six Stainless 2.75. Both with the original grips but no box. Speed Sixes in the 2.75 to 3 inch sizes are running high $475 to over $500.
Bottom line: $350 is not a bad price.
Howard
Deaf Smith
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dang it... Ok Terminator I'll drag it out of the safe this weekend, with a few other SS6's and photo them.
Deaf
Had a 2 1/2" blued speed six with a Burns and Martin lightening holster years ago. Loaned it to a friend who was the evening manager of a super market in a less than upscale area. He left town one day on a "business trip" and never returned. Never saw Joe or my revolver again. Gosh I miss that revolver.
and never returned. Never saw Joe or my revolver again. Gosh I miss that revolver.
