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One of two ordered. This one came in first. GP100 .44
Jake

Beautiful hand cannon.

its a nice looking revolver .... 44 Special or Mag .. .. if a mag, its going to be interesting to hold onto ..

Nice Jake hope you like it.

JEBar wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:57 am

its a nice looking revolver .... 44 Special or Mag .. .. if a mag, its going to be interesting to hold onto ..

.44 SPCL TALO 3" barrel. Tanner's was closing them out and got a great discount. I can use the same holster as my .357. I'm carrying it today as a matter of fact. Nice looking gun.
Jake

you can come up with really nice ground for that revolver

JEBar wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:30 pm

you can come up with really nice ground for that revolver

Got some Underwood 200 gr XTP. It's 975 fps and 422 ft lbs. I'm sure there are some handloads that I'll undertake with time.
Jake

Oooh, purty. That qualifies as a BBQ gun. Hope you have some nice leather for it.

Very nice John. Should still pack a punch in special. Beautiful grips. Those should help.
Congrats!

That is a mighty purty handful of handgun.

Good for you on the 44 Special. Have always thought it to be an under-appreciated cartridge. I have a lot of respect for any cartridge that leaves a big hole.

Now that's a awesome revolver.

That's nice looking

Pretty gun, the big bores are impressive from the front too. Not to be forgotten in a carry piece.

Nice one Jake! Ruger builds them beefy so you should be able to handle top end .44 Special loads!

Loaded some 200 gr Nosler over 15.6 IMR4227, Starline brass and WLP primers. We'll see how they do at the range.
Jake

I put this here because I didn't take any pics of the targets I used so not really a "range report". I did go this morning and shot my .357 Vaquero (very nicely), some 45 ACP with the P220 (so-so) and then shot 50 rounds with the Ruger 45 long colt. All targets were shot at 15 yards. I loaded it with 250 gr XTP over 20.6 gr IMR 4227. I could tell I was shooting something special after 50 rounds (I should have been wearing my shooting glove that I had in my bag, doh!). It has a lot more kick to it than the 45 ACP's I shot last weekend with it. I enjoyed my outing quite a bit. Anyway, now to tumble cases and reload!
Jake

Did you shoot your new .44 Special GP 100?

fortyshooter wrote: ↑

Fri May 22, 2020 9:06 pm

Did you shoot your new .44 Special GP 100?

I took it along with ammo but was getting a little tired and a lot more hungry! I'll get to it though. It sure has nice balance to it. Next Friday I think will be .22 day. I'll take out the Ruger MKII, my P229, and the Browning T-bolt for a bit of exercise.
Jake

Cool revolver.