SPEED-SIX GS-84

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SPEED-SIX GS-84

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I bought this Speed-Six years ago and posted it over on the RugerForum at that time. A forum member Jeff (Tank) Hoover who was a Motorcycle Policeman in Montgomery County MD. He gave me the following information on the gun & sent me a department patch to go with the gun. I always enjoyed his posts & we shared more than a few PMs, sadly he has not been active there for sometime. Jeff now writes a column for GUNS magazine.
Terry

Jug,
Those were our duty issue guns( I came on in 1985) and our Dept. armorer engraved all the guns himself with some sort of stencil. Did a pretty good job ! When we switched over to the Berettas (another story involving our Governor) we were given the option of buying them. I surely bought mine ! Still have it ! Some guys bought several, and sold them for profit. A few turned up later, used in crimes as far away as Fla., and the county banned all re-sale of guns to LEO. I'm stuck in a liberal state, in the MOST liberal county of that state. That's it in a nut shell.
Be happy to answer any more questions for you, Terry !
Take care Buddy.
Jeff

Found another email from Jeff,

Terry,
Rich Fried was the armorer who stenciled the badge. He is a hecka of a gunsmith.
Learned from a fellow also from our Dept, Lou Ciamillo, of Md. Gunworks, now located
in Ga. Mas Ayoob has praised Lou's work. His specialty is PPC guns.

I'll ask about how many guns were ordered. This is where the seed was planted for
my infatuation with Ruger guns. Rich always said they were cop proof, meaning tough
dependable, guns. I agree !
Take care Buddy.
Jeff

1985 GS-84 - .38 Spcl. Ser.# 161-56985

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Note - For those interested TANKS GS-84 is pictured on page 71 of June 2022 Guns Magazine.
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Great gun and story. If you do Facebook, Tank is on there.
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Tim,
I have never been on Facebook. This forum & RF are about as far as I go when it come's to social media.
I always liked Jeff's stories and I'm glad he found success in that field.
Thanks for letting me know.
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Terry
I PMed Tank on facebook with a link to this thread. Maybe he will get in touch with you again. He seems like a super nice guy.
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Hey Terry, Tank PMed me back and wants your email address. PM it to me and I will pass it along to him.
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Great gun and history. I hope you and Tank can hook up again.
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I really enjoyed reading this. Thanks for sharing!
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Neat gun Terry, a lot like the R.M.C.P. SDA-85H you don't see them, thanks for sharing. One of the best things about collecting Rugers is you never know what you're going to run across.
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Bennett,
Thank you.
Funny thing that you mention an RMCP SDA-85H.
I have one made for the RCMP, it letters and was re-imported to the USA. I'll post a picture along with
a couple of others that might interest you tomorrow.

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