Rex Driver
Bearcat
I have, in the past five years become a great fan of Ruger Single Action revolvers, now having a modest collection of 10 shooters from Original and New Vaqueros, to new Black Hawks to a bisley. The calibers range from 357 to 41 Mag to 45 Colt. I enjoy reloading and shooting all of them with the 357 Vaqueros being used for Cowboy Action. I, in my former life was a 26 year cop who shot S&Ws almost exclusively and have had Smith Revolvers from the early Victory to auto loaders in 40 CAl.
I just found out about the ICORE group and plan to attend a shoot this coming Saturday and am in the process of purchasing a double action 6" revolver to shoot in the limited class. I have never owned a Ruger Double action and see that many of the ICORE people shoot Smith 686s.
My question is, is the GP 100 on a level basis with the 686 and if not what are the drawbacks with the Ruger and if it needs some work, what needs to be done to make it consistent with the Smith as far as trigger pull and accuracy?
I really do like the idea of shooting the Ruger and will do so if the Ruger is not too much of a handicap, however, I need to make the purchase tomorrow in order to be ready for Saturday.
Any and all help and information will be greatly appreciated, I await with anticipation of the purchase and my gun store waits in anticipation of separating me out of another chunk of money. Revolver, holster and speed loaders, that is.
I just found out about the ICORE group and plan to attend a shoot this coming Saturday and am in the process of purchasing a double action 6" revolver to shoot in the limited class. I have never owned a Ruger Double action and see that many of the ICORE people shoot Smith 686s.
My question is, is the GP 100 on a level basis with the 686 and if not what are the drawbacks with the Ruger and if it needs some work, what needs to be done to make it consistent with the Smith as far as trigger pull and accuracy?
I really do like the idea of shooting the Ruger and will do so if the Ruger is not too much of a handicap, however, I need to make the purchase tomorrow in order to be ready for Saturday.
Any and all help and information will be greatly appreciated, I await with anticipation of the purchase and my gun store waits in anticipation of separating me out of another chunk of money. Revolver, holster and speed loaders, that is.