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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:31:34 PM EDT
I know nothing about revolvers, never had one before but got this for 5 boxes of 5.56.
Dunno what the ammo price is locally, but this pistol looked like it was worth the $10 in ammo that walked out the door in exchange for it. Was sitting in my buddies safe and needs re blued. Weighing if I should do it myself or send it to someone.  free online image hosting |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:35:11 PM EDT
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Wanna double your money???
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:36:29 PM EDT
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I'm old enough to remember when the cops carried those.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:41:23 PM EDT
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It's the Ruger revolver model before the GP-100 series. Usually a very solid revolver.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:41:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm old enough to remember when the cops carried those. Thought it was a marketing name until I looked it up...just thought it looked like a classic and liked how they had a reference to 1776 on the frame. Looks like I am SOL for ammo until I can get components to roll own. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:49:14 PM EDT
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Solid shooter, heavy action and nothing you do will ever really lighten it up.
That's an early SN gun, so you are stuck with the factory grips or having a custom set made. Other than that, get a holster and get to shooting!  
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:51:44 PM EDT
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id shoot it first. if you find someone to do the bluing for another 5 boxes of 5.56, do it, if not, just get new grips and shoot the snot of out of it. it will be great!
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:52:08 PM EDT
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It's a Security 6 made in 1976 that somebody didn't take good care of.
 I have one with the same barrel length but in stainless steel. Trigger isn't as nice as old S&W guns but they are built like a tank. Mine was my 16th birthday present as my dad figured that since his tax dollars paid for those school buses it only made since I get his money's worth riding it. I shot the shit out of it over the years. Clean it and shoot it if you can find ammo. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:52:41 PM EDT
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Good guns, 1st revolver I ever bought was a Security 6. I like it
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:53:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Solid shooter, heavy action and nothing you do will ever really lighten it up. That's an early SN gun, so you are stuck with the factory grips or having a custom set made. Other than that, get a holster and get to shooting! https://i.postimg.cc/Pq5qKC7Q/IMG-20210116-204645175.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/K8NznP0Y/IMG-20210116-204721392.jpg That looks awesome, I’ve been looking around online for a place to reblue it, with my luck I would make it look even worse. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:56:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm old enough to remember when the cops carried those. Good grief, I’m old enough to have carried one as a cop. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:56:56 PM EDT
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OP that is the classic working man’s revolver- fricking awesome gun. My Old Man had one.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:58:04 PM EDT
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Damn, hope it was at least good ammo and not some FMJ plinking shit.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:58:43 PM EDT
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Good Solid Revolver
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:59:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good grief, I’m old enough to have carried one as a cop. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm old enough to remember when the cops carried those. Good grief, I’m old enough to have carried one as a cop. Touche'  I see TN - Millington here. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:59:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:06:21 PM EDT
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Not to mention that you can pistol whip the fuck outta somebody with it!!
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:07:14 PM EDT
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What's is?
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:08:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That looks awesome, I’ve been looking around online for a place to reblue it, with my luck I would make it look even worse. Personally, I love beat up guns like yours, because I don't feel bad taking them camping, hunting, or fishing. My personal favorite has the previous owner's numbers engraved all over it, including a few areas that were started and then scratched out.  There's nothing I can do to it to make it any more ugly, so I don't baby it by any means, but that gun sure can shoot!
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:09:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That looks awesome, I’ve been looking around online for a place to reblue it, with my luck I would make it look even worse. I don't think I'd even reblue it. It has character, and nothing you do will ever increase the value of the gun. As it sits, it's about a $200 gun. Reblue it and it'll still be a $200 gun since it was refinished - but it won't have any of the character. I'd clean the duct tape residue off of the grips and oil the gun really well, and just have a nice, solid 4" .357 revolver. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:11:25 PM EDT
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They actually look good parkerized as well.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:12:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think I'd even reblue it. It has character, and nothing you do will ever increase the value of the gun. As it sits, it's about a $200 gun. Reblue it and it'll still be a $200 gun since it was refinished - but it won't have any of the character. I'd clean the duct tape residue off of the grips and oil the gun really well, and just have a nice, solid 4" .357 revolver. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: That looks awesome, I’ve been looking around online for a place to reblue it, with my luck I would make it look even worse. I don't think I'd even reblue it. It has character, and nothing you do will ever increase the value of the gun. As it sits, it's about a $200 gun. Reblue it and it'll still be a $200 gun since it was refinished - but it won't have any of the character. I'd clean the duct tape residue off of the grips and oil the gun really well, and just have a nice, solid 4" .357 revolver. I'll take links to any and all 200 dollar rugers please |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:14:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Personally, I love beat up guns like yours, because I don't feel bad taking them camping, hunting, or fishing. My personal favorite has the previous owner's numbers engraved all over it, including a few areas that were started and then scratched out. There's nothing I can do to it to make it any more ugly, so I don't baby it by any means, but that gun sure can shoot! I have an old Ruger Standard Auto .22LR pistol like that. Bought it when I was a teen. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:15:51 PM EDT
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Quoted: I know nothing about revolvers, never had one before but got this for 5 boxes of 5.56. Dunno what the ammo price is locally, but this pistol looked like it was worth the $10 in ammo that walked out the door in exchange for it. Was sitting in my buddies safe and needs re blued. Weighing if I should do it myself or send it to someone. https://i.ibb.co/9vTSsBR/7-D375600-2302-4935-911-F-AFD2992-D54-D6.jpg free online image hosting I've got a Bicentennial too  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:17:21 PM EDT
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Its a good solid revolver and the precursor to the GP100. It is not quite as robust as a GP100, but it can handle a moderate diet of magnums as long as you dont go with crazy hot loads. Think of it as Ruger's "K" frame like a Model 19. It uses a similar construction to the GP100, and you can easily swap out broken parts like the hammer axis pin or trigger module(if they ever break).
They made the same basic gun under three names: (Police) Service Six, Speed Six and Security Six. I've got the 2 3/4" snubby version of the Police Service Six.  |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:24:34 PM EDT
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I wish I hadn't sold mine but, the first kid needed diapers, bottles and food one time so I sold it.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:24:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll take links to any and all 200 dollar rugers please Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: That looks awesome, I’ve been looking around online for a place to reblue it, with my luck I would make it look even worse. I don't think I'd even reblue it. It has character, and nothing you do will ever increase the value of the gun. As it sits, it's about a $200 gun. Reblue it and it'll still be a $200 gun since it was refinished - but it won't have any of the character. I'd clean the duct tape residue off of the grips and oil the gun really well, and just have a nice, solid 4" .357 revolver. I'll take links to any and all 200 dollar rugers please Yeah. I'm not finding any Security 6s in my area for $200 either. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:27:15 PM EDT
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Good price on that one! I have a Blackhawk 44 bicentennial with the same writing on it.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:31:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah. I'm not finding any Security 6s in my area for $200 either. In that condition, it's a $200 gun. Maybe $250. The one in my post was a $325 gun 2 or 3 years ago, and it was normally priced for my area. The rust spots, missing bluing, the goo on the grips - OPs revolver is a 60ish% gun. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:33:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Its a good solid revolver and the precursor to the GP100. It is not quite as robust as a GP100, but it can handle a moderate diet of magnums as long as you dont go with crazy hot loads. Think of it as Ruger's "K" frame like a Model 19. It uses a similar construction to the GP100, and you can easily swap out broken parts like the hammer axis pin or trigger module(if they ever break). They made the same basic gun under three names: (Police) Service Six, Speed Six and Security Six. I've got the 2 3/4" snubby version of the Police Service Six. https://i.imgur.com/VF8jwy1.jpg I remember when they called that a 'Roscoe'
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:33:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:34:18 PM EDT
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If it's broken,...you still came out way ahead
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:37:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In that condition, it's a $200 gun. Maybe $250. The one in my post was a $325 gun 2 or 3 years ago, and it was normally priced for my area. The rust spots, missing bluing, the goo on the grips - OPs revolver is a 60ish% gun. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Yeah. I'm not finding any Security 6s in my area for $200 either. In that condition, it's a $200 gun. Maybe $250. The one in my post was a $325 gun 2 or 3 years ago, and it was normally priced for my area. The rust spots, missing bluing, the goo on the grips - OPs revolver is a 60ish% gun. In the market we are in right now, it is closer to a $400 gun than a $200 gun. What you paid a couple years ago is completely irrelevant. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:38:33 PM EDT
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I picked up one awhile back using Cabela’s points. Literally used $139 in points for it.
Mines in pretty decent shape, a round butt but 38spl only. Keep it loaded up in the glovebox. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:41:00 PM EDT
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I had one that was in very good condition and could kick myself for selling it a few years ago. Very solid revolver
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:41:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I enjoy shooting my Ruger. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384916/IMG_0172_JPG-1782735.JPG Yes sir, I’ll take the most advanced knife you are manufacturing and the oldest least advanced handgun you are still making. Make it quick. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:56:05 PM EDT
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I`ve got one that looks just about like OPs gun. it`s scratched , worn, & dinged, but damn it shoots good. a friend of mine got it from someone who needed money & passed it on to me for the same amount. its ugly but its a keeper.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:56:05 PM EDT
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.357 built like a tank. I have one. Snub nose 155 prefix. I've had it 35 or 40 years and it's worth more to me than anyone else.
It's had the original small stocks on it, a set of ugly rubber Pacs and now has the Ruger Target style grips which I prefer. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:56:16 PM EDT
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It's a good solid revolver. Will last a lifetime. I have a 4" in SS.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 12:44:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I`ve got one that looks just about like OPs gun. it`s scratched , worn, & dinged, but damn it shoots good. a friend of mine got it from someone who needed money & passed it on to me for the same amount. its ugly but its a keeper. Yea some CLP took the rust off and apart from the grips I like it. Didn’t think the store would have ammo but they did. Can’t wait to try it out. I didn’t even know they loaded 180gr in 357 but I ordered a thousand 158gr hard cast to try out. 
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Posted: 1/17/2021 12:46:06 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/17/2021 12:46:14 AM EDT
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Ruger will refinish the gun for about$120
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Posted: 1/17/2021 12:51:54 AM EDT
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You can disassemble it with just about anything.
 Disassemble a Ruger Security Six With Just A Dime!! Review & Shooting A Great Revolver |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 12:52:11 AM EDT
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I have one in blue with a 6” barrel made in 1980. I like it a lot! They are really easy to disassemble and clean. Lots of videos on YT.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 12:55:26 AM EDT
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5 boxes of 556 is 100 rounds ar 1 dollar a round
If you are in AK I bet its $2 a round You paid $200 for this |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 1:00:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 5 boxes of 556 is 100 rounds ar 1 dollar a round If you are in AK I bet its $2 a round You paid $200 for this I picked up some 20+ year old PMC the other week for 2.50 a box, psp stuff was mostly junk but the 193 clone was in great shape, traded the m193 stuff for this, so about $12.50 for the pistol and $165 for 8 boxes, am in it 177.50. Perks of stocking up on ammo before it gets scarce I guess. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 1:01:22 AM EDT
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Had a Security Six and a Speed Six. My LGS had a gunsmith that worked magic on Ruger actions.
I of my most regretted trades.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 1:02:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ruger will refinish the gun for about$120 Thanks I wouldn't have thought to ask them, didn't know they did that kind of work. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 1:03:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In the market we are in right now, it is closer to a $400 gun than a $200 gun. What you paid a couple years ago is completely irrelevant. As is pricing things based on a bubble. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 1:06:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's a Security 6 made in 1976 that somebody didn't take good care of. I have one with the same barrel length but in stainless steel. Trigger isn't as nice as old S&W guns but they are built like a tank. Mine was my 16th birthday present as my dad figured that since his tax dollars paid for those school buses it only made since I get his money's worth riding it. I shot the shit out of it over the years. Clean it and shoot it if you can find ammo. Wat? |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 1:11:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm old enough to remember when the cops carried those. Thank God I can still remember when I carried one of those. |
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