Tslepebull
Single-Sixer
I recenty purchased a used GP-100 in stainless. From what I can tell it was purchased and put away and not shot very much. The double action stroke seems to have a "flat spot" in it. When I trigger stroke the action slowly I can see and feel the cylinder bolt drop but then it seems like a good deal of the trigger motion (free play) must occur before the pawl engages the cylinder and it begins to turn. When the cylinder does begin to turn everything progresses well (although quickly), the cylinder bolt engages, cylinder locks in place, and then the hammer drops. Lockup is very good with minimal rotational play and no apparent endplay.
On my Security Six and all other revolvers I have the pawl seems to engage earlier in the trigger stroke and progresses more evenly, without the rapid cylinder turn at the end. Is this just an idiosyncrasy of the GP-100? To answer any other questions, yes I have taken it apart and cleaned all the internals; I could not see any evidence of part smoothing or kitchen table gunsmithing.
On my Security Six and all other revolvers I have the pawl seems to engage earlier in the trigger stroke and progresses more evenly, without the rapid cylinder turn at the end. Is this just an idiosyncrasy of the GP-100? To answer any other questions, yes I have taken it apart and cleaned all the internals; I could not see any evidence of part smoothing or kitchen table gunsmithing.