2 GP100 Questions

[Poboy77]

Forgive me for my noob questions, but I am new* to revolver ownership and this forum.
1) I bought a new GP100 a few years ago, but hadnt been able to take it out shooting but once. I have noticed that the wood in the handle looks to be getting dry and faded. What is recommended for me to get it back to its new like sheen?

2) I know this has probably been asked a million times. Can I shoot .38 Special out of this weapon (.357 GP100)?

Thanks all in advance!

 

[Spartacus451]

.38 special is no problem in a GP-100. If you shoot a lot of .38s and want to switch to .357 you may find them a little sticky inserting and extracting because the .38s leave behind a ring of fouling a little farther back then the .357s. Nothing a brass brush can't handle.

I'll defer on the wood but there are plenty of options. Carnuba wax?

 

[mgregg85]

You might ask about the wood over at the Ruger Forums.

 

[BigBlock]

If you look up forum member "41magnum" on rugerforum.com, he makes some really nice wood inserts for very reasonable prices. I plan on having him custom make me some very shortly.

 

[ejnogarb]

Be careful of cheap .38 wadcutter ammo. It'll fowl up your GP100 something awful. If you don't take your revolver to the range often, you can still dry-fire practice it as much as you want.

 

[DMZ]

If your wood inserts are looking a bit ragged, pull them off and treat them with a good quality, oil base, wood stain. Let them dry and rub down with a lint free rag.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Furniture polish?

 

[GP100man]

linseed oil.

GP100man

 

[easyrider604]

linseed oil.

or any furniture finishing oil you can find at home depot. you will only need half a teaspoonful to do both grip inserts.

 

[FoMoGo]

Shoot the dang thing...
The oil from your hands, if you shoot it at least weekly like any good GP owner should, will keep the wood shining.


Jim

 

[GP100man]

+1 for FoMoGo comment!!!
the oil from your hand will shine & darken the wood .
i look at my rugers & can sure tell which ones get shot the most!!!


GP100man

 

[Ichiro]

Yeah, use jacketed bullets. Cleaning lead out of a revolver barrel is not fun.

 

[thirdeagle]

Actually, the oil from you hands is acidic and may not have the intended affect of "polishing" those wooden inserts. I would even suggest rubbing them down after a range session with one of the aforementioned furniture oils.

Also, you will find all the wood inserts you could ever want at rugerforum.net. After you register and post a couple of time you can access the Buy/Sell/Trade forum where there will likely be a couple of active threads pertaining to GP100 inserts.

 

[2ndamd]

There is a guy at the rugerforum.net (Yes, there are two rugerforums .com and .net) His name is R Nettles. He is a good guy. He did the wood in his SP101 by just sanding off the old finish and applying some Tru-oil that you can buy at any Wal-mart in the hunting section. The wood looks GREAT!

And, if you want to dress them up even more? +1 to the .41 magnum reccomendation. He makes inserts for SP101 s and GP100s. Good work at an affordable price.