Ruger Security Six

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I just love these guns! I like how you can run over them with a truck, reload, and come out shooting. I love how you can roof a house with one and on the way home you can stop by the range and squeeze off a few shots for fun. I have been a S&W guy and have owned my fair share of Colts. I don't let 1st time shooters use my Rugers because they seem so intimidating compared to the svelte lines on the other makes. I like my 686, but there's just something neat about the Ruger and the utility factor of that thing. I guess it's the feeling that it's the Hummer in a world full of Hondas..

So here goes: Let's start the discussion of WHY you think your favorite revolver is the best!

(I'll be standing in the corner watching the fight):neener::neener::neener:
 
Always liked the Ruger's as well.

Own a few K frame S&W's and a Colt Python.

"If" I had to give up all of them but one for the rest of my life, I'd probably take a Ruger SS.
 
Well I dont know if it's the best but it's certainly the best deal I have found in a long time as I bought a super clean blue four inch barreled Service Six for $280.00 very recently.
Will be shooting it this weekend.
 
I also like the Six Series Rugers. I think they have a certain elegance to them, despite being strictly utilitarian guns. I'd put them in the same category as other rugged classics such as the Single Action Army, the 1911, and the Browning Hi-Power.

There's nothing wrong with fine-tuned, immaculately polished guns; but there just something about a working gun with no frills and no pretences that really appeals to me.
 
So here goes: Let's start the discussion of WHY you think your favorite revolver is the best!
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I have two stainless Ruger Security Six revolvers. Fine guns. I'd never get rid of them.
I also have many S&W Revolvers and a couple other brands.

The best? It just depends. Best for what? None are best for everything.

The one I shoot most is 38 S&W J Frames. I have a thing for shooting small or compact hand guns where full size guns would normally be used. So I shoot the J Frames a good bit but in many cases the Ruger would be a much better gun to use than the J Frame.

Guess I just don't have a best.:D
 
My first handgun was a used ruger security six, would have been in 1981, sold it to my brother and bought a new gp100, traded that for a used S&W 586. miss the security six but not the gp100. found out that my brother gave the ss to his son. It is like Dave, I would have bought that back from you.
I think I paid like 150 bucks for the ss. now they go for much more.
would like one in a 4 inch, blue.
 
The Ruger Security Six is one of the guns I kick myself for selling. It had a 6" barrel and at the time I really wanted a 4-incher. Indeed a great handgun as is the SP101. My favorite though is a S&W 442. It seems to fill 95% of my daily carry needs. Tied for second is a GP100 3" and an older S&W 13 3".
 
Why does the Six series have such a cult-like following? I'm not trying to flame you, but as a GP100 owner and former SP101 owner I am trying to figure it out ~ why are the Sixes so superior to the GP or Sp series?

Is it one of those things you gotta feel it to get it?

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why are the Sixes so superior to the GP or Sp series?
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Some of us just love em I reckon.

The GP100 is a fine gun, but I traded mine and will never trade my Security Six. :cool:

Some guns just flic your bic, and the Security Six is one of the guns that flics mine. A 2 1/2" & 6" SS are on my gotta have before I die list.

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A couple of big brothers.

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That may be it.
 
Quoheleth asked, "Why does the Six series have such a cult-like following? I'm not trying to flame you, but as a GP100 owner and former SP101 owner I am trying to figure it out ~ why are the Sixes so superior to the GP or Sp series?"

The DA Sixes are lighter than GP100s, a bit slimmer, but are larger than SP101s. Not halfway in-between, but a pleasingly bit slimmer and lighter than a GP100.
 
In my quest for consistent accuracy I went through a number of quality handguns including a Colt Trooper and an S&W 686.
Wound up keeping a 150 series blue Security Six.

Nuff said.
 
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Why does the Six series have such a cult-like following? I'm not trying to flame you, but as a GP100 owner and former SP101 owner I am trying to figure it out ~ why are the Sixes so superior to the GP or Sp series?

Is it one of those things you gotta feel it to get it?
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Almost as strong as the GP100, but nearly as light and pointable as the S&W K Frames. As time goes by, I find myself prefering more and more guns with less weight at the muzzle. Such guns are much easier to rapidly transition from one target to the next. Though I still love my S&W 686 (full underlug 4"), like the GP100, it feels clumsy moving between targets compared to my 4" Police Service Six or 4" S&W Model 15.

Plus, IMHO, my fixed sight Police Service Six is better looking than the GP:


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haven't had the pleasure of a Security Six. yet. Simply because I don't have enough s&Ws yet
I am an s&W fan. Not because I don't like others, just because I love to look as S&W so much.

Something about the OP struck a cord with me but related to the 686. My 686 is the least shot, least loved, of all my revolvers -- but if it came to only keeping one, that would be it. To me the 686 is the "utilitarian" role that the OP talks about.

I really should check out the SS. It may become my "last" revolver.
 
I am trying to figure it out -- why are the Sixes so superior to the GP or Sp series?
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You have to own 'em to appreciate 'em. The Security-Six didn't need steroids, so why did Ruger add weight and bulk to them? And why did it cut corners by reducing the grips to a stub? With the old "Six" series, you can round the grips or make your own grip panels or buy third party grips. They're also lighter, easier to carry and point. The Speed-Six holds six shots, has a much better trigger pull than an SP-101 and feels better in the hand. I can stick mine in my front pants pocket or under my belt with no problem. Why would I prefer an SP-101? If the Speed-Six were still available, I don't think many people would buy SP-101s. With the power and blast of the .357, the Speed-Six is by far the better choice, plus there's that extra shot!
 
Oh...one more thought.

Think of the Security-Sixes as Meg Ryan before her surgery and the GP-100 as Meg Ryan after her surgery.

Hmmm...that was easy.
 
I traded my Security Six off for a Blackhawk. I am happy. That thing didn't shoot .38 for squat and the really bad thing is they shot way left and low, weird. All the other .357s I've owned might shoot .38 lower, but left? I never quite figured that out.

So sue me, but the guns I've settled on are much more accurate, the Blackhawk, but also two Taurus M66s, a 3" and a 4". Those things are frigging tack drivers .38 OR .357 and the 3" shoots .38s danged near to POI of the .357. The 4" I have to adjust 6 clicks for, no biggy. The 4" will put my wadcutters into an inch at 25 yards off the bench, the 3" about 1.5". Best that Security Six could do with the wadcutter or any other .38 load I tried was 3.5". That's pretty pathetic. I mean, it'll do for self defense and it was fine with .357s, but I'm an accuracy fanatic. I like the gun to be accurate even if I'm shooting off hand, makes hitting a rabbit easier and makes plinking more fun when I know if I miss it's my fault. I don't just shoot these things for self defense, they're fired for fun as much as anything else and I carry the 4" afield. The 3" is a CCW carry.
 
One other thing I didn't like about that Security Six, it had a lot of muzzle flip with mags and was hard on my hand even with a Hogue monogrip on it. The two Taurus 66s are much easier to shoot magnums with. Heck, my SP101 wasn't as bad as that Security Six, at least after I put the Hogue on that one, too. Of course, the Blackhawk being heavy and a single action, .357 is mild. That thing will shoot the 180 grain hot loads I load for it into 4" at 100 yards from the bench. It has a 6.5" barrel and the sight radius helps, of course. I primarily hunt with that one, hogs and deer, but have carried it out in New Mexico while hiking.
 
Well, the Blackhawk's a fine gun, too, though different. Never had problems shooting either .38s or .357s with the Security-Six. On outdoor ranges where we had S&W 19s, 66s and Security-Sixes (all stainless), I couldn't tell which I was standing behind when the gun went bang...or BOOM! as the case might be!

The single action Blackhawk should have more of a muzzle flip than either a S&W 66 or a Ruger Security-Six. I recall when the "Heavy Barrel" model of the Security-Six came out. The balance seemed a bit better, but if you gave me a blind test, I doubt whether I could have passed. I later had a 4-inch 686 and as much as I loved it, I kept my Ruger and sold the 686, buying a 6-incher instead. Looking back, that was a huge mistake, as the 6-inch 686 is just way too muzzle heavy for my taste.


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I bought my Security Six after I'd already been running a S&W 640 in .357, along with a couple of Agents and Cobras, and if you've done that the impression is kind of obvious. It's much nicer to run .357 Magnums through a Security Six, it's a whole different category of snub. More like a short L frame, really, but still a good portable, controllable revolver that's relatively concealable.
 
I just brought Security-Six (1980's mod I think) home yesterday. I have had the chance to compare it (loaded with .38 spec. + P's) to my 1958 Mod 14 S&W .38 spec. also with 4" barrel. More accurate with the Security Six. Even with the small butt, the Security Six is less front heavy and more accurate. Easier to keep on target. So....now I can semi retire the '58 S&W and carry the security six, Most likely with Mag Tech .357 Gold fmj HP's. But if I could only keep one of them....it would be the old S&W. I don't see many Mod. 14's with the factory 4" barrel. And for a 1958....it's in excellent shape and almost as old as I am. lol. But I shoot straighter with the Ruger.
 
Great looking handguns ...

The "Six" series from Ruger have been the most reliable DA revolvers for me.
My experience covers 32 years of shooting Ruger, S&W, Colt, Charter Arms and Taurus models.
Wish I had bought some more of them, but who knew?
 
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