Posted: 11/26/2014 1:36:46 PM EDT
| I don't really know much about revolvers, but I know my dad wants one for Christmas. He was looking at the Ruger GP100 at Gander the other day and really liked it. I just wanted to get some input or reviews before buying one for him, I have the ability to get one for $515, but I need to decide soon so I have it in time for the holidays. |
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My first handgun was a 4" blued GP100. I absolutely love it. You can't go wrong getting your dad one.
Here's a recent shot of mine. It was purchased new by my grandfather back in '86. When I bought it twelve years ago, it was still in the plastic wrap in the original box 
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They're ok.
I had one two years ago and had a problem with cylinder binding. A buddy of mine just got a WC GP100 and had two incidents with cylinder binding during a session firing ~100 rounds of .357 Mag ammo. You may want to spend a bit of time looking into it... Personally, I prefer Smith & Wesson revolvers. |
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They're ok. I had one two years ago and had a problem with cylinder binding. A buddy of mine just got a WC GP100 and had two incidents with cylinder binding during a session firing ~100 rounds of .357 Mag ammo. You may want to spend a bit of time looking into it... Personally, I prefer Smith & Wesson revolvers. Weird. I put nearly 300rds through mine in one afternoon (WIley Clapp) and it had no issues. Ruger does have a great warranty service though. I hope he sent it back. I sent in my SP101 WC because the hammer was chipping. Got it back with a new hammer and a polished/stoned trigger group. Very happy with their CS. |
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Weird. I put nearly 300rds through mine in one afternoon (WIley Clapp) and it had no issues. Ruger does have a great warranty service though. I hope he sent it back. I sent in my SP101 WC because the hammer was chipping. Got it back with a new hammer and a polished/stoned trigger group. Very happy with their CS. Quoted:
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They're ok. I had one two years ago and had a problem with cylinder binding. A buddy of mine just got a WC GP100 and had two incidents with cylinder binding during a session firing ~100 rounds of .357 Mag ammo. You may want to spend a bit of time looking into it... Personally, I prefer Smith & Wesson revolvers. Weird. I put nearly 300rds through mine in one afternoon (WIley Clapp) and it had no issues. Ruger does have a great warranty service though. I hope he sent it back. I sent in my SP101 WC because the hammer was chipping. Got it back with a new hammer and a polished/stoned trigger group. Very happy with their CS. He's going to shoot it a bit more before he contacts CS. I really felt bad for him as he traded another revolver in on it and was really pumped up about it until this happened. The trigger could only be pulled back about 1/3 of the way before it stopped... |
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He's going to shoot it a bit more before he contacts CS. I really felt bad for him as he traded another revolver in on it and was really pumped up about it until this happened. The trigger could only be pulled back about 1/3 of the way before it stopped... Quoted:
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They're ok. I had one two years ago and had a problem with cylinder binding. A buddy of mine just got a WC GP100 and had two incidents with cylinder binding during a session firing ~100 rounds of .357 Mag ammo. You may want to spend a bit of time looking into it... Personally, I prefer Smith & Wesson revolvers. Weird. I put nearly 300rds through mine in one afternoon (WIley Clapp) and it had no issues. Ruger does have a great warranty service though. I hope he sent it back. I sent in my SP101 WC because the hammer was chipping. Got it back with a new hammer and a polished/stoned trigger group. Very happy with their CS. He's going to shoot it a bit more before he contacts CS. I really felt bad for him as he traded another revolver in on it and was really pumped up about it until this happened. The trigger could only be pulled back about 1/3 of the way before it stopped... Wow, something definitely wrong there. I'm kind of wondering if something came loose in the trigger group. Fairly simple to pull out if he has 20 minutes. If not, CS will do him right. It was 10 days counting shipping from AK to NH to get the SP10 looked at and back in my hands. |
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I think mine 6 inch stainless probably has about 50k rounds through it, but that number has a huge margin of error. It has been completely trouble free with the exception of me short-stroking the trigger once in a pistol match.
There are a couple things to look out for: 1. The little set screw on the bottom of the recoil shield under the cylinder latch can back out. 2. If you take it apart, be very careful to get the pawl/hand back in correctly. 3. The Lett grips are AWESOME (the old stock ones with the wood inserts), but are getting pretty expensive these days if you can find them. I have both S&W and Ruger products. My well-broken-in GP probably has the best trigger out of any of them. Next is my 686-4. -shooter |