Ruger Security-Six .357 Magnum Stainless 4-Inch Revolver with Adjustable Sights (1980s)
This stainless Ruger Security-Six is a six-shot, medium-frame .357 Magnum revolver from the 1980s with a 4-inch barrel and adjustable sights. It features Ruger’s transfer-bar safety for safe carry with all six chambers and classic checkered walnut grips with Ruger medallions. Its configuration aligns with mid-1980s production of the Six-Series, a design widely used as a law-enforcement duty revolver.
Condition
Overall Condition: Fair condition, showing extensive signs of prior use and handling.
Bore Overall Condition: Good - Clean, well-maintained, minor wear marks.
Bore Rifling: Good Rifling - Intact, well-defined lands and grooves.
Specific Condition Notes: Multiple scratches and blemishes are present across the revolver. Rust and pitting are visible in various areas. Carbon scorching is evident around the forcing cone and on the cylinder face, consistent with normal firing.
What's Included
- No box/case included
The Security-Six is part of Ruger’s Six-Series, produced from 1972 to 1988, with the GP100 as its successor. This example reflects a mid-1980s configuration with a 4-inch barrel and adjustable sights, built on a medium-frame with a six-shot fluted cylinder.
Constructed of stainless steel with a satin/brushed finish, it uses Ruger’s Terhune Anticorro stainless. The barrel features a serrated rib and an ejector-rod shroud. An exposed, checkered hammer spur supports confident double-action/single-action operation.
Sighting is via a ramped, pinned front sight with an orange insert and an adjustable square-notch rear, giving the user fine control over point of aim. The factory checkered walnut grip panels with Ruger medallions provide a traditional look and solid in-hand texture.
Ruger’s transfer-bar safety system allows carrying the revolver with all six chambers loaded. Built in the United States, this stainless Security-Six embodies the durable, duty-ready design that made the model popular with law enforcement in its era.