Security/Python Not sure what to think?

[9mmepiphany]

Python barrel or not...it is a Ruger trigger.

While a Ruger Six-Series trigger will never feel like the Python's cams and levers gliding on each other, they do respond very well to tuning and are very comparable to a S&W duty trigger...well, not a Apex Tactical trigger, but that is on a whole other level

 

[Guillermo]

9mm,

You are a smart guy and I will reserve judgment till I meet a slicked up "6".

But to date I have never felt a decent, let alone good Ruger trigger.

YMMV

 

[9mmepiphany]

I should likely expand on my statement.

While I have felt several very nice Ruger Six-series triggers, it does take a very knowledgeable pistol smith to tune it...remember that the Six doesn't have a side plate so that you can view how the action parts interact. By comparison the S&W is very DIY friendly. Also, my observation does not extend to the SP-101 or the GP-100, whose triggers I consider, for the most part serviceable...the LCR however has a very nice trigger, better than most of the current offerings from S&W's J-frames.

As luck would have it, the best Ruger Security-Six action I've ever felt, also came out of the Bill Davis Co shop...where this Couger reportedly came from

 

[madcratebuilder]

The Python barrels on Rugers and S&W's was fairly common back in the day. You could do this project for a few hundred bucks back then. Guys that shot 2-3K rounds a month did this because the Colt could not stand up to that much use and would need the action rebuilt two or three times a year.

 

[Fishslayer]

Guess I gots not much brains but if I had the $$$ (and didn't live in Kalifornistan ) I'd be all over it.

It appears to have been well done & my bet would be that the action is not stock Ruger.

hehe... I like the "slight cylinder ring."...

 

[Bubba613]

Why not get a real Python. Look around, they can be had for reasonable prices though you have to wait. Best place to look is in local gunshops.

I havent seen a Python go for under $1k in some time.
Why not get a Python? Because they are overpriced overhyped guns that will not stand up to heavy magnum loads like the Ruger. The metal is so soft it is re-timed with a mallet. I just picked up a Security 6 and the trigger is far better than the Python I bought in '85 and sold this year.

It happens I have a Python barrel I've been saving for exactly this project.

 

[451 Detonics]

They work...very, very well...

 

[skidder]

451 Detonics-- Any history you wouldn't mind sharing? and more pics.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Cool. But I wouldn'e spend my money on it.

 

[SunnySlopes]

I'd honestly be afraid to buy something like that. What's the advantage, anyway? My 4 inch GP 100 also has a bulletproof action, a full barrel underlug and is just as nicely balanced as my Python w/4 inch barrel. What's the advantage of a hybrid?

 

[19-3Ben]

They work...very, very well...

Wow that's just an absolutely beautiful wheelgun. While many on this thread seem to be bashing the idea, I am apparently one of the perverse few who really likes it.

 

[9mmepiphany]

I'd honestly be afraid to buy something like that. What's the advantage, anyway? My 4 inch GP 100 also has a bulletproof action, a full barrel underlug and is just as nicely balanced as my Python w/4 inch barrel.

The Couger existed before the introduction of the S&W L-frame or the Ruger GP series.

I would expect a 4" GP 100 to balance just like a 4" Python...the frame size and barrel profile were copied from the Colt

What's the advantage of a hybrid?

The Security-Six is a much more graceful gun than the GP-100. It's most distracting feature was the taper of it's barrel and the front sight base. The graceful Python's barrel with it's ventilated sight rib address that issue

 

[MacPelto]

I had one for awhile until I sold it to another forum member. Mine was on a S&W round butt frame, though. It was a thing of beauty - Tuned S&W trigger, python accuracy, and a round butt. Square butt double actions don't work too well for me.