Ruger Service Six just needed cleaning

[tazman]

Does it look as bad as this one?



Shoots good though!



35W

Here are a couple of pics of mine. You can decide the condition for yourself. The grips are something I added to make it feel better in my hand.

[Texas by God]

Should you ever tire of it; let me know. The Six series are the only Ruger DA I like. BTW, Ruger will reblue it for $80 or so.

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[454PB]

I tighten my DA revolver ejector rods by chucking the ejector rod in a padded vise, stick 2 .357Maximum rounds into opposite sides of the cylinder and give them a hard twist. They Never loosen up. Or 445 or 460 cases.

Loosen the ejector rod the same way.

I have pads for my vise that are 1/2" plywood with a triple thickness of rubber innertube epoxied to one side.
There are small bent nails set into the top of each side. I just turn them around to keep the pads from falling off, depending which side I'm using.

I do the same, but I use a piece of flexible tubing (plastic) that is a snug fit over the ejector rod and a pair of pliers.

[Petrol & Powder]

Tazman, that 4" Service-Six would be an excellent candidate for a refinish.

[tazman]

I may do that down the road a ways.
Part of the reason I purchased this revolver is the poor finish. I have several revolvers that I won't do certain things with because I don't want to expose them to finish damage.
This one doesn't have that problem.
I realize it is a tool for a purpose and nice looks shouldn't hinder it's use. That said, I just can't take a nice looking firearm out where it will probably get scratched up and worn.
I used to have an issue with my sweat(job related). When I shot trap during the summer, my perspiration would actually rust my shotguns before I could get home and clean them, it was that corrosive.
I still have a mental block about that even though I no longer have that issue.
I don't buy safe queens. Every gun I purchase gets shot, a lot.
Even so, some of the guns I own get handled very carefully to avoid the slightest blemish to the finish. It is a mental problem for me.

[Thumbcocker]

Some years back I bought a .357 Blackhawk missing some blue and grip frame finish. Named it "Spot". Spot shoots just fine as is.

[JM7.7x58]

The sights on my stainless Security Six are blued. They are well worn from holster wear. There are also quite a few random scratches all over the gun. I just realized that my whole revolver would be a rusty, scratched up mess if it had not been made in stainless. It lived a hard life before I got it.

It shoots great and I never worry about scratching it. Any new scratches I can blame on the last guy who owned it.
JM

Edit: Here is the link to the Ruger Security Six Instructions. https://ruger-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/...ecuritySix.pdf

[Walks]

Refinsh !!!!! That Revolver has Character.

My Ancient NM Blackhawk (1974) has less finish. It's LIVED, it's seen hard use and shows it. Refinishing one of my COLT SAA's that I shot for 25+yrs in Cowboy Shooting would be like me getting a Face Lift. Not that I need one, I'm still as Handsome and Dashing as ever.