My Favorite Ruger Double Action Big Bore Revolver

Ruger GP-100 .44Special Revolver, 3-inch barrel. Smooth, light double and single action trigger pull and very accurate for a short barre and rock solid. I carry it loaded with hard cast semi-wadcutter Skeeter loads. I use it when I re-qualify for my CCW license, revolver endorsement. I shoot 5,7 & 10 yards double action with all shoots going into center mass and carry it crossdraw in a Simply Rugged Cattleman holster.

I bought one of the first models that came out and I was happy to have a large bore double action that is easy to carry and conceal using the compact grip with would insert. With the Skeeter loads I feel well protected.

I bought a second one a year with the idea of having it bored out to .45 Colt, but gave up that idea and it sold to a retired deputy sheriff who wanted one pretty bad. My first is a keeper.

Regards,
Mike, aka Pistolero

Thank you Mike and I too think you are spot on,,sad that I got talked out of my first one, and now just do not see them around and my Ruger dealer Bill E 'appleman' "has left the building" so get little help these days ........

Yeah, the 3-inchers are the bomb! Mine's not "big bore" though. For that, I go to Redhawks in 41.

I've waffled back and fourth on getting one of the gp100's in 44 special, I just love the idea of them and they look very nice too. If I ever run into one im pretty sure it will follow me home. Have never seen one in the wild yet, just pictures on the interweb. I've got a handful of GP100's now and love every one of them.

Nice piece.

Way before Ruger offered these, I bought a Taurus Model 431, their 3" .44 Special. Great gun and my wife shoots it even better than I can. It's my nightstand gun, loaded with Silvertips.

Yep, I like the 3" as well...GS33!

Excellent post. I snagged a 3" off the Ruger forum classifieds a couple of years ago. I also have a 5" blued GP100 44 I bought from CDNN 6-7 years ago.

Ruger doesn't make a proper revolver in .45acp. Until they do, I'll have to stick with my S&W 625...

KurtC said:

Ruger doesn't make a proper revolver in .45acp. Until they do, I'll have to stick with my S&W 625...

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I only have one Ruger DA so I'd HAVE to say it's my fave Ruger but I hate to say on a Ruger site it's not in the league of the Smiths I own.

Now if Ruger ever made a Security Six in a big bore...

I own a 4" stainless .357 GP-100 but I have to admit that my 89' mfg 7.5" .44 mag Redhawk sees more range time....I just enjoy shooting it.

It now wears Pachmayr Presentation grips.

Not a thing wrong with Ruger DA revolvers. I just prefer Smith & Wesson. And mostly pre WWII models. My favorite of all is a S&W 1917.

Shortly after this was completed Ruger's version arrived

MinorLV said:

Yep, I like the 3" as well...GS33!

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I like the grips

I just came into a 5 1/2", 44 Mag RedHawk and a 7" , 44 Mag Super Redhawk. Both are really fun to shoot. To compliment them I bought a Rossi 44 Mag SS 16" lever carbine, mainly so I didn't have to get a different cartridge size ammo.

I like 44 Specials. The GP100 3" is pretty nice, a couple of CA Bulldogs, and an S&W model 69 shoots Specials. Also like the 3-3/4" supers, kind of a nice piece.