Ruger GP-100

[Guest Grot]

I have fallen in love with this wheel gun.

Anyone have anything to say about them?

Im looking for a 6" SS model.

But have yet to locate one, since no one sell them used i guess it will be a good buy.

If you just want to add some pics of your own that will work too.

[I_Like_Pie]

If you are looking used...the only real choices you will have to make is Full or half lug barrel. Full looks better and it front end heavy like many people enjoy. Half lug is more neutral and many competition shooters like them.

I think the new ones are all full lug.

[Guest The Highlander]

Most accurate revolver I own is a GP-100. Got a beautiful Royal Phoenix model. I'd love to have a 4" Stainless, adjustable sight model too. Send to Gemini Customs for a little work, and it might be the Perfect Revolver!

[Will Carry]

I won't sell mine. It's a keeper. It makes shooting hot .357 magnum loads a pleasure. My daughter shoots it and loves it.

[Zeus]

The GP is an excellent wheel gun. I sold one off 10 years ago and regretted it ever since. It bothered me so much that I replaced it a few months back.

Edited February 13, 2011 by Zeus

[Guest Grot]

Beautiful guns, someone has to have one they want to part with.

[Murgatroy]

Great guns. I am a sucker for a Ruger wheel gun.

[Zeus]

Beautiful guns, someone has to have one they want to part with.

Good luck with that.....I haven't found many GP100 (or 686 for that matter) owners that would part with them.

To drive your urges even more check this out. The target on the right was shot with an open sighted 6" GP100 12 years ago....that was the gun I regretted selling. The target on the left was shot just a few months ago with the above pictured GP. I'm sure I could do better as it was my first time out with that particular wheel gun. Both groups were shot rested @ 25 yards with generic hand loads.

[Guest Grot]

Your not helping.

I ended up buying a Polish P64 today.

Will have a GP100 in my collection eventually, just not right now.

They are too expensive new

[gnmwilliams]

Got mine from budsgunshop.com for 460ish with free shipping and no tax.

[JR2ATN]

If I had to thin the herd, this would be one of the last to go.

[graycrait]

All the Ruger revolvers are nice hefty revolvers. The thing I like about them is their ease of disassembly without the need for specialty tools. Once the trigger group is out make sure you take a good look at it before you disassemble it, there are a couple of areas that can confuse you when you reassemble. What I have found out is that later models seem to be a slave of mass production but it is not too bothersome to dismantle and with needle files and dental picks take out any casting "slag" and file any rough openings. Just don't round the edges where the frame pieces meet. I have a pdf file, known among the Ruger community as:

Iowegan’s Book of Knowledge for the Ruger GP-100. It is on how to tune up the Ruger GP 100, which essentially applies to the SP101 or the Speed or Security Series. I had the Kuhnhausen Shop Manual but this pdf worked just as well if not a little easier.

Ruger GP100 Book of Knowledge « Gunner’s Journal

This is a pretty good primer on doing a spring change and a bit of stoning. Banana Fufu: Trigger job for your Ruger GP100Just remember, just a little polishing, finding Ruger internal parts is almost impossible at times online. However, you can always send the gun back to Ruger and they will fix it for you at some cost. Here are some parts: Numrich Gun Parts Corp. - The World's Largest Supplier of Firearms Parts and Accessories

[graycrait]

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Edited February 15, 2011 by graycrait
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[TnEngineer]

GP100 is my favorite DA six shooter. If you get a chance to pop on one at a good price, DO NOT pass it up!