GP 100's

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TallPrairie

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Once you get past the bulkiness they are very good revolvers.

I've owned a 4" and a 3" GP100. The 3" was just okay; it never really resonated with me the way Ruger's 5-shot SP101 does.

However, the 4" GP was a lights-out shooter. It developed a butter-smooth DA trigger with use. I could do near one-hole groups at 15 yards offhand DA with that revolver shooting 158 gr .38 Specials.

Because I don't reload, the GP100 became too expensive to shoot, plus it was too big and heavy to carry. So I sold it. Still, an excellent gun.

If you reload -- especially if you like pounding away with full-power .357 Magnums -- the GP100 is a gun to get.
 

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If we could get them for $250 I'd be all over it for a few! lol Unfortunately, no way that'll happen these days. I have been keeping my eyes open for a 2" or 4" .357 or .44 mag from a reputable company for a while now and am just astonished at the prices I am seeing. I just want something for a truck gun... not a bank vault or a BBQ rig.
 

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in the same length gun, with a ramped barrel and .45 super brass, the .45 auto will do anything the 357 can do, do it better, too. Be faster for repeat hits than the 357, , easier to master, more concealable, hold more ammo, and have a .22 conversion unit. Can be built from an 80% frame, so nobody knows that you have it, too.
 

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in the same length gun, with a ramped barrel and .45 super brass, the .45 auto will do anything the 357 can do, do it better, too. Be faster for repeat hits than the 357, , easier to master, more concealable, hold more ammo, and have a .22 conversion unit. Can be built from an 80% frame, so nobody knows that you have it, too.

LOL!!!!

As for the rest of the post, if you're trying to replicate (ish) .357 Mag performance but get the benefits of an auto, get a .357 Sig in a polymer framed double stack gun. No worries about ramping barrels and "super" brass. Besides, can you imagine trying to find "super" brass after TSHTF?
 

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