How good is Ruger Security Six?

Firepower! · November 5, 2009, 06:47 AM

I have found a used security six in a local shop. I want to know how well were these models made. Thanks.

Glenn Dee · November 5, 2009, 06:48 AM

Very good!

DiscoRacing · November 5, 2009, 07:11 AM

I have one in .357... shoot it all the time... think its just as good as any other revolver.

Wishoot · November 5, 2009, 07:48 AM

They will out last you and your grand kids. I love mine.

CWPinSC · November 5, 2009, 07:57 AM

Damn fine gun! Not the prettiest, but rugged and reliable. Lots of LEOs used to carry them.

roaddog28 · November 5, 2009, 10:19 AM

Best buy in a medium frame revolver. Stronger than a K frame magnum Smith and Wesson. Here is my Police Service Six 4 inch. This is the fixed sight version. This revolver was the competition to the famous model 19 Smith and Wesson in law enforcement.

Good luck,
roaddog

Leejack · November 5, 2009, 10:41 AM

When it was discontinued, I thought that they must be nuts at Ruger!

It is an outstandung gun!

lee

MADISON · November 5, 2009, 12:54 PM

Over the years, when Ruger made them, I owned 2 stainless Security Six.
I am the type person who likes HOT LOADS.
I like to compare it to the old Smith & Wesson "N" frame models 27 and 28 .357 Magnums. They were build EXTRA STRONG. I put the same hot loads, that I shot in my 28 through the Security Six. The Security Six loved the loadings.
I want the 2 3/4 inch the kid up the stree stole from me back in 1983!!!

Russ5924 · November 5, 2009, 02:06 PM

If I could find one would buy in a minute. Seems like people are holding on to them and the ones that are for sale have a very high price

Dave T · November 5, 2009, 02:51 PM

I've owned several and prefer them to the new Ruger DA by a wide margin. I read some where that they were too expensive to make and the GP-100 is the cheaper way to do it. I believe it because the old SS had soul, the new revolver doesn't. YMMV!

Dave

johnbt · November 5, 2009, 04:10 PM

The story is told about the Ruger salesmen throwing them around the range and then driving over them before shooting them.

Bill Ruger said in an interview that he figured they'd never made a penny off the Speed/Security/Service-Six series if you counted all of the design and develpment costs and such. They were too expensive to make and could only be sold for as much as the market would bear given what the competition was selling for.

I've had a Service-Six since '85.

John

SwampYankee · November 5, 2009, 05:14 PM

I don't think I have ever heard anyone say a bad word about a Security Six. I've got two and wish I had more.

ronto · November 5, 2009, 05:26 PM

How good is it?...It's probably sold by now!

trigger happy · November 5, 2009, 05:33 PM

they were issued to quite a few badges

kristop64089 · November 5, 2009, 06:33 PM

IMO, The best Handgun Ruger has ever made. I have a Speed Six variant, and without a doubt, my favorite revolver.

finfanatic · November 5, 2009, 08:00 PM

I love mine. Just feels right in the hand.

It is a blue 4" Security Six.

I have been looking for a 2.75" barreled one.

Melissa5 · November 5, 2009, 08:06 PM

I'll be picking up this 2 3/4" one from my dealer in the next few days. Just waiting for its little brother, a target grey SP101, to arrive.

Hedge313 · November 5, 2009, 08:18 PM

I bought one 90 days ago for $325, and had serious buyer's remorse. Now, I would buy as many as I could find for that price.

edrice · November 5, 2009, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CWPinSC

Damn fine gun! Not the prettiest, but rugged and reliable. Lots of LEOs used to carry them.

Four assessments, three absolutely correct and only one wrong. It is also the prettiest.

I have a Security-Six and two Speed-Sixs. They are gorgeous!

Ed

rickyjames · November 5, 2009, 08:51 PM

good serviceable gun but heavy and clunky. sold mine for a lighter and more concealable taurus.

gunn308 · November 5, 2009, 09:50 PM

Got 2 looking for another nuff said don't waste any time buy it.

bamaranger · November 6, 2009, 12:58 AM

This is a heresay story, I was not there, but it came from some reliable sources who supposedly were.

FLETC in Glyco GA, supposedly shot Ruger Sec. 6, various Smith K frames (I don't think the L frame was around yet) side by side, torture test style, and supposedly, the ruger sec6 outlasted the others by a wide margin.

Ammo was likely the .38 +P+ "Treasury Load". Also, The Border Patrol issue revolver for a while, was 4" Security 6.

I had one, but just had to have a Blackhawk, and traded it away.

22-rimfire · November 6, 2009, 08:04 AM

The Security Six was Rugers attempt to move into the direct head-to-head competition with Colt and Smith & Wesson at the time. I don't think they quite made the transition with that revolver and really their firearms were not "nearly equal" to the competition until the GP100 and SP101 came out and are huge successes in the market.

They are tough revolvers if that is what you're looking for priced at the time at a very competitive pricing point relative to the competition. There are those that really like that revolver.

madcratebuilder · November 6, 2009, 08:05 AM

Best DA revolver Ruger ever made by far. I'm a S&W guy but love the Security Six.

Doyle · November 6, 2009, 08:44 AM

Quote:

good serviceable gun but heavy and clunky. sold mine for a lighter and more concealable taurus.

That's like trading a Mercedes for a Yugo.

November 5, 2009, 06:47 AM	#1
Firepower! Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2008 Posts: 2,109	How good is Ruger Security Six? I have found a used security six in a local shop. I want to know how well were these models made. Thanks.

November 5, 2009, 12:54 PM	#8
MADISON Senior Member Join Date: January 1, 2000 Location: Roanoke, Virginia Posts: 2,678	How good is a SECURITY SIX? Over the years, when Ruger made them, I owned 2 stainless Security Six. I am the type person who likes HOT LOADS. I like to compare it to the old Smith & Wesson "N" frame models 27 and 28 .357 Magnums. They were build EXTRA STRONG. I put the same hot loads, that I shot in my 28 through the Security Six. The Security Six loved the loadings. I want the 2 3/4 inch the kid up the stree stole from me back in 1983!!!

November 5, 2009, 02:06 PM	#9
Russ5924 Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2005 Posts: 1,874	If I could find one would buy in a minute. Seems like people are holding on to them and the ones that are for sale have a very high price __________________ Russ5924

November 5, 2009, 02:51 PM	#10
Dave T Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2000 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 1,456	I've owned several and prefer them to the new Ruger DA by a wide margin. I read some where that they were too expensive to make and the GP-100 is the cheaper way to do it. I believe it because the old SS had soul, the new revolver doesn't. YMMV! Dave __________________ RSVN '69-'71 PCSD Ret

November 5, 2009, 05:26 PM	#13
ronto Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2007 Location: Smack Dab in the Middle of Nowhere. Posts: 505	How good is it?...It's probably sold by now! __________________ "We will do this: we will hang together, we will keep our organization, our arms, our discipline, our hatred of oppression, until one universal shout goes up from an admiring age that this Missouri Cavalry Division preferred exile to submission, death to dishonor". General Joseph O. Shelby, CSA (1830-1897) The only Confederate General who refused to surrender himself or his 1,000+ "Iron Brigade".

November 5, 2009, 06:48 AM	#2
Glenn Dee Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2009 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,560	Very good!

November 5, 2009, 07:11 AM	#3
DiscoRacing Senior Member Join Date: December 19, 2008 Location: milton, wv Posts: 3,640	I have one in .357... shoot it all the time... think its just as good as any other revolver.

November 5, 2009, 07:48 AM	#4
Wishoot Senior Member Join Date: June 5, 2009 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,093	They will out last you and your grand kids. I love mine.

November 5, 2009, 07:57 AM	#5
CWPinSC Junior member Join Date: July 1, 2009 Posts: 863	Damn fine gun! Not the prettiest, but rugged and reliable. Lots of LEOs used to carry them.

November 5, 2009, 10:19 AM	#6
roaddog28 Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2009 Location: Escondido, CA Posts: 961	Best buy in a medium frame revolver. Stronger than a K frame magnum Smith and Wesson. Here is my Police Service Six 4 inch. This is the fixed sight version. This revolver was the competition to the famous model 19 Smith and Wesson in law enforcement. Good luck, roaddog

November 5, 2009, 10:41 AM	#7
Leejack Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: The Alamo! Posts: 2,056	When it was discontinued, I thought that they must be nuts at Ruger! It is an outstandung gun! lee

November 5, 2009, 04:10 PM	#11
johnbt Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 1999 Location: Richmond, Virginia USA Posts: 6,004	The story is told about the Ruger salesmen throwing them around the range and then driving over them before shooting them. Bill Ruger said in an interview that he figured they'd never made a penny off the Speed/Security/Service-Six series if you counted all of the design and develpment costs and such. They were too expensive to make and could only be sold for as much as the market would bear given what the competition was selling for. I've had a Service-Six since '85. John

November 5, 2009, 05:14 PM	#12
SwampYankee Registration in progress Join Date: November 1, 2008 Location: I can be found on a number of other forums. Posts: 1,333	I don't think I have ever heard anyone say a bad word about a Security Six. I've got two and wish I had more.

November 5, 2009, 05:33 PM	#14
trigger happy Senior Member Join Date: January 6, 2006 Location: Pensacola Posts: 759	they were issued to quite a few badges __________________ "You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass" Admiral Yamamoto "You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life" Winston Churchill

November 5, 2009, 08:00 PM	#16
finfanatic Senior Member Join Date: August 17, 2008 Posts: 136	Love mine I love mine. Just feels right in the hand. It is a blue 4" Security Six. I have been looking for a 2.75" barreled one.

November 5, 2009, 08:06 PM	#17
Melissa5 Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 210	I'll be picking up this 2 3/4" one from my dealer in the next few days. Just waiting for its little brother, a target grey SP101, to arrive. __________________ GlocksnRugers

November 5, 2009, 08:18 PM	#18
Hedge313 Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2009 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 185	I bought one 90 days ago for $325, and had serious buyer's remorse. Now, I would buy as many as I could find for that price.

November 5, 2009, 08:51 PM	#20
rickyjames Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2009 Posts: 558	good serviceable gun but heavy and clunky. sold mine for a lighter and more concealable taurus.

November 5, 2009, 09:50 PM	#21
gunn308 Member Join Date: October 4, 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 73	Security Six Got 2 looking for another nuff said don't waste any time buy it. __________________ Oats that have already gone through the horse are always cheaper than oats that haven't !

November 6, 2009, 12:58 AM	#22
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,309	tough This is a heresay story, I was not there, but it came from some reliable sources who supposedly were. FLETC in Glyco GA, supposedly shot Ruger Sec. 6, various Smith K frames (I don't think the L frame was around yet) side by side, torture test style, and supposedly, the ruger sec6 outlasted the others by a wide margin. Ammo was likely the .38 +P+ "Treasury Load". Also, The Border Patrol issue revolver for a while, was 4" Security 6. I had one, but just had to have a Blackhawk, and traded it away.

November 6, 2009, 08:04 AM	#23
22-rimfire Senior Member Join Date: February 19, 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 5,323	The Security Six was Rugers attempt to move into the direct head-to-head competition with Colt and Smith & Wesson at the time. I don't think they quite made the transition with that revolver and really their firearms were not "nearly equal" to the competition until the GP100 and SP101 came out and are huge successes in the market. They are tough revolvers if that is what you're looking for priced at the time at a very competitive pricing point relative to the competition. There are those that really like that revolver.

November 6, 2009, 08:05 AM	#24
madcratebuilder Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2007 Location: Northern Orygun Posts: 4,923	Best DA revolver Ruger ever made by far. I'm a S&W guy but love the Security Six.