This is a gun Ruger should make.

[Fred C Dobbs]

The old Security six adjustable sight 2.75" barrel guns are not legal to import to Ca. Also finding a FTF sale is not common. Ruger only makes the GP100 in fixed sights for the three inch so I bought this instead.

Adding adjustable sights to a three inch GP100 is a $400 job. Taking a four inch and chopping it with a new front sight is about a $250 job. This three inch SW 686 is a seven shot, the grips are perfect (As opposed to HOgue) and it has adjustable sights. I'd like to partner it with a GP 100 Three inch some day. Trouble is Ruger is selling all it can make of existing models.

 

[Dregg]

You should work on changing the laws in CA.

 

[hittman]

There ARE 3" adjustable site GP's out there. I've not gotten one bought yet and you don't see many.

 

[finesse_r]

I have two SS 3 inch Ruger GP-100 revolvers with adjustable sights. Mine are Wiley Clapp Talo edition and they also made them in blued version. They only made about 2500 according to other posts I have read on them. The front sight on the SS is fiber optics with Novak adjustable rear sights. I believe the blued versions have a gold dot front sight with Novak adjustable rears sights.

 

[Fred C Dobbs]

You should work on changing the laws in CA.

It's just getting worse. There are about 40 million people in California. I figure about 40 percent are Conservative/Republican. So that's about sixteen million conservative folks who would like different gun laws. That's a heck of a lot conservatives and more than the entire population of plenty of states. Yet, no matter how many you are, if you can't change elections because you are in the minority, you may as well be zip. Now the Legislature has a super-majority so they can jam anything through. The worst is yet to come.
The only chance of sanity is the willingness of Jerry Brown to veto the craziest stuff.
How do you think that's going to go?
Folks and businesses who can leave...leave.
www.city-data.com is a great site for planning your escape. heh.

 

[Fred C Dobbs]

I have two SS 3 inch Ruger GP-100 revolvers with adjustable sights. Mine are Wiley Clapp Talo edition and they also made them in blued version. They only made about 2500 according to other posts I have read on them. The front sight on the SS is fiber optics with Novak adjustable rear sights. I believe the blued versions have a gold dot front sight with Novak adjustable rears sights.

Interesting. I love the Novak Adjustable rear. I read that the Colt 380 rear was used on the Talo guns and I was unaware it was made in an adjustable version.
I talked to a couple gunsmiths who are not interested in cutting the top strap down further. A couple will cut the fixed sight gp100 for a Bowen Smith and Wesson revolver replacement sight.
All things are doable with $$$.
The Talo is not a gun I can buy here in the looney bin.

 

[Fred C Dobbs]

Other side.
OOps, Forget shortening a four inch GP100. Forgot about the barrel lettering. Need to start with a three inch version and add adjustable sights. Always something.

 

[Fred C Dobbs]

By the way, the Smith L frame cylinder holding seven rounds in this gun is exactly the same diameter as my six shot cylinder on the GP100. Why won't Ruger make a seven shot? If they are worried about lawyers, make smaller flutes or a solid round cylinder for strength. Tooling can't be an issue, they made a seven shot .327 GP100. It's all worked out but the holes in the cylinder. If 327 GP100s were not valuable collectors items now, You could have one rechambered to a seven shot .357 with no problems.

 

[clayflingythingy]

I prefer the GP100 over S&W L frames. You are correct, a 3" adjustable sight should be a catalog item. I am fine with 6 shots, however.

 

[muzzleloader]

you got a desirable Smith there, enjoy. I'd think about moving to America.

 

[rkrcpa]

As long as we're dreaming of 3 inch GP 100's.....



How about a five shot with bigger holes.

 

[98Redline]

How about a Stainless Bisley Super Blackhawk in .480 R (6.5" barrel)

Would that be a Super Duper Blackhawk?

 

[Dregg]

You should work on changing the laws in CA.

It's just getting worse. There are about 40 million people in California. I figure about 40 percent are Conservative/Republican. So that's about sixteen million conservative folks who would like different gun laws. That's a heck of a lot conservatives and more than the entire population of plenty of states. Yet, no matter how many you are, if you can't change elections because you are in the minority, you may as well be zip. Now the Legislature has a super-majority so they can jam anything through. The worst is yet to come.
The only chance of sanity is the willingness of Jerry Brown to veto the craziest stuff.
How do you think that's going to go?
Folks and businesses who can leave...leave.
http://www.city-data.com is a great site for planning your escape. heh.

Sorry if that sounded disrespectful. I understand the way politics go and you're left to feel helpless.

 

[Fred C Dobbs]

Don't worry about the California comment. Every shooter here dreams of having a shooting environment available just over the border in Az or Nv or even Oregon. Just the way it is. My problem is I was born here and remember how it used to be. It's the change that messes with you. The memory of whats it was.
My escape plan used to be to get a condo on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe in State line NV. Live there more than 50 percent of the year so I could quit paying Ca. income tax (Nevada has none) pay less vehicle registration and sales tax etc. Not to mention it's beautiful up there.
Not a big fan of winter so have a second place down the mountain on the California side in the gold rush country between Sacramento and Tahoe. Jackson, etc. You are close enough to commute and check on the Tahoe place if you let relatives use it during ski season etc. You are close to the wine country on the Ca. side. It's a plan...
Just make sure you spend enough time in Nevada during the summer to confound the Ca tax collectors.

 

[Dregg]

Fred, I really like your plan. It's a shame that this Country has changed so much in such a short period of time. We as citizens did lose a lot of our rights.

 

[Fred C Dobbs]

Fred, I really like your plan. It's a shame that this Country has changed so much in such a short period of time. We as citizens did lose a lot of our rights.

It's hard when you are old enough to remember and realize what's lost. Some of the people I talk to don't have any idea where things are headed.
Another plan was to move to Scottsdale. Nice place with lots of resources and an international air port. Ben Avery shooting range. Also when you get older you need to be able to access good medical. There is a Mayo clinic in Phoenix.
When the summer heat comes you can go north to Flag or Prescott to get some elevation and cooler climes.
Or just shoot over to San Diego area with a good size trailer and wait out the hot months by the ocean. People don't realize it but from L.A. It is the same distance to Phoenix as it is L.A. to San Francisco, about 500 miles.
The Ashland/Medford area of Oregon is a good all around place to live but you need to get up to Portland for any life threatening medical in my opinion.
Lots of ways to go. Just plan and work toward it.
A friend retired in Meridian just outside Boise and loves it. Another is on the eastern side of Seattle where it is a lot drier.
A lot of folks do not realize that you can go west of Seattle to places like Port Angelus and Sequim and the rain fall is about the same as Southern Calif because of the mountain rain shadow. About twenty inches a year whereas Seattle a hour drive away gets sixty. Interesting eh? One of the most beautiful places in the country is the Puget Sound area in the summer. Just stunning.

 

[eveled]

I don't think 3in guns need adjustable sights.

I got tired of waiting for Ruger to make 8 shot .357 Red Hawks, so I bought a S&W 627, it is awesome.

I always liked Rugers, but S&W sometimes offers guns in better configurations. Ed

 

[Fred C Dobbs]

I don't think 3in guns need adjustable sights.

I got tired of waiting for Ruger to make 8 shot .357 Red Hawks, so I bought a S&W 627, it is awesome.

I always liked Rugers, but S&W sometimes offers guns in better configurations. Ed

Ya know, I'm not sure at this point that any of my gun buying has to do with "need". I think it has a lot to do with "Want!"

 

[eveled]

I hear you Fred, I mean how many different ways does somebody need to poke holes in something 50 feet away?

I just meant that the sights are so close together on a snub nose that the fixed sights work fine for me. Adjustable sights make more sense to me on longer barreled guns. Just my opinion. I hope you get what you want. Ed

 

[The Blackhawk Kid]

Lose the S & W and go with the Wiley Clapp 3". I have one and it is the best shooting 357 I own. It is my go to gun. I am going to put a brass bead front sight. I like the F.O. but the brass bead is the best for me. Our rights are being sold down the river every day.