Ruger GP-100 in 38-40/40 S&W? 41 Magnum?

[Josey]

What do you think? I could see the 38-40 as a good cartridge for CAS shooters especially. Vaqueros in 38-40 for CAS and a GP-100 in the HD, CCW and GP uses. The 40 S&W would probably need to be built only as a 40. The advantages would be having shared ammunition for your "other" semi-autos. Ruger might even see a reason to make 40 S&W P series. The 41 Magnum is a good all around cartridge. CCW, hunting, target, HD and any other needs. 3", 6" and 8" would be nice for barrel lengths. Factory drilled and tapped would be a bonus.

 

[tc300mag1]

Id buy a 41 mag in gp100 rest i dont care for and there is a p series 40 all ready

 

[Josey]

I know Ruger lists a P series in 40. I have yet to see one though. Imagine though, a semi-auto and a wheelgun both from Ruger. I would buy a 41 Magnum in 6" form myself.

 

[Majic]

As the 38-40 is a bottlenosed and the .40SW is a straight walled cartridge they would need seperate cylinders. Something not easily done with a DA revolver. It would work fine with the Blackhawk, but I doubt the shooters who would use the 38-40 would have much use for the .40SW cylinder.
The Gp in .41mag would probably have to be a 5 shooter to keep living up to the Ruger's name for strength. I can't see them doing that much tooling up for the relatively few .41mag handguns sold each year by all the manufactors.

 

[Nightcrawler]

10mm GP100. Still be as strong as any 10mm autochucker out there, and I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

I emailed Clements Custom; they said they can convert GP100s to 10mm, and offer them with special moonclips.

 

[Marshall]

Would be a great .41 Mag! Almost like a mountain gun.

 

[461]

I'll take a .41 Mag. Who do I give the money to? I'm ready right now, I'll also take one of those neat new .41 Magnum Redhawks with the 5 inch barrel and target grey finish.

Oh yeah, this isn't the real world and these guns don't exist.

 

[Tony Mig]

As strong as the GP frame is now, they should be able to chamber it for .44 Magnum, but then they wouldn't be able to sell anymore Redhawks....

If Ruge did come out with a .41 Magnum GP-100, I'd put in for one in Stainless Steel, and a 6" barrel.

 

[Cal4D4]

Nightcrawler, just a timid question....

How much to rework and convert the GP100 to 10mm? I've always figured there wouldn't be room for the holes at that diameter.

 

[Nightcrawler]

If you head over to Clements Custom Guns and shoot them an e-mail, I'm sure they'd be happy to quote you. It was $500.00, if I remember, and includes the custom moonclips. They don't have this service listed on their website, though.

 

[Cal4D4]

Thanks, I saw the other thread just after I posted. Very tempting.