I had these? Haha surely you didn't get rid of them! I've never had a GP but they would have to be awful good to be AS good.I had these stainless 2 3/4" Speed Six, a 4" stainless Service Six, a 4" blue Security Six, and a 6" stainless Security Six. Those were great guns, I like them a lot better than the GP100.
Here's mine
Good luck with the search, I got lucky and found this one at a local gun show.agreed. i absolutely love it. it's on my list!
EDIT: Seriously. Just checked gunbroker for Ruger Security Six, Speed Six and Service Six. I had forgotten all about these....thanks!
That's right.
I traded a stainless Ruger P89 (1st gun I ever bought) w/ 10 mags for it 15 years ago. My girlfriend wanted a gun to shoot with me so I worked out a deal with my neighbor. She didn't like the factory grips, so she bought the Hogues.
I married her to retain access to the gun (certainly not the only reason, but it didn't hurt).
Economy of scale.
My two current EDC are my favorite.
A Glock43 and an FN compact
I'm a dummy, what does that mean?
There is a much higher demand for 9mm (both military and civilian), so manufactures make (and sell) a lot more of it, so it's cheaper. Plus, everyone with a commercial loading press is putting out remanufactured or reloaded 9mm which drives the price down. Not nearly the demand for .38spl as there once was. Some of this is due to the general move away from revolvers and some by the increased number of small autos that have eaten into the snub-nose revolver market.