Service Six Question

[dasmi]

Hey guys, I'm picking up my first gun, a 1978 Ruger Service Six .357 on Monday night. I have a quick question. The gun seems to be in great shape, and I'm not worried about shooting .38 Special through it. I'm a little concerned about shooting .357 magnums though because of the age. Any thoughts?

 

[Grampa]

Nah, I'm turning 51 pretty soon and can still shoot .357's. I even shoot .44 mags now and then.









Oh, you mean the age of the revolver... Never mind.

 

[dasmi]

haha ya, the age of the revolver. I'm 23

 

[Sistema1927]

My Speed-Six is still A-OK with anything that will chamber.

 

[slick6]

DASMI:

You don't need to worry at all about your Service Six(Despite it's age!)as these revolvers are super strong-and, Ruger designed these guns, to fire .357 magnum's(Continuously)from day one! The same is true, for all of the "Six series" revolvers(Security Six, Service Six, and Speed Six)as they are the same guns, except for sights(Adjustable on the Security Six)and("Fixed")on the other two revolvers! And, minor differences on barrel length's and on the grip frame(Square butt's on the Service Six and the Security Six-and, round Butt, on the Speed Six)! As long as your Service Six is mechanically sound, there will be no strength issues! These revolvers, have proven themselves to be about as strong as any medium framed .357 ever made, throughout their history! Shoot it, and enjoy it, without any worries!

 

[dasmi]

Excellent, that's what I was hoping to hear. I'll start it off with .38spls just to be sure it's not going to blow apart in my face, then on to the fun stuff!

 

[MillCreek]

I have owned numerous Security, Speed and Service Sixes over the years; still have a few in the safe, and have a few SP-101's in there, too. Never bought a GP-100.

But suffice it to say, that I have never had any concern with any of the Sixes in safely firing anything that I could stuff into the chamber. And some of those handloads were impressive.....

 

[JNewell]

These are very strong guns. Shoot as much .357 Magnum as you wish without worries.

 

[Checkman]

Good golly it seems just like yesterday that young Billy Ruger came out with that new fangeled .357 magnum revolver. Yep I shore didn't want to put down my Colt Walker for that new fancypants six shooter, but I did. Couldn't bring myself to go to a disco though. Nope. Some things I just wouldn't do. Music was never the same after Ozzy left Black Sabbeth. Gol durn it. Now you youngins have to excuse me. I have to go gum my dinner.

*Seriously if a 27 year-old Ruger Security Six etc. can't handle .357 mags we're all in trouble.

 

[Dienekes]

That's sort of like asking the life expectancy of a good anvil. In brief, I wore out the forcing cone of two of these revolvers, had both rebarrelled by Ruger (one free, one for a pittance) and still shoot the fire out of them. I have been carrying one or the other of them daily since 1981--not to mention the other half dozen or so in my safe, some of which are older than yours.

I guarantee you will not live long enough for these to develop "metal fatigue".

BTW, I took the armorer's course on these around 1990 and still have the official factory manual on them.

Fear not.

 

[dasmi]

I'm thrilled to hear it's such a well made gun. I can pick it up anytime after 1333 PST, Monday, Feb 28. Bloody California laws. Oh man, I can't wait to shoot that thing. I've got three boxes of .38spl and one of .357 mag in my truck, ready to roll.

 

[one45auto]

To give you some perspective on Ruger revolvers, a relative of mine owns a 1968 Ruger Blackhawk .357 Magnum and it's as good now as the day it came out of the factory.

 

[dasmi]

I've been eyeing Blackhawks. I really need one of those

 

[bigolddeerhunter]

This Police Service Six will eat any thing you put in it. Great gun and smooth trigger.

 

[dasmi]

Looks just like mine.

 

[SWMAN]

I have a 1991 Service Six that I shoot 357s and 38 specials through. Very accurate. My only problem was the stocks were too small for my hands. I put Parchmayr Gripps on it and feels great shooting the magnum loads.