Rugers? I said until 1968 (actually I said until I was 18) I never had anyone to teach me anything about weapons, But I was a wheel gun person, and what I knew I looked up, read about etc. My first wheel gun was a Ruger Security Six, the Second was a Ruger Speed Six, The third was a CZ 75, the fourth was a S&W Model 49, my fifth was a Colt Agent Air weight (an Unmitigated waste of metal, time and energy) both the snub nose were backups for my duty weapon which were the Rugers or the CZ. None of them had grip safeties, and even though friends had a gun store I did not handle every one in there, but I did handle some and even some old ones. The only grip safety I ever saw or at least remember seeing was on a Colt, Gold Cup, and I thought that was the slickest weapon I ever saw, held or fired. It almost got me off Rugers and CZ's but I couldn't afford it, Heck I could barely afford just to hold the thing. Oh Ya and I also loved Dan Wessons, but again, Way, Way out of my price range back then, Never saw a grip safety. sorry guys, I really am, I wish I knew what you all do I really do, I feel like I was cheated out of something growing up, but that's life, so sue me.
Oh and one of the reasons I never really liked Autos before I discover CZ's was that the ones I was given to practice/train with, used to jam, or FTFire. Failed to Feed, and one that another recruit was using on the range at the time fell apart. Seriously fell apart. That Gold cup I saw much later was the only Colt 1911 or any semi Auto I was will to trust (on man it was a thing of beauty) besides my CZ's. And I more or less remember that having a grip safety and thinking it was also a cool idea, so all my actuall experience was from 1968 forward, with random looking, touching older pistols and Semi Autos, Oh and nearly breaking my hand using a Thompson Contender single shot .44 as a test bed for testing level IIIA body armor, and no grip safety on that either as I recall.