Bought a Ruger GP 100 today

Cool. Should serve you well. Typically Ruger revolvers are very robust.

They do sometimes have minor issues out of the box, but so do Smiths.

Nice looking revolver congrats.

I had one for several years. It had a very good trigger out of the box and with those grips was very comfortable to shoot with Magnums. The front sight is easy to change and there are several good fiber optics to replace it with. I think you’ll enjoy it.

Bought one identical to that back in 1994. Still have it, Got around to putting a Wolff spring kit in it about 2 years ago. Kicked myself for not doing it sooner. Turned a great revolver into a sweeeeet revolver. Get the Wolff spring kit, you won't be sorry. Get the shooters pak!
https://www.gunsprings.com/RUGER/GP-100/cID3/mID52/dID233#434

I will agree with that 100% change the trigger spring and add a Houge tamer grip, made a real improvement on my 454 as far as recoil goes and not as slick as the factory ones.

I bought a 6" GP-100 around 1989 and still have it. I used it to shoot falling plate matches back in the late 1980s through the early 1990s. I won several trophies with that gun. I did a trigger and smoothing job on it. That was way before YT and the internet. I just had to feel my along on the action job. But its a very slick gun now. And accurate. I used to shoot it it way past 100 yards and could make decent hits with it. I prefer the wood and rubber grips like you have over the Houge or whatever grips Ruger sometimes sticks on these guns. I also have the 4" version but the trigger is not as smooth on that gun. But close.

Congrats on your new acquisition. The .357 really shines out of a 6" barrel which lets the slower powders often used achieve excellent velocities.

I got my Gp100 in 6 in 1990. I did add Houge grips and recently added the Williams fiber optic sights. A great improvement for tired eyes, super easy to change and very reasonable.
I have fired unknown thousands of rounds both 38 and full tilt 357 with no problems. Has been flawless for 30 years. I hope your treats you as good as mine has. I just got done cleaning mine a couple of hours ago.

If I was going to power through a large volume of 357s, a 6" GP100 with the Ruger wood and rubber grip would be near the top of my wishlist. I think you're going to be very happy with that revolver.

Congrats, I picked one up earlier this month too. After owning mostly S&W's, a few of them tuned, and Colts, I was pleasantly surprised at how good the trigger was on mine. Its definitely a bit more utilitarian than a S&W or Colt, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, imo.



Although I'd prefer the Ruger grips that the OP's gun has over the Hogues

My 5 inch GP100 is one of my favorite handguns. I can still say Ruger could step it up in the finishing. The machining tool marks around my firing pin hole is nasty. Like metal was torn away more than cut away. Probably one of the last frames made before changing dull tooling.

I've got wolf springs that helped a ton.
Chigs grip pannels to Purdy it up.
Custom leather to carry it around

A friend bought a new 3 inch a couple years ago. The display model had a heavy trigger pull, kind of gritty, with a definite brief catch on something about 3/4 through the pull. He had them bring one from the back and that one had a light(for a revolver), very smooth pull and crisp break. If you closed your eyes and pulled triggers, you would not believe you had 2 identical guns in your hands. I had a spare, lighter main spring laying around. We swapped it and it was worse! Went back to whatever the factory had in it. Have shot it side by side with my 686 and I think his trigger is lighter, and both are very smooth. He Ruger does have a longer trigger pull/ hammer stroke than a 686.
All that to say some aren't so great, but others are pretty sweet, right out of the box

My 6" gp100 is my general use / range gun. It's excellent , I like it much better than the 6" 357 I had prior . congrats and enjoy it.

I had an early production GP100 not long after they were introduced. It was alright in terms of overall fit and function but I still preferred the Security Six that it had replaced. At some point I had three .357s and needed money for school so down the road it went. If I was in the market for a GP100 today I would be looking for one of their .44 Specials with the 5" barrel.

Congrats on your new Ruger if it's your first it won't be your last

One of the very few guns I regret selling was my GP100 Match Champion. It was great right out of the box and got better each time I shot it. I'll get another one eventually.

Waterboy3313 said:

Thanks for all your comments I think I made a good decision on this one. It was also 10% off. That covered the sales tax and the DROS fee. 9 more days until I can pick it up but I'm heading off to the range in a few minutes. I wish I could take it with me.

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You have to wait 10 days before picking up a handgun you buy? Wow. Sorry, didn't realize that was a thing!

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I'm just curious as to what a minor issue is?

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Things like grittiness in the trigger out of the box. That typically smooths out in fairly short order from what I hear. It did in my SP101.

Sometimes the hammer needs shimming but ruger’s are easy to take apart and clean up and work on. Mind your springs though.

I had another Ruger with rough chambers and it made extraction very difficult. I hand polished them myself though. It was easy and resolved the issue.

Minor stuff. None of that would stop me from buying a Ruger. They make good guns.