Handloading the .44 Special is easy due to its straight wall case and loads from mild to wild are inherently accurate. The bulldog prefers mild to medium loads. Ruger just keeps cranking out the .44 Special revolvers! If that were my gun, it would live in that Threepersons holster and never see the Fobus again. Although Skeeter passed away in 1988, his fondness for the .44 Special stokes its flames even today, thanks to his legacy of books and articles that can still be found via an internet search engine. I have Smith Model 10s from the 60s that I shoot all the time, even with +p loads, and a model 64 that I believe could handle anything commercially available for .357 if it could chamber it. The round delivered a consistent 2-inch grouping at the same distance. Unless and until there is an approved loading beyond the current SAAMI specs for this revolver, theres no need to push it. Looking forward to hearing more from you here. The Hogue grips aid further by positioning your trigger finger in excellent alignment to give outstanding control. Its double-action trigger and its ergonomically contoured grip make the GP100 a great choice as a defensive handgun while its 4.2 inch barrel gives the fired rounds plenty of muzzle velocity. One thing Ruger does right with the revolver line is they build a brick shithouse it aint going to blow up the thing is rock solid strong just like theyre Blackhawk line and Super Redhawk line Bulletproof. Props for the serrated top slide and unfluted cylinder. I didnt develop a pet load for this gun. Its made of top-grain leather with double stitching at stress areas. Address and Phone Number for Bronx Police Department - 44th Precinct, a Police Department, at East 169Th Street, Bronx NY. This thing would look awesome on the rack next to the Desert Eagle and the Raging Judge. Its not quite a snubnose and obviously not a 6 target gun. I already own and love Rugers .357 mag GP100, I definitely need/want this Special version. $319.00 The grips could then be any shape desired, as long as they were large enough to enclose the peg. What certainly catches your eye: that big, unfluted cylinder. Manufacturer Action Barrel Length Caliber Capacity Weight Subcategories Applied Filters Keyword : ruger gp100 Clear all filters Used RUGER GP100 $796.99 New Add to Cart RUGER GP100. One day at the range I laid down my 7 Super Redhawk .44 mag down next to a beautiful blued S&W Model 29. Then he wrote about it and the .44 Special was resurrected from the ash heaps of Skeeters campfire full of bits of javelina. In fact, these hot .44s of Skeltons are only marginally more powerful than relatively common commercial defensive loads for .45acp. Keith and his contemporaries smirked at the .357 Magnum because they knew they had something superlative in the .44 cartridge they enjoyed. Moose? However, the .44 Special is truly special for those who possess a bit more abstract way of thinking. Mild loads which describes most commercial .44 ammo provide plenty of stopping power for defensive uses. I wonder how much it would improve with a Wolff spring kit? Good - 80-90% condition (all parts/finish should be original). The original GP100 grips were made of black Santoprene, with contrasting side panels made of rosewood or goncalo alves. Many handloaders duplicate that load and do so without harming their guns or creating dangerous cartridges. Theyre the first without finger grooves (which never seem to match up well with my big fingers anyway) for Ruger and the pebble style surface adds even more grip than the rubber alone. 20 grains and about 100fps more then a standard .45 auto load isnt that impressive. Double Action). Geoff, that .50 BMG pistol literally made me quote Pam Poovey. I loaded as needed from the loops and speed strip, but this time I used a tree trunk for cover while reloading. It would be a dangerous assumption to believe that any rifle/bullet combination would be preferable to the .357 in bear country. With this grip peg, a rounded or squared grip could be used in differing lengths, configurations and materials. Thats what you get when working a quantum physics problem and blogging at the same time. The textured Hogue grip promotes better control of this revolver when firing one-handed. I now have about 7 10000 rounds through the gun a lot of 38 special when shooting matches and competitions but it least a third of that 357 Magnum full load 180 grain jacketed hollow-points. The L-Frame Smith did not exist until the mid-1980s. He loaded the .44 Special pretty stout, too, pushing a 240-grain Lead Semi Wad Cutter bullet at 950 fps. This is where I put the speed on and fired 25 rounds at five square and oblong steel plates at about 7 yards. Ace, I like the idea of the compact GP grip on this gun, and agree a 5 would be a neat addition. Like many Ruger revolvers, this GP100 in .44 Spl. The grips are now Hogue one piece rubber grips standard. Then again, Im the guy who will eventually buy a T/C Encore just so that I could shoot .30-06 out of a handgun.. Most of the rounds hovered around the 3-inch mark for a five-round group at 25 yards off a bag. What Id really like to see in the .44 Special is something in-between the S&W 396, which is almost too light, and the S&W 696, which is about as heavy (or heavier) than this Ruger revolver. Ruger KGP-141 with speed loaders of .357 ammunition. Cooking up Hornady 180gr XTPs today. Still Prefer the 44 mag guns as the capability of firing both magnum and Special ammo however the 44 special firearms can be had in lighter guns (Charter Arms) if one wanted to CCW since the gun is very lite weight and small. This meant that to have a round butt concealed carry version and a square butt holster or target version of the same gun usually meant having two different frame shapes. Excellent - 95%+ condition with or without box. In a CCW piece, youre looking for a shorter barrel, lighter frame, utter reliability. But for the same performance, there is a huge amount of airspace beneath the bullet. The MSRP for a 3 barrel 44 spcl from Charter Arms is $436 blued, and only $475 for a 4.2 barrel in stainless. Therein lies part of its attraction. (Hollowpoint at 950 fps). I really like the 44S&W Spl cartridge and this one caught my eye. I had a mod 29 with a 6.5 bbl and it wasnt very fun to shoot 44 mag rounds after about 6, especially with the wood grips (Hogues or Pachmayrs are a must). Thats excellent for a short barreled revolvers brief sight radius. Also, Id bet at least a hundred elk have been killed in this country by 9mm pis tols, although I doubt legally. The same is true with the 45 Colt. And the fiber front sight is perfect, if you happen to be in exactly the right lighting. The rear belt slot pulls the butt of the revolver into your body when carried just behind the hip. The GP100 disassembles into three major modules with only limited use of tools. Fair - 30% - 80% condition, parts, and finish may or may not be original. They sold out very quickly. To add to what Specialist says, the .38 was originally a black powder cartridge, and if reloading with black, they get full enough to compress the powder. Veteran, army medic, proud Texas son. However, the police revolver was singing its swan song, as the move by the military that year to a high-capacity 9mm prompted American law enforcement agencies to re-examine their sidearm needs and start converting to wondernines.. As Mike already stated, I will reiterate.Welcome! All of these models use the same thickness on the solid frame and double latching system as used on the heavy .44 Magnum. Im curious as to why the preference for Ruger over SW? Brown bear? With either handloads or factory cartridges, the .44 Special GP100 can be fired all day long without punishing your palms with excessive recoil. DeSantis makes a nice thumb break pancake that allows easy carry under a cover shirt. I dont know guys but Ill tell you guys this: Id much rather have a 357 mag than a 44 spl. Once the larger magnums came about they were of course much better options. The Don Hume holster kept the gun secure and out of the way until I needed it, and reholstering was easy. The first significant change was introduced with the Ruger Redhawk and that involved a new locking mechanism with a lever on the crane rather than using the end of the ejector rod to lock. The other possibility, especially in brushy country is that you might not realize theres even a bear in the area until youre on the ground getting mauled. If youve mastered double action shooting, this Ruger will surely please you at whatever range you prefer to fire. All of this shooting was done in double-action mode and began from the holster. Probably a few with 22LR too. Throw in a Ruger 77/357 Bolt Action Rifle and you have a combo that is hard to beat. The .45LC is probably the most underpowered cartridge used today. .30-30 is about all youll get. I then worked through a 30-round combat course that started with point shooting at 3 yards and ended with barricade shooting at 15 yards. 7. Captain Frank Hamer of the Texas Rangers was known to carry a .44 Special Triplelock in a shoulder holster. I like it. Maybe another Dobe Grant tale? 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For those who love handloads its absolutely ideal. My thoughts exactly. Ive somehow managed to destroy a .22 Charter Arms revolver, a .38, and a .44 special, on the same diet and mantainence as those SWs. He goes you know we just came out with the new six shooter built off the security six but kind of rhe modified totally new gun but about the same size as the Security Six in 357 Magnum which what I was looking for he goes let me go out to the car and get a couple things I want to show you. For a practical shooting exercise, I put up a B-27Q red target at 15 yards and loaded the Ruger GP100, cartridge loop slide and Speed Strip with a mix of the .44 Special test cartridges. Gear up as your favorite Delsin Rowe Vest. And with that loading, I started stepping beyond what I really wanted this revolver to do. On screen it was shown as a .30-06 handgun. 357 is a keeper. Disassembly of integrated subassemblies requires no special tools and allows for easy maintenance and assembly. Typically a 240 Grain SWC (Keith Style of Course) at 1200-1250 fps. In beefy revolvers such as the N-Frame S&W Hand Ejectors or Colt New Service, the .44 Specials potential could be realized and loads worked up to handle man or beast. Many fans followed his lead and had their .357s converted to .44 Special as well. Single Action), or by merely pulling the trigger when the hammer is not cocked (a.k.a. Has a few others have said, love the 44 SPL round too so glad to see guns still being made for it. I agree. Mine seems to love the 250gr LSWC sized .431. Damn it, Steve. ..but at least your neighbor would know that you are shooting a gp100. and a mailing address? 1761. I admire, use and load for both types but admittedly my preference falls toward big, heavy, slow moving chunks of lead for most purposes. 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