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Section 8: Handguns Subject: Colt Detective Special Msg# 1036479
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 I hear you and "I feel your pain."  It is frustrating because we gun geeks can fall in love with a gun that has the looks, but we are, after all shooters, and that's the bottom line, isn't it?
I have a similar gun, though of course not nearly as gorgeous as that old Colt Dick Special you had. Mine is my Ruger Speed-six, one the more attractive of the Ruger "Six series." The issue stocks were walnut, but those were not for shooting with magnum ammo. Image below from Mark Freburg - Image Title: Speed-six  Image below from Mark Freburg - Image Title: Speed-six  |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: This is yet another one that I regret trading off... It was in excellent condition and a great example of its type. I always liked the steel Detective Special better than its two lightweight stablemates.  I have always liked the looks of this series of snubbies from Colt but had never owned one. I bought this one and discovered it didn't fit my hand well enough for me to shoot it as well as I'd hoped. The grip felt odd. I put a Tyler T-grip on it and that seemed to help but I still couldn't shoot it well enough to keep it. My next step would have been to put a larger set of Hogue grips on it and that would have destroyed its looks, which were what attracted me to the gun in the first place. So, I sent it on down the pike to a new owner. In hindsight, I should have just removed the T-grips and framed it... |
Pachmayr made their Compac model that made the gun a perfect shooter, and my Speed-six wears those to this day. I think they look good, but do they look like as good as the issue stocks?