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I bought two Ruger Speed-Six revolvers (both .38), and they were advertised in SHOTGUN NEWS. No one bought them and the prices kept dropping like a rock. The barrel length was 3 inches and both were stainless steel. I bought them and took them to Alexandria, Virginia, to a gunsmith who converted...

I have both a 686-nd and a 686-6, both in pristine condition. I've wanted to shoot the nd, but I've made it a collector's piece. And every time I go shooting, I end up taking my Ruger Security-Six because I enjoy shooting it more. But concerning my nd, I've never had it fixed via the...

Why would you do that? You must really like your friend. Beautiful gun. It's one outdoorsmen would much rather carry than 6-inch 686s and GP-100s. The gun mags of the 80s and 90s raved about the 66's place as a near perfect hunter's gun and praised it as a hiking, camping and fishing companion...

No reason you can't have both. I'd love to have a S&W 66, but would I trade my Ruger Speed-Six 3-inch .357s, or even one of them, for a 66? Well, yeah, if I could get a mint S&W 66-no dash, but that's the only way I'd let one of them go. My 3-inchers have great actions, and a 3-inch barrel looks...

If you take a black Sharpie or black magic marker, you can restore the rear sight to its pristine condition. S&W has great adjustable sights on its guns, and though Ruger has adequate rear sights, its sights just aren't as good as S&W. Still, black magic markers can restore Ruger's rear sights...

I have several Security-Sixes, but wish I'd bought a few Service-Six 4-inchers. They are beautiful pistols and great for hiking, camping and fishing. Six shots and no extra steel. Very mean, lean fighting machines. I can believe people aren't selling them, and those who are are asking a lot for...

Years ago, the Colt workers joined the UAW (United Auto Workers) to represent them. One off color magazine, in reporting it, wrote, "Now the same people who screw up your cars can now screw up your guns!" The company actually put the UAW label on the gun boxes. This was years ago when the Colt...

The Pythons are laser bored sighted. To find out which is more accurate, you'd have to put them in Ransom rests and test them. Sadly, no one does that anymore. And most testers only put five shots in the test guns, which is stupid. Each chamber of a revolver has to be tested because each has a...

I've never liked the way many S&W stainless guns come from the factory. If it's a fun you're going to shoot, consider having it hard-chromed. They may have a matte-polished finish option that would tone down the reflections and significantly harden the parts and lengthen the wear and tear of the...

Yeah, I want a Python, too. Nothing wrong with that. But I wonder what drives the demand. I can understand people wanting a Python for its lustrous blue. I have a Browning Hi-Power with an amazing blue. It's so beautiful that I don't want to shoot it for fear of damaging it, but stainless steel...

I know this is an issue that's been discussed many times, but trying to add a new dimension to it while avoiding points such as personal preferences, beauty, cost of manufacture, supply and demand, and concentrating only on quality, accuracy and durability. So which is it? The choices are...

Yeah, and courts are oftentimes only too happy to award idiots. That warnings telling people to read the manuals had to be put on guns speaks volumes. And attorneys who are offended by lawyer jokes need to take notice. True. Had a S&W 13 with them and it was a beauty. Why I let it go is...

As a personal gun owner, would you consider owning one? And does Ruger have liability insurance? Is that annoying warning on the Rugers a part of its liability? When I was a dealer back then, I never inquired about such insurance. I'd never heard of any liability lawsuits, either. That doesn't...

Bill Ruger made many irritating decisions in his career, the most moronic one summed up by what we said years ago. For example, we read three classics in English literature: War And Peace, The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire and the Instruction Book Warning on the side of our Ruger...

Yes, but if you want to be rid of the underlugs, you're going to have to shell out your $$$. I've got enough guns that don't have them that I can just sit back and criticize, but even though both Ruger and S&W have magnums without underlugs, I just don't see them on the shelves of gun dealers...