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The lost Indian .380 Ruger Wheelguns

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Between 1973 and 1988, Ruger’s best-selling double action revolver series was built around the Speed Six and Security Six model wheel guns. The company made these for military, police, and security forces around the world as well as for private sales for home defense and sporting purposes.

Well old Bill Ruger was well known to make special runs of guns for customers who would buy 500 or more of a particular semi-custom model. This led to a 2.75-inch barrel Speed Six made for the US Postal Inspectors and a run of stainless .38SPL Security Sixes for the California Highway Patrol.

And one of the most interesting and seldom seen of these special runs was one for India…in .380/200 Rimmed.

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You gotta love the Trigger D on this Mumbai city cop…and look at that hard serving Ruger Security Six.

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The Ruger Service Six Series: Wheelgun Muscle, 70s style

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Let’s take a time trip back to 1972. Roberta Flack and Don Mclean are on the radio, The Godfather has just been released, a gallon of gas (leaded) cost 36-cents, and almost every cop in the land carries a revolver. It was in this climate that Bill Ruger decided to introduce a line of solid-frame double action revolvers. These guns would go down in history as the Ruger ‘Six’ series.

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