Despite being popular with civilians, Bill Ruger wanted to get into law enforcement and security contracts. Development and history Īs far back as 1966, Ruger designers Harry Sefried and Henry Into began working on the company's first double-action revolver. These revolvers were marketed to law enforcement duty issue, military, and civilian self-defense markets.
The Ruger Security-Six and its variants, the Service-Six and Speed-Six are a product line of double-action revolvers introduced in 1972 and manufactured until 1988 by Sturm, Ruger & Co.