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<blockquote data-quote="Fyrtwuck" data-source="post: 3104371" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>I copied this from Wikipedia. I may have been thinking of the “Speed Six”. </p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Service-Six</span></strong></p><p>After a few months of production, Ruger renamed the fixed-sight version of the Security-Six the Service-Six or alternatively, the "Police Service-Six". This was largely a marketing decision and an attempt to capitalize on the lucrative law enforcement service revolver market. The Service-Six was normally chambered in .357 Magnum, though Ruger also built versions in .38 Special and 9mm Luger (Parabellum) for some police orders.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security-Six#cite_note-ch-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> The U.S. Military contracted for the fixed-sight .38 Special variant adding a lanyard ring to the butt and designating it the M108. It was to replace aging <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_10" target="_blank">Smith & Wesson Model 10</a> for issuing to air crews and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_police" target="_blank">military police</a>.[<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a>] The 9mm variant featured cylinder chambers bored to headspace the cartridge on the case mouth instead of the rim, using a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent" target="_blank">patented</a> spring <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_clip" target="_blank">moon clip</a> to permit extraction of the fired case. These alterations allowed the rimless 9mm cartridge to be used in a revolver design. Barrel length options for the Service-Six included 2.75 and 4 inches.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security-Six#cite_note-ch-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> The 9mm was also marketed under the designation M109.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Speed-Six<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ruger_Security-Six&action=edit&section=5" target="_blank">Edit</a></strong></span></p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rugerspeedsix.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Rugerspeedsix.JPG/220px-Rugerspeedsix.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Rare Speed-Six variant in <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9mm_Parabellum" target="_blank">9mm Parabellum</a>, which uses <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_clip" target="_blank">moon clips</a> to chamber the rimless cartridges</p><p>Incorporating fixed sights and a round-butt frame, and available in .357 Magnum, .38 Special, .38 S&W (.38-200), and 9mm Luger, the Speed-Six was intended for use by plainclothes detectives and others desiring a more concealable handgun. The standard barrel lengths available for these models were the same as those for the Service-Six, but also included a 3-inch length in certain law-enforcement contract orders, such as for the U.S. Postal Service (Model GS33-PS). The .357 Magnum, three-inch barreled model was standard issue to Special Agents of the former U.S. <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service" target="_blank">Immigration and Naturalization Service</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security-Six#cite_note-Former_I&NS_Special_Agent-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> as well as Patrol Agents of the U.S. <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol" target="_blank">Border Patrol</a> working plain clothes assignments until both agencies adopted <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.40_S%26W" target="_blank">.40 caliber</a> semi-automatic pistols.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security-Six#cite_note-Former_Border_Patrol_Agent-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> The .38 S&W variant (in England known as the .380 British or .38-200) was equipped with a military-style lanyard ring, and was sold to law enforcement organizations in India.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security-Six#cite_note-wg-1" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security-Six#cite_note-rrr-3" target="_blank">[3</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fyrtwuck, post: 3104371, member: 23"] I copied this from Wikipedia. I may have been thinking of the “Speed Six”. [B][SIZE=4]Service-Six[/SIZE][/B] After a few months of production, Ruger renamed the fixed-sight version of the Security-Six the Service-Six or alternatively, the "Police Service-Six". This was largely a marketing decision and an attempt to capitalize on the lucrative law enforcement service revolver market. The Service-Six was normally chambered in .357 Magnum, though Ruger also built versions in .38 Special and 9mm Luger (Parabellum) for some police orders.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security-Six#cite_note-ch-2'][2][/URL] The U.S. Military contracted for the fixed-sight .38 Special variant adding a lanyard ring to the butt and designating it the M108. It was to replace aging [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_10']Smith & Wesson Model 10[/URL] for issuing to air crews and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_police']military police[/URL].[[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed']citation needed[/URL]] The 9mm variant featured cylinder chambers bored to headspace the cartridge on the case mouth instead of the rim, using a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent']patented[/URL] spring [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_clip']moon clip[/URL] to permit extraction of the fired case. These alterations allowed the rimless 9mm cartridge to be used in a revolver design. Barrel length options for the Service-Six included 2.75 and 4 inches.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security-Six#cite_note-ch-2'][2][/URL] The 9mm was also marketed under the designation M109. [SIZE=4][B]Speed-Six[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ruger_Security-Six&action=edit§ion=5']Edit[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rugerspeedsix.JPG'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Rugerspeedsix.JPG/220px-Rugerspeedsix.JPG[/IMG][/URL] Rare Speed-Six variant in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9mm_Parabellum']9mm Parabellum[/URL], which uses [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_clip']moon clips[/URL] to chamber the rimless cartridges Incorporating fixed sights and a round-butt frame, and available in .357 Magnum, .38 Special, .38 S&W (.38-200), and 9mm Luger, the Speed-Six was intended for use by plainclothes detectives and others desiring a more concealable handgun. The standard barrel lengths available for these models were the same as those for the Service-Six, but also included a 3-inch length in certain law-enforcement contract orders, such as for the U.S. Postal Service (Model GS33-PS). The .357 Magnum, three-inch barreled model was standard issue to Special Agents of the former U.S. [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service']Immigration and Naturalization Service[/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security-Six#cite_note-Former_I&NS_Special_Agent-5'][5][/URL] as well as Patrol Agents of the U.S. [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol']Border Patrol[/URL] working plain clothes assignments until both agencies adopted [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.40_S%26W'].40 caliber[/URL] semi-automatic pistols.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security-Six#cite_note-Former_Border_Patrol_Agent-6'][6][/URL] The .38 S&W variant (in England known as the .380 British or .38-200) was equipped with a military-style lanyard ring, and was sold to law enforcement organizations in India.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security-Six#cite_note-wg-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security-Six#cite_note-rrr-3'][3[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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