GP 100 44 spl

[joneb]

I am wondering if Ruger has made any changes to this gun?
The one I saw at a gun shop had over sized cylinder throats and a messed up front sight.
By over sized throats I mean I had a .431 diameter slug that fell through all five chambers, not sure what the bore and groove dia. was?
I sent Ruger a message about this and they replied "thanks for your concern"
Whats up with this?

 

[ants]

Not sure what you mean by "messed up front sight".

Ruger puts a green fiber-optic front sight on the 44 Special model.
You can see it on the Ruger web sight, I saw it on a video there.
It's different than the sights on the other GP100 models.

Is that what you mean? Or is your front sight broken or damaged?

 

[RugRev]

The early .44's did have problems with oversize throats. Ruger has addressed this issue however and I imagine one could return the early model to Ruger to have corrected. Some of the .44 GP's have the fiber optic sights, however, there is a model out (Talo?) that has a wood Hogue grip and brass bead front sight. Novak makes a number of replacement sights that will fit in different configurations.

https://www.gunsamerica.com/966650770/Ruger-GP100-TALO-Exclusive-44-Special-SS-Walnut-3-176.htm

https://www.novaksights.com/Products.aspx?CAT=9509

 

[DPris]

Both issues have been addressed.
Assuming you're talking about the 3-incher, the chamber throats were going to be tightened & standardized from the first run of oversized & variable dimensions.
Ruger was made very much aware of the throat issue.

Mine (Gun 2) has .430s, the first one here was all over the place.
They're still a shade on the wide side, in my opinion, but at least Ruger listened & improved production.

The front sight dovetail has been mostly corrected, not as much daylight visible between sight bottom & barrel top.
You may still find SOME daylight there from gun to gun.
The front sight muzzle overlap was still there on my second gun, which I find annoying.
The dovetail needs to be consistently cut a bit farther back on the barrel.
Replaced it with a Novak brass bead that's a bit shorter.

But- overall, Ruger's improved in those areas.
Denis

 

[joneb]

Both issues have been addressed.
Assuming you're talking about the 3-incher, the chamber throats were going to be tightened & standardized from the first run of oversized & variable dimensions.
Ruger was made very much aware of the throat issue.

Mine (Gun 2) has .430s, the first one here was all over the place.
They're still a shade on the wide side, in my opinion, but at least Ruger listened & improved production.

The front sight dovetail has been mostly corrected, not as much daylight visible between sight bottom & barrel top.
You may still find SOME daylight there from gun to gun.
The front sight muzzle overlap was still there on my second gun, which I find annoying.
The dovetail needs to be consistently cut a bit farther back on the barrel.
Replaced it with a Novak brass bead that's a bit shorter.

But- overall, Ruger's improved in those areas.
Denis

This is good know, Thanks Denis.

 

[DPris]

You are entirely welcome.
Denis