The new Ruger Super GP100

[Sergei Mosin]

It's a competition gun. Most competition guns come with a fair dose of ugly. But, as has been observed, it's also a Super Redhawk without the frame extension - and that, with all the possibilities it entails, is a beautiful thing.

 

[Beach Bum]

It's definitely a very , very cool looking revolver...the stainless steel parts stand out against the black finish......the slots on the barrel are nice as well , fiber optic front sight , slicked up trigger, nice wood grip...I like it and want one ..ruger is headed in the right direction I just want them to go all the way....accurized , smooth action , nice trigger and good looking..right out of the box....build those for fair price and they will own the revolver market ...S&W can't seem to screw a barrel on straight , just bought two 629's and both have to go back.........I'm with Craig on the big bore thing.......Both thumbs up for RUGER .....Beautiful job , even more Beautifull if it shoots as good as it looks


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[jaguarxk120]

Glad I have the old unimproved model.
Revolvers started out as six shots and should stay at six shots.

 

[bersaguy]

Might be a fantastic gun, but kinda looks like a dog with an overbite

 

[rpenmanparker]

Glad I have the old unimproved model.
Revolvers started out as six shots and should stay at six shots.

Well there you go.

 

[Beach Bum]

Might be a fantastic gun, but kinda looks like a gog with an overbite
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Love it bow tie and all. ...looks distinguished he's obviously boss of the overbite club. ..

 

[Jeb Stuart]

Another Ruger Product that makes me Flinch when looking at it. At first I thought it was a Photoshop joke. Hope Ruger fans stop the Hipoint name calling now. I would think Ruger would spend more money on quality control issues they now have rather than spending so much time on things like this and putting out cheap semi autos. How putting decent triggers on some other their other models. Seems they got it right with the LCR and then went back to bed.

 

[CraigC]

Glad I have the old unimproved model.
Revolvers started out as six shots and should stay at six shots.

No they didn't. Revolvers have been around for over 400yrs. The popular Elisha Collier flintlock revolvers that predated Colt were five-shot. The first Colt's were five shots. The earliest known Colt sketch from 1832 is two five-shots guns. The earliest Paterson production guns were five-shot belt models and long guns that ranged from six-shot shotguns to eight and ten-shot rifles. The best selling percussion gun was the five-shot 1849 pocket model. It's only really been the last 100 or so years that six shots have kinda been the standard but certainly not without significant exceptions. So the idea that revolvers have always been six-shot, or should always be six-shot, or that having more is some sort of modern innovation just doesn't fly. I really don't understand why anyone wouldn't want more if it was physically possible.

 

[RugRev]

I agree that I would like to see the gun in .44, .45 and .480 versions and have it replace the Redhawk with the better lockwork. I think the cylinder design on the .357 is an attempt to reduce some of the mass in the cylinder. If the gun were to be used in some of the competitive sports with rapid shooting the gun would probably beat up the cylinder notches and locking bolt rapidly. This is the reason Smith uses, partially, the titanium cylinder on a lot the 8 shot guns.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Well that’s an interesting gun and name. Not sure I really understand the name but whatever. I love variety.

I got all excited at the name for a 41 mag GP100.

Oh well.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

So on the overall will the positives be enough for you to keep your new Super GP100 or are you going to sell it?

Never said I had one.

 

[Varminterror]

They wanted to hit a GP100 weight and balance, in an 8 shot model and they have the casts in house for Redhawks/super Redhawks, so they didn’t have to change much.

In the Mark III and IV 22/45, the moniker “22/45 Lite” sure seemed to sell well. Alternatively, I don’t think a “Redhawk Lite” would have faired as well at market. So, they went the other way - it’s a Super GP, instead of a Redhawk Lite...

I personally don’t have any use for a GP100 sized .357mag, and certainly not a larger frame version of the same (having direct experience in owning .357mag RedHawks and GP100’s), but I know a very niche group of competition shooters have been asking for a similarly featured Ruger for many years.

I had seen reports of a new Frame size of Ruger even as far back as SHOT this year, and I was really hoping for a smaller 44mag frame, even if they had to go 5 shot. But alas, here we are with a custom shop competition model Super GP, for which I don’t have any use.

I’ll admit too, after owning a few of the 22/45 Lites for use in beginning handgun classes, the finned shroud has grown on me, so this one doesn’t really repulse me.

 

[G'dale Mike]

Cant wait for a range report. I like it

 

[Varminterror]

Love it bow tie and all. ...looks distinguished he's obviously boss of the overbite club. ..

Eh hem... the DIRECTOR of the overbite club.

 

[Jeb Stuart]

Can't wait to see their "Budget" version. Which Ruger should be putting out later this summer. Price $199.00

 

[CraigC]

Can't wait to see their "Budget" version. Which Ruger should be putting out later this summer. Price $199.00

If you keep trolling I'm going to report every trolling post. Keep the nonsense out of it.

 

[Jeb Stuart]

If you keep trolling I'm going to report every trolling post. Keep the nonsense out of it.

Go for it. No need to get all twisted up over a inanimate object. Hey, High Point, Glocks etc get there share of ugly and other comments. What is Ruger special or something? Sorry, others are having some fun with it, so relax. (and you don't even own one)

 

[Mn Fats]

 

[Jeb Stuart]

Think I like this whole lot more.



Or this sweet looking revolver.

 

[silvermane_1]

Think I like this whole lot more.

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Or this sweet looking revolver.

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An awesome post there Jeb.

 

[MaxP]

It’s an SRH and just the first iteration. Haven’t shot mine yet, but am hearing great things about it.

 

[rpenmanparker]

Think I like this whole lot more.

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Or this sweet looking revolver.

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I am a sucker for stainless. Why would a gun be made of anything else?

 

[CraigC]

Seems to me that most are too focused on this specific configuration. This is actually a significant step for Ruger. I'm looking at the big picture and wondering what else may be in the pipeline, such as a factory version of the Bowen GP44. The blackened finish is also an interesting shift in the paradigm. The dovetail front sight is easy enough to change. Take the Super GP, eliminate the cutouts in the barrel and make it an unfluted .44Mag, .45Colt, .454 or .480 and you'd have a great sixgun.

I am a sucker for stainless. Why would a gun be made of anything else?

Because not everyone is a sucker for stainless. Some of us only tolerate it.

Go for it. No need to get all twisted up over a inanimate object. Hey, High Point, Glocks etc get there share of ugly and other comments. What is Ruger special or something? Sorry, others are having some fun with it, so relax. (and you don't even own one)

No one's twisted over an inanimate object (ahem, oh the irony). I don't want you getting this thread closed because your trolling is carrying over from the other thread.

 

[thomas15]

but I know a very niche group of competition shooters have been asking for a similarly featured Ruger for many years.

I think it was at the end of 2017 for the 2018 season, Ruger assembled a competition team basically raiding S&Ws teams. It would appear that S&W was happy to cooperate so it wasn't under the table or anything. At the beginning of 2018 there really wasn't an 8 shot ruger revolver that even with extensive rework could be competitive at the upper levels with S&W. At this point I think Olhasso is shooting rugers and maybe a few others. The two times I've shot with him late 2018 he wasn't shooting revolver. Even now Dave Olhasso on his website, isn't trying hard to rework ruger revolvers for competition but he will work on them.

I had seen reports of a new Frame size of Ruger even as far back as SHOT this year, and I was really hoping for a smaller 44mag frame, even if they had to go 5 shot. But alas, here we are with a custom shop competition model Super GP, for which I don’t have any use.

Not to sound like a broken record but it is very obvious that Ruger is thinking moving in on S&Ws place in the competition revolver market. In that market nitch there is basically little demand for a 5 shot anything or a 44 mag anything. A small amount of 6 shot but the bulk is in 8 shot revolvers and S&W dominates here with a slew of models that can be worked to clock-like precision. As I find myself in the company of more than a few competition revolver shooters from time to time they complain about many things but they all shoot S&Ws.

So while I don't have a mole inserted into Rugers board of directors it is obvious that the Super GP100 is a first attempt at getting some of the shooters to buy Ruger instead of a 627.

 

[rpenmanparker]

Because not everyone is a sucker for stainless. Some of us only tolerate it.

Oh! Ha, ha. Whoops.

Seriously it was just a joke. But I do have a hard time understanding why all steel on guns isn’t stainless with whatever color and polish finish you prefer. Lots of peace of mind there.