Ruger GP 100

[Brassman]

HMMurdock

Believe me, I'm no expert at all on custom jobs for GP 100's, but most folks, including myself, prefer the factory grips. As far as I know Ruger doesn't make another kind, just variations in the colors of wooden inserts. The people I've heard from pertaining to changing grips usually go to some other kind of rubber grip like Hogue or Pacmayr to help with recoil. They usually say that the factory grip is too large or small for them, or they just don't like their appearance. However, there are many sources for wooden grips out there: Craig Spegel, Hogue, Ahrends, Eagle, Ajax, even Pachmayr makes wood grips. These are just some of the most prominent grip manufacturers. There are many others that do special custom grips. You can do a Google search using "wood revolver grips" and get many, many, more.

As far as the hammer goes, I've never heard of anyone doing anything except maybe bobbing a GP hammer for concealment purposes. There may be custom hammers, but I am ignorant of that fact. If there are common applications of custom hammer for GP's, someone will be along in a while to say so.

 

[krimmie]

I don't own the GP, but I have it's daddy...Security Six. It's been a great gun.

 

[sloppyjoec]

In order:
1) What do you own: I own a Stainless steel four inch with adjustable sights and full under lug.

2) What grips do you use? Factory Rubber, i love them.

3) What loads do you use? Cheep stuff and soon my own reloads

4) Any modifications? Wilson fire-sights.

5) What would you like Ruger to do differently to a GP100? more target gray?

6) Holster(s): Unfourtantly mine is only a range queen, but i got a nice gun rug!

7) Speed Loader(s): the regular hks or whatever, but i want TO try safairiland comp 2



ANYONE HAVE ADVICE ON LIGHTER SPRINGS, MINE FEEL FINE TO ME WILL LIGHTER ONES IMPROVE MY GROUPS?

 

[swingpress]

1) 4 inch stainless GP100 with adjustable sights.

2) Factory grips.

3) Still looking for a good 158g LSWC @ 1100fps load. Please share if you have one!

4) Wilson springs, polishing.

5) Ruger should finish the machine work they started. I've polished down several sharp edges, two of which have drawn blood (the part of the trigger that is hidden until you pull it, and a corner on the hammer).

6) Desantis speed scabbard, nice.

7) Safariland Comp II and HKS speed loaders. The Safariland loaders rock!

 

[HMMurdock]

Thanks for the info, guys!

I have since ordered Eagle Custom Wood Grips, rosewood finger groove grips, for my GP-100. I will try to post pics once they arrive.

I have had no success in finding new hammers, but I did find night sights at Brownells and a number of leather holsters at Sportsman's Guide.

Thanks again, and I'll try to post pics of the grips when I can!

 

[MrDig]

Here is a Question

How do you carry your Ruger, Shoulder rig? IWB? OWB? I'm looking for a good Hunting rig, something that will set the gun in the middle of my chest for easy quiet draws.

 

[Brassman]

My GP, when I carry it (it's the 6", blued model), rides in a western rig that I bought for my 50th anniversary model Blackhawk. The Blackhawk has a 4 5/8" barrel, but the GP still fits pretty well. That is the easiest for me to draw from. I also have another leather holster made by Frontier. This holster was supposed to be for a 7 1/2" barrrel, so I had to cut it off and re-stitch the end closed with white cord. The reason I got this holster in the first place was because it can be attached or taken off of your belt without having to remove your belt. It has a flap that can be wrapped around the belt and snapped on/off without removing it. It's handy, but I still like the western rig the best for convenience of draw.

 

[Texshooter]

It must be said,

The Ruger GP-100 is one of the most beautiful guns ever made.

That is all there is to it.

 

[fairview253]

GP100 Through and Through

I purchased my GP-100 in late January of this year.

What do you own?

A blued GP-100 with 6" bbl.

What grips do you use?

Factory Rubber+Rosewood, works great for me so far.

What loads do you use?

Fave factory load for practice is Magtech .357 158gr. SJSP; also reloads with .357 mag 158gr plated RN with 13 grains of Winchester 296. Working up hunting loads with Hornady 158gr XTP bullets with my brother as we speak.

Any modifications?

Millet white bar front sight from MidwayUSA.

Holsters?

$12.00 Bulldog holster, not for concealed carry obviously. Gun is for range/fun/whitetails/feral hogs (open season here in Hillsdale County, thanx Uncle Ted and all the rest who can't keep their hogs confined). Deer hunter last year killed a 420lb hog w/Mossberg 20ga. Hog had ear tag, looked like a real monster...but I digress. Never had wild hogs in MI before the last couple years, now they are found from OH/IN line all the way to Bay City.

Speedloaders?

HKS with nylon/cordura HKS speedloader carrier.

Home Defense Rounds?

125gr Cor Bon .357mag defense rounds.

 

[fairview253]

Hogz run wild...

Just to re-iterate...

Feral hogs in southern MI have charged and treed hunters on several occasions. BOLO (be on the lookout), southern MI hunters...feral hogs all over Hillsdale County. Calhoun and Jackson have them too. Blast away, you have the State's blessing, you just need a valid deer tag if I remember right, and you don't even have to waste your tag on a hog. Just be a licensed deer hunter, and you can smash a hog if he comes by. Your deer tag is left for deer, hog is dead.


Cheers

Nate

 

[slick6]

Here are my two GP100's. One 4-inch stainless with the adjustable sights and one 3-inch in blue, with the fixed sights. Although I have not yet fired these GP100's both of their trigger pulls feel very good. The stainless GP100 wears some Hogue woo grips and the Blue GP100 wears an Lett wood(duplicate)set of grips to the factory original rubber grips with wood inserts(No longer available). I think that the original rubber grips would be best for me, in terms of shooting comford(The proof will be in the pudding, though?)?:

 

[Porter_Rockwell]

Nice wooden hogues!

They look exactly like my rubber ones. I love em!

Porter.

 

[uriel]

Nothin Better Than the GP100

1) A stainless GP100 in 4 inch with adjustable sights, and a blued 3 inch.

2) Factory grips.

3) 125 grain JHP & 158 grain LSWC.

4) No modifications.

5) I'd be happy as a pig in a sty if Ruger offered the GP100 in a 5-shot, 5" 45ACP or 45LC.

6) No. House and range guns.

7) HKS Speed Loaders.

 

[slick6]

krimmie:

You will get 1,000 "Atta Boys" from me, for pointing out the "Greatness" of the "Daddy" of the GP100-the "Security-Six"(Definately true!)! I have several of these wonderful guns! What you had said, also applies to the Service-Sixes and the Speed-Sixes!

 

[P. Plainsman]

1) What do you own?
"Target Gray" low glare stainless GP with the 4" barrel.

2) What grips do you use?
Hogue monogrip. Used to use Pachmayr Grippers, found them too loose; gun seemed to flop around in them. Much prefer the Hogue.

3) What loads do you use?
* Mild plinking -- 130 gr FMJ .38 Special from Federal American Eagle, Magtech, or Winchester.
* Magnum plinking/accuracy -- 125 gr Black Hills .357 Mag JHP.
* Defense -- 145 gr Winchester Silvertip JHP. Great round.

4) Any modifications?
I use a red-insert Ruger front sight blade (the same one that comes stock on the Super Redhawk). I recently acquired a Bowen Classic Arms rear sight and am going to install it soon.

5) What would you like Ruger to do differently to a GP100?
Bring back the half-lug 6" variant! I'd like a 6" GP but would prefer to shave a few ounces off the full-lug model.

6) Holster?
* Open carry: Bianchi leather thumbsnap - a very "1970s cop" vibe. Secure, protective, slow.

* Concealed carry (only in winter, under a heavy coat) / training classes / IDPA (someday): Don Hume OWB slide holster. Very fast. Adequate retention.

7) Speed Loader?
Have a half-dozen HKS speedloaders and practice regularly with them.

It's a great revolver. As a shooter, I am perhaps at my best with my GP100 in my hands. Accurate, smooth, comfortable, tough, good sight picture -- fills me with confidence. I'd never sell it.

 

[Deadheadted37]

Ruger GP 100

1) What do you own:

I own a stainless GP100 SS in 4 inch with adj sights. I just bought it and I am still in the waiting period. Tuesday evening I will pick it up.

2) What grips do you use?

Stock.

3) What loads do you use?

Nothing yet.

4) Any modifications?

I plan on replacing the front site.

5) What would you like Ruger to do differently to a GP100?

Take the sharp edge off the trigger tip, while giving it the preinspection before buying I dry fired it and cut my finger and bled all over the counter. I looked at two others and they where all the same.

6) Holster(s):

Galco Pheonix

7) Speed Loader(s):

Not yet.


Ted

 

[KFISHCAT]

Gp100

1. 4" stainless
2. Stock Grips
3. Millet Front Sight Oange
4. Remington Gold Saber 125 grain
5. Uncle Mikes Side Kick Holster
6. HKS speed loader and Bianchi Speed Strips

I would like to see a stock orange or high viz sight.

 

[Greg8098]

The end all/ do all .357 Mag

Finally found it,... a definite keeper. Got my hogue grips the other day, and can't wait to take it to the range!

 

[don95sml]

If you really want to know what makes your GP100 tick, you need IBOK, which is "Iowegan's Book of Knowledge" for the GP100. This guy is a gunsmith and well-known author. The IBOK explains many details about the gun, including how to take it apart (includes schematic diagrams), which Wolff springs to install, what parts to polish (and how) in order to improve trigger pull, and how to put the whole thing back together again. I've followed his advice and now have a GP100 with a sweet trigger pull rivaling that of the best S&Ws. The IBOK is available FREE to members of the Ruger Forum. If you're not a member, that's no problem since joining doesn't cost you any more than joining THR. Go to www.rugerforum.com . Once you're a member, send an e-mail to [email protected] and request his IBOK for the GP100. You will receive an e-mail reply with the IBOK as an attached .pdf file. Believe me, it's worthwhile.

 

[sw686plus]

The prices on GP100s have really jumped here in my neck of the woods. I called around today and couldn't find a stainless new one for less than $499. However, I ran into a used stainless at my local shop today for $368 and picked it up.

I'm glad I did, the trigger on it's been worked out and is very smooth.


In order:
1) What do you own: I own a Stainless steel four inch with adjustable sights and full under lug.

2) What grips do you use? Factory Rubber.

3) What loads do you use? Remington Sabre 125 grain

4) Any modifications? none

5) What would you like Ruger to do differently to a GP100? nothing

6) Holster(s):Cabo LP holster. IWB, holds both my gp100 and my 686+ wonderfully!

7) Speed Loader(s): hks (I have some 7 shot ones for the 686+ also)

 

[fletcher]

1) What do you own:
- 3" Stainless GP-100

2) What grips do you use?
- I have the Hogue grips, but prefer to keep the stock ones on it.

3) What loads do you use?
- Whatever is cheapest for plinking, usually whatever .38 is at Wal-Mart. For carry, Speer Gold Dot (126 gr.).

4) Any modifications?
- Wolff Springs on the hammer and trigger.

5) What would you like Ruger to do differently to a GP100?
- I would like an option of polished stainless finish, and a scope mount to be available for the 3-incher.

6) Holster(s):
- Don Hume Double-Nine (OWB/Belt)
- Uncle Mike's (IWB)

7) Speed Loader(s):
- Speeeeeeeeed Striiiiiiiiiips (Bianchi)
- Safariland Comp II

 

[Big Mike]

I own a 3" Stainless, half-lug, small grip, fixed sight .357. I carry anything that is 125gr hollow point (varies). Mike

 

[Rexster]

Added another to the family...

Since my previous post here, I added another GP100; 6" barrel without the full lug. Life is good. Photo by the dealer, Collectors Firearms.

 

[Old John]

I Love Mine Too............

I have a SS, 3" Gp100.
A couple SP101's & .45 LC Vaqueros too.

Factory grips. I like them.

WWB 110gr . HJHP's for plinking.
W. 145 gr. Silvertips, or Rem. 125 gr. Gold Sabres, for carry.

No modifications. Fine just as it is.

I carry it in a Galco High-ride open-top pancake, for CCW.
And in an Uncle Mikes' super belt slide, around the farm.

I would like to see a 5-shot .45 LC or a 5-shot .45acp.

I have a couple HKS speed-loaders, a couple Mag-fires, too.
But I mostly just carry a couple of Bianchi Speed-strips.
They lay flatter in a shirt pocket or whereever.

You can't beat Ruger Revolvers!
Have Fun.

 

[holmux]

My first revolver

This was my first revolver, and probably my favorite

I have a KGP-161 .357 6”

Factory grips.

I will try anything for ammo,
my reloads are normally 158 or 165 grains

For holster I use Uncle Mike’s Sidekick.

I use HKS speed-loaders.

I love the Ruger quality, very nice guns, I have the big brother
as well a SRH .44 Rem-Mag 9.5”