During my early years, the Speed Six was considered the “poor mans 19”. I can’t say how many Speed Six’s I bought and sold for $100.

Good times.

I saw one of these at the York show six or seven years back. $950 I think. Haven't seen one since. Would like to have one, even though I've sold all of my Ruger revolvers and went to Smiths. And a 547 is out of my price range for something that would mostly just sleep in my safe.

I was shooting a lot of IDPA SSR in the early days when .45 Midrange was acceptable.
I was looking for a 4" Speed Six 9mm, and even considering scrounging a 9mm cylinder to put in a Security Six for the adjustable sight.
Smith .38 Super and .40 L frames were on the shopping list, too.


Then IDPA changed the rules and put in a higher power floor for clip guns to make the usual .45s work harder. That would have been tough for a smaller caliber, so I was better off not to have bought.

I’ve got it’s step brother, a 3” GP100 in 10mm which has become one of my favorite revolvers.

I built a carrier for moon clips and purchased moon clip loading and unloading tool.

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Originally posted by Jim Watson:
...scrounging a 9mm cylinder...

That would be some mighty fancy scrounging.