[ddj8052]

Well I picked up my like new GP-100 and took it to the range today. I only shot 100rds of .38 spl+P CCI Speer Lawman though it. So far I got to say that I really like the gun. Shooting the .38's was pretty easy. There was very little recoil with the .38's, deffinatley much less than my G23. I look forward to trying out some full power .357mag. I do have a couple of questions concerning this gun. One, does any one know of a good gun smith I can send this to? I would like to have the trigger smoothed out some. It really isn't that bad, but it is a tad heavy. What can I expect to pay for something like this? How much of this will go away with dry firing? Second, With my Glock I pretty much place the sights on the place I want my round to hit ( all of this is at 25yrds). With the Ruger it tends to Impact right above the front sight. Is this the way revolvers are usually set up? My sights are adjustable so that hopefully I can get enough elevation to take care of this. I did not have the right size screwdriver in my range bag to mess with it then. I was just curious as to wether this is the norm or not. Thanks for the input Juan.

[Preacherman]

I send my Rugers (and S&W's) to Clark Custom Guns (http://www.clarkcustomguns.com/) for their service action job. They do a lovely trigger, BUT do NOT ask for the target action job - this is optimized for single-action, and is so light that a little sear wear can result in malfunctions. It's a very specific trigger/action job for competition only, and should not be used for social purposes.

Also, your adjustable sights should cope just fine once you've zeroed them - but remember to zero them for the load you're going to use for the gun's primary purpose (e.g. those .38 Specials if it's for target use: full-patch .357 Magnums if for defence; etc.). It's no good zeroing them for your training load, and then putting in different ammo. for your carry/defence load - the POI/POA will vary.

[ddj8052]

Preacherman - Thanks for the info, This is exactley the type of job I wanted. Once sent in how long were your guns in for? Again thanks for the help. Juan

[ddj8052]

Preacherman - Thanks for the info, This is exactley the type of job I wanted. Once sent in how long were your guns in for? Again thanks for the help. Juan

[Jim March]

Regarding the sights:

Revolver ammo varies in power level MUCH more than the fodder for any given semi-auto caliber. Your GP100 can shoot 38spl target wadcutters that are no more potent than your average 380 round, all the way up through full-house 357 hunting loads that rival the 10mm for power! That's an *enormous* spread of horsepower, and your sights will have to be elevation-adjusted depending on what you mostly shoot.

This is a feature, not a bug :). Whoever had it before you was running something other than 38+P through it.

You can keep notes on how many half-turns up from bottom any given load works well with. The accuracy of such notes will be about 90% or better useful with the factory Ruger rear sight, and closer to 99% accurate if you switch to the Bowen or other target precision rear adjustable sight for Rugers.

As to the trigger:

The GP100 can be detail-stripped far more easily than an S&W, and Wolff sells spring kits about $17 with a variety of mainsprings. As long as you avoid the hard CCI centerfire primers, you can go considerably lighter and improve the trigger greatly for peanuts.

I'd try that before shipping my gun *anywhere*.