Theyre the first without finger grooves (which never seem to match up well with my big fingers anyway) for Ruger and the pebble style surface adds even more grip than the rubber alone. Ruger GP100 Stainless/Black 44 Special Revolver - Stainless/Silver, 3" Barrel, 5 Rounds, Rubber Grips, 3-Dot Sights 23 Reviews | 0 Questions & Answers Model: 1761 Condition: Factory New Bud's Item Number: 27153 . Single Action), or by merely pulling the trigger when the hammer is not cocked (a.k.a. It was hard enough to settle on a GP100 over a Dan Wesson (among other revolvers). The edges were sharp or rounded where they should be, and the metal-to-metal fit was exacting. With a 36-ounce handgun, you need a heavy-duty belt, so I chose one from Versacarry made of double-ply leather. My 357 is now so pretty I almost hate to shoot it. Quote of the Day: The Unintended Consequences of Universal Background Checks? Cut to still allow smooth ejection of spent cases, they feel and work just as well as the rubber grips. Double action measures a little over 11 pounds. Through the years, Ruger has chambered its single-action Blackhawk revolvers in .44 Special, and any revolver chambered for .44 Magnum can also shoot the lighter .44 Sp ecial. WTF happened to you? version of the Ruger GP100 came out, most American police officers. Ruger GP100 Stainless 3" Revolver 5 RD 44 Special $849.00 (Save up to 20%) Price $675.00. I didnt develop a pet load for this gun. https://rosesturnblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/kiritsugu-bang.jpg?w=1200, The T/C Contender is/was available in .45/70 and its successor (way back when) the .444 Marlin. I have but two words to say about anyone who would complain that a gun review was too long because it contained a bit of discourse about Elmer Keith: fuck em. According to one of Skeltons articles from 1969, this load has a velocity of about 940 fps. Since youre a reloader, the .44 Special is right up your alley! Its going to be one of those guns that just hangs on a wall most of the time. 2) something about the front sight is too high or that there's a gap under the blade, and that it wander from . It took multiple shots. Am I missing something? The Don Hume holster kept the gun secure and out of the way until I needed it, and reholstering was easy. Moose? Because the front sight is dovetailed into the stainless matte stainless steel barrel, it can be replaced with a gold dot or a tritium night sight. For those who love handloads it's absolutely ideal. Poor - under 30% condition. SOLD !!! ------------------------ Hickok45 videos are filmed on my own private shooting range and property by trained professionals for. It's comfortable to shoot, not too big and provides plenty of punch with a variety of loads. The short-barreled Model 69 arrives tomorrow. Props for the serrated top slide and unfluted cylinder. They say that clothes make the man/woman. In addition to new guns, new .44 Special ammunition (by Sig Sauer, Hornady, and the Speer Gold Dot) and expanding bullet weight and design choices are the nitroglycerin pills keeping the old cartridge alive. Welcome aboard Steve, and thanks for a great review of this classic cartridge, and the new launch platform for it. Good - 80-90% condition (all parts/finish should be original). If you want a .44 Magnum, buy one. 1761. Its interesting that Ruger came to market with this stainless steel .44 Special GP100 with a short barrel. (l.) A large, push-button cylinder-release latch is . The GP100 in .44 Special reminds me why. You went out to the car and brought in a box and it had a few different model GP100 in it and he opened up every box and set them up on the counter then he brings out this gun that is mounted to a piece of plastic as a display piece and I noticed theres a 3/8 inch Bolt stainless steel screw down into the barrel in the muzzle of the gun then he pops the cylinder out and pulls out and empty brass full load 357 Magnum charge an empty piece of brass and he says does that Barrel look messed up to you other than the bolt being screwed into the front of the muzzle? The Ruger GP100 features modern grip designs into a centuries-old action. Keith and Skelton were also involved in the development of the 41 Magnum for law enforcement and hunting. Same thing with Elmer Keef he showed a couple of these gun designers what he was getting out of the 44 special and they built him a frame and a cylinder to handle the pressure and then took it into from being a wildcat cartridge to a 44 magnum cartridge what Ruger is trying to do here is take a 44 special build it like a tank so that you can get higher pressure levels with a smaller framed package so youre not carrying around a Model 29 Smith & Wesson but youre getting very close ballistic with a hot loaded 44 special just like Elmer Keith did when he was designing the 44 magnum cartridge years and years ago. This is my first Ruger double action revolver. The trigger is now smooth as silk. Steven Tracy is a retired police officer after 30 years of service and has been a firearms enthusiast since birth. walnut handles and brass bead front sight! Thanks! MFG: Ruger. Is this one on your maybe one day list? Whats this superiority to .45ACP? Most of the rounds hovered around the 3-inch mark for a five-round group at 25 yards off a bag. The .44 Special GP100 is perfectly capable of fast, accurate shots. Manufacturer: Sturm, Ruger & Co. Model: GP100 5-Shot (#1761) Action: Double-Action Revolver Caliber: .44 Special Finish: Satin Stainless Steel Grip: Hogue Synthetic Monogrip, No Finger. Ruger continued the Blackhawk for several years as a standard cataloged .44 Special and they later produced Bisley and Vaquero versions as well (in both blue and stainless steel). The unfluted cylinder makes it look heavy and the full under lug barrel adds to that look. There would need to be some magical quality to convince me to spend twice the money for a Ruger GP, were I in the market for a 44 spcl. Next, I used some Cowboy Action loads to hit some steel targets. If youve mastered double action shooting, this Ruger will surely please you at whatever range you prefer to fire. Standing from the draw. The same thing dick Casull did with the 45 Colt turning it into the 454 Casull cartridge these were all 45 Colt cartridges before Dick Casull made it into the actual link cartridge that you have today he started with the 45 Colt and by loading it and overloading it he came up with the ballistics he wanted and then either Smith & Wesson or Ruger designed a cylinder for it for him. The Hogue Monogrip felt good in mymedium-sized hands, and the balance on the GP100 was spot-on. Of course, the grip can always be changed out with another factory or custom grip if needed. Id gladly share some time with a fellow .44 fanatic over a cold drink Jeff! Black Hills of South Dakota. The Price for a Ruger GP100 has increased in cost by $10.51 in 2023 compared to 2022. I have a Charter Undercover and like it so much I sure wouldnt mind its bigger sibling. About Steven Tracy: Steven Tracy is a full-time police officer and has been a firearms enthusaist since birth and a certified firearms instructor for the last 28 years. Steve, thank you! As Mike already stated, I will reiterate.Welcome! Ruger is TALO's largest special edition partner. Stay tuned for the upcoming review of the 5 GP 100 .44 Special Lipseys exclusive with the half lug barrel (and walnut handles and brass bead front sight!). Ruger just keeps cranking out the .44 Special revolvers! I can buy a case (1000 rds) of decent brass new 5.56 for 29 cents a round (I refuse to shoot nasty steel russian crap) with either free shipping or maybe up to $15. Keith and his contemporaries smirked at the .357 Magnum because they knew they had something superlative in the .44 cartridge they enjoyed. What makes a blackpowder cartridge introduced in 1907 so popular that new revolvers are still being chambered for it 110 years later? But, then, Ive been dithering. Its double-action trigger and its ergonomically contoured grip make the GP100 a great choice as a defensive handgun while its 4.2 inch barrel gives the fired rounds plenty of muzzle velocity. Damn it, Steve. Originally chambered in .357 Magnum in 1985, the medium frame GP100 was a new version of Rugers Security Six/Service Six/Speed Six handgun. SInce Ruger wouldnt make it, Skeeter had a custom gunsmith bore out a .357 Ruger single action Blackhawk to make it into a custom .44 Special. cartridge, just about as much as there is on my Model 29. The fiber-optic front sight is a bright green rod that stands out prominently over the GP100s flat, serrated top. My experience with 2 Charter Bulldogs is: Brutal to shoot with anything resembling a defensive load. What role will you use the revolver for? Charter Arms and Federal came up with 9mm federal which duplicated 9mm pressure and ballistics. The heavy-duty sixgun could be had in blued or brushed stainless steel finishes, and through the years, it has been chambered in .357 Magnum, .38 Special, .327 Federal Magnum and .22 LR. These handles position your index finger just right for expert manipulation of the trigger. My thoughts exactly. Ruger delivered. I paired that holster with a six-round .44 cartridge belt slide of unknown origin and backed that up with a Bianchi Speed Strip made for .44/.45 rounds. Its not quite a snubnose and obviously not a 6 target gun. It was introduced in 1985 as a second generation of the Ruger double-action, exposed-hammer revolvers intended to replace Ruger's Security-/Service-/Speed-Six line. This load also provided the best group average at 1.71 inches. The GP100 disassembles into three major modules with only limited use of tools. Make some hot loads for the 44 spl? It is our first review of a Ruger round gun. The firing pin of the GP100 is mounted inside the frame. The transfer bar of the GP100 is connected directly to the trigger. Shooting and discussing the new Ruger GP100 in .44 Special. The Jeff Quinn Memorial Ruger GP100 44S&W Special is a nice Revolver. I dont know guys but Ill tell you guys this: Id much rather have a 357 mag than a 44 spl. (And yeah, I shoot competitions sometimes with short-barreled revolvers. The only thing that popped into my mind was Man, that 29 has got to *hurt* to shoot it., Yeah its nowhere near as badass as a break-action .30-06. I have two Vaqueros - a 44 mag, and a 44 spl "Sheriffs", plus my GP100 44 spl 5-shot. The fact that that very gun (misidentified as a Contender) is the signature weapon of one of my favorite fictional characters is just an added bonus. Everything from powder puff .38 Specials to fire breathing .357 Mag Bear Loads, not to mention Shot Shells, etc. Ruger GP100 .44 Special $625.00 Guns.com While the .357 Magnum enjoys an excellent reputation against motivated adversaries, some prefer the surety of a big-bore cartridge. The .44 Special can do that quite well. Im hardly timely with this comment, coming as it does three-odd weeks after reading this story. Its dependable design emerged from the older Security-Six, and was introduced as the answer to ending 3 different guns that were being manufactured by Sturm Ruger Incorporated at that time. 3 sixguns. Because of these features, the GP100 series is widely described as one of the strongest medium frame revolvers ever made. I was scrolling through the models and apparently the 3" version that I have has been discontinued. There is also a blued 5 version with the full underlug as well. The 44 magnum was developed by a man named Elmer Keith. Im still on the prowl for some nice grips to replace the neoprene however. The 2nd Model did away with both the third lock and the ejector rod shroud. Buy a few spacers, some 1000 grit sandpaper, polish, maybe a new set of springs gun feels new. Location. Compare that to the soul-stealing .45 ACP and youll soon see the .44 Specials superiority. Unfortunately, shoving a .30-06 into a Contender is a great way to make a pipe bomb. Feb 5, 2017. Keith and Phil Sharpe were much more involved with the development of the 357 Magnum which was a pet project of Doug Wesson. But for the same performance, there is a huge amount of airspace beneath the bullet. It affords easy purchase with either one hand or two. Originally, it was a ballistic improvement on the 19th century .44 Russian cartridge, which Smith & Wesson chambered in its large No. [3] Sights: Fiber-optic front, adjustable rear, For more information, visit ruger.com. Then he wrote about it and the .44 Special was resurrected from the ash heaps of Skeeters campfire full of bits of javelina. That seems like a reasonable option if you like a lighter bullet. No safeties or controls to fumble with, and no risk of accidental discharge fumbling around half asleep. I admire, use and load for both types but admittedly my preference falls toward big, heavy, slow moving chunks of lead for most purposes. Ian, welcome aboard! Hang it in your jeep. Theyre smooth in front and back with stippling on the sides. Especially Little Gun & H 110. A soft lead 240-250 grain, 44 caliber SWC travelling at 900-1000 fps will do 95% of what a 44 caliber handgun is asked to do. Although Skeeter passed away in 1988, his fondness for the .44 Special stokes its flames even today, thanks to his legacy of books and articles that can still be found via an internet search engine. Retired to a log cabin in the Volunteer state of Tennessee (Patron state of shooting stuff, as the character Bob Lee Swagger stated, in the movie, Shooter), he keeps busy shooting cottonmouths, armadillos, and beavers that invade his property. 387. Still, it was annoying. To be clear, to be super abundantly clear, just because some redneck loaded a gun well beyond the SAAMI safe specification, it doesnt mean you should. I think Skeeter Skelton would be quite pleased at all of current offerings chambered for one of his favorite cartridges. Fired one, don't own one. The GP100 was originally introduced in 1986 and chambered in .357 Magnum with a six-round capacity. If you limited yourself to sub-900 fps 200-grain loads, this gun would likely shoot forever, with minimal recoil and very little, if any, maintenance needed. Panels on the side, made of black plastic, goncalo alves wood, or rosewood, provide contrast to the flat black of the Santoprene. Its comfortable to shoot, not too big and provides plenty of punch with a variety of loads. The other big speed-assisting factor: the GP100s sights. Not a single .45ACP round they have, even as light as 185gr, moves as fast as 1050fps. The excellent sights and quality trigger combine to help keep your shots in a tight group. In 2009, the firearms distributor Lipseys contracted with Ruger (Bill Ruger having passed away seven years prior) to make 1000 Ruger Blackhawk single action revolvers chambered in .44 Special. A lot! Cross country moose/elk hunting/backpacking goodness. When they do bring it out, I will have one to go with my Marlin 1894P. Ruger GP100 44 Special Guns.com (See Price) Specs Model: 1767 Caliber: 44 Special Capacity: 5 Action: Double Barrel Length: 3" Overall Length: 8.5" Finish: Satin Stainless Grips: Hogue Walnut Weight: 36 oz. $589.00 Ruger American .338 Alaskan # 16913. But then you think of the ones that got away. Am I correct in remembering that the reason the 357 and 44 magnums are longer is to prevent chambering them in weak 38 and 44 special pistols, not to gain powder capacity?