My girlfriend was wanting a home protection piece. She is the daughter of a retired 35 year veteran of S&W in Springfield, MA, and thought she had best get a Smith to keep peace in the family. But she didn't ask Dad for a gun, she asked me :!: So I showed her some Rugers, an SP101, a Speed Six, a GP100, and a Redhawk. She liked the feel and heft of the 4" GP best, but thought the standard grips were a little big. So I went shopping on-line and found a GPNY incorrectly listed as a Service Six on one of the auction sites for a very reasonable opening bid. I ended up being the only bidder, so got a great deal on it.
It was a little rough when I got it. Scratched up from years of carry, worn Pachmayr grips, etc.
After a few evenings with a Scotch Brite pad, a touch of cold blue on the front sight, and some new compact grips from Brownell's with inserts from a forum member, here is what she will be opening later this week:
DAO spurless hammer, .38 Special, fixed sights, 3" barrel. These were NYPD duty weapons, which is where the GPNY comes from.
I think she's gonna like it!
Besides being an ideal gun for her purposes, it is also a fairly scarce collectible model on the lowest end of the known SN range for the KGPFNY-831.
I get along pretty well with her dad, so no worries there
:?: This is the only GPNY that I have ever handled, so one question for those of you who have them - do these guns, in general, NOT have the "RUGER GP100 ®" rollmark on the side of the barrel? I guess that explains why the seller was confused as to what to call it.
It was a little rough when I got it. Scratched up from years of carry, worn Pachmayr grips, etc.
After a few evenings with a Scotch Brite pad, a touch of cold blue on the front sight, and some new compact grips from Brownell's with inserts from a forum member, here is what she will be opening later this week:


DAO spurless hammer, .38 Special, fixed sights, 3" barrel. These were NYPD duty weapons, which is where the GPNY comes from.
I think she's gonna like it!
Besides being an ideal gun for her purposes, it is also a fairly scarce collectible model on the lowest end of the known SN range for the KGPFNY-831.
I get along pretty well with her dad, so no worries there
:?: This is the only GPNY that I have ever handled, so one question for those of you who have them - do these guns, in general, NOT have the "RUGER GP100 ®" rollmark on the side of the barrel? I guess that explains why the seller was confused as to what to call it.