Ruger GP100 “Single Action”

[Pat Riot]

I was at my LGS today and they have a .357 Magnum Ruger GP100 with a 4.2” barrel. 7 round cylinder. It’s brand new.
I asked to look at it and as the guy hands it to me he says “This one is a little different. It’s ‘single action only’ and you would have to get a gunsmith to convert it to double action.”
I asked him if this was Ruger’s way of getting around California’s stupid micro stamp firing pin law and he said he didn’t know.
The price was $1,032. Seems a bit high.

Has anyone heard about these Single Action GP100’s?

 

[JohnKSa]

Nope. Ruger's website doesn't mention them. I'm guessing there's a part missing or defective in the gun.

Did the accompanying documentation actually indicate that it was intended to be single action only?

 

[chicharrones]

Has anyone heard about these Single Action GP100’s?

Only if user modified. https://www.rugerforum.net/threads/single-action-only-gp100.141658/

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Sounds like the same gunshop employee who handed me a Dan Wesson .357 and said "Thats what the cowboys used."

 

[Pat Riot]

Nope. Ruger's website doesn't mention them. I'm guessing there's a part missing or defective in the gun.

Did the accompanying documentation actually indicate that it was intended to be single action only?

I saw no documentation. I should have asked to see it.




The model I looked at appeared to be a model 1771.
https://www.ruger.com/products/gp100/specSheets/1771.html

That model is not on the California Roster so it wouldn’t be legal for sale here.
Single Action revolvers are not part of the requirements to be listed on the Roster, so they are legal for sale without having to meet all the silly requirements here.
Here is a link to the roster…if someone is interested. Put GP100 in the second search window down.
https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/certified-handguns/search

 

[Pat Riot]

Well, I have done a bunch of searching on this gun thinking perhaps it might be unique or that maybe there was something online about being made exclusively for “import” into Granola Land, but I haven’t come up with anything. I am tempted to go back to the store tomorrow and ask to see any packing slips or papers that it came with, as @JohnKSa asked about. Maybe I will talk to someone else there that has a little more knowledge than the kid I talked to today.

 

[Rob96]

Ask on the Ruger Forums.

 

[ontarget]

Could it have been some sort of bullseye competition model? Not likely with the 4 inch barrel, but just a thought.
Maybe just a factory defect.

 

[JDeere]

Single action or not $1032 is high. I just picked up a new 5" from my lgs and it was way less than that. Now I suppose in Cali that may be the going rate...

 

[Styx]

Single action or not $1032 is high. I just picked up a new 5" from my lgs and it was way less than that. Now I suppose in Cali that may be the going rate...

Would not surprise me if the price hike is due to a tax.

 

[Pat Riot]

Ask on the Ruger Forums.

Thanks but I keep my forum activity to 2 forums I belong to. THR and a CAS forum.

Could it have been some sort of bullseye competition model? Not likely with the 4 inch barrel, but just a thought.
Maybe just a factory defect.

It appears that there is nothing “special” about this gun except for the single action only part of how it functions.

Single action or not $1032 is high. I just picked up a new 5" from my lgs and it was way less than that. Now I suppose in Cali that may be the going rate...

In searching all the stores and chain stores that sell Rugers in SoCal there are very few if any Ruger centerfire revolvers. I found 3 - 2.5” GP100s at one store and a 6 shot 4” GP100 at another. That is it.
Perhaps this one is high because of “supply and demand” or this could be the new pricing due to CoVid and supply issues all over the country.
All the sites I checked, depending on the store this $1032 price is between $132 and $232 too high. But all of these store’s prices are the prices that their GP100’s were before inventory disappeared.

 

[webrx]

Contact the mothership, give them the SN, see if they can shed any light? If broken, they may even ask you to send it in so they can fix it. Ruger CS has always been helpful to me when I had questions, I have emailed and called and gotten answers both ways,

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[Pat Riot]

Contact the mothership, give them the SN, see if they can shed any light? If broken, they may even ask you to send it in so they can fix it. Ruger CS has always been helpful to me when I had questions, I have emailed and called and gotten answers both ways,

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That’s a good idea, but I am probably not buying it….unless of course my wife decides I need it for my birthday.
I do think the price is too high, but I really have nothing to compare it to as no one has Ruger revolvers available for 100 miles in each direction. I figure it ‘Rona priced to sit, right now.
I was more curious than anything else. I was just wondering if anyone had ever heard of Ruger making brand new DA revolvers into SA revolvers for any reason.

 

[John_R]

Maybe he meant double action only. Did it have a hammer spur?

 

[Pat Riot]

Maybe he meant double action only. Did it have a hammer spur?

No, it’s a single action. Yes, there is a hammer spur.

 

[Bazoo]

Could just be missing the hammer dog.

I found this, https://www.rugerforum.net/threads/single-action-only-gp100.141658/

 

[JohnKSa]

That's what I think too. Either it's missing or damaged/defective.

 

[Pat Riot]

Okay, I got the skinny on the Ruger GP100 and how it became "Single Action Only". I called the store and spoke with a manager.

Ruger did not make it this way. The gun arrived at the store configured as it should be when it left the factory.
The gun store removed the DA Dog on the hammer to make it Single Action Only so that it is legal to sell in California.
This gun WAS on the CA Roster but dropped off on January 1st apparently. So, they configured it so that is legal to sell.
I guess that is okay if it is in the state when the gun falls off the roster. - This is a guess on my part. I do not know this for sure.
Handguns that are in the state but not on the roster are still legal to sell.

 

[Tilos]

Okay, I got the skinny on the Ruger GP100 and how it became "Single Action Only". I called the store and spoke with a manager.

Ruger did not make it this way. The gun arrived at the store configured as it should be when it left the factory.
The gun store removed the DA Dog on the hammer to make it Single Action Only so that it is legal to sell in California.
This gun WAS on the CA Roster but dropped off on January 1st apparently. So, they configured it so that is legal to sell.
I guess that is okay if it is in the state when the gun falls off the roster. - This is a guess on my part. I do not know this for sure.
Handguns that are in the state but not on the roster are still legal to sell.

Wait, does that mean it's no longer legal to sell double action revolvers in Comifornia??
Or just double action revolvers without an internal lock?
.

 

[Pat Riot]

Wait, does that mean it's no longer legal to sell double action revolvers in Comifornia??
Or just double action revolvers without an internal lock?
.

It means this particular model is no longer in the approved roster. Probably because Ruger didn’t renew the application for that particular model. Last year there were 9 or 10 GP100 models in the roster. Now there are 5.

 

[Tilos]

It means this particular model is no longer in the approved roster. Probably because Ruger didn’t renew the application for that particular model. Last year there were 9 or 10 GP100 models in the roster. Now there are 5.

Sounds like Bovine Skat to me, I'd move...

 

[Pat Riot]

Sounds like Bovine Skat to me, I'd move...

I am! 175 days until retirement and I am gone!

 

[Bazoo]

Thanks for letting us know.

 

[Obturation]

Interesting , never knew that was a thing people were doing, the guy on the link shared by @Bazoo was pretty excited. I could see for legal reasons needing to turn it into a SA but not for fun . I guess, but who wouldn't prefer a 357 bisley vaquero (or any of the other slick single actions out there)?
My 6" gp100 is one of my favorite guns I've ever owned (I've had a few) but I would like it a lot less without double action.

 

[ECVMatt]

They just removed the double action sear. It only takes about two or three minutes to convert back to double action. A shop near me offers this as a standard service for "Off-list" Rugers.