New Ruger GP100 10mm Match Champion

ottoman · May 15 2018 12:13:30 AM MDT

I bought one on Gun Broker Sun night.. hope its here by the weekend

RJM52 · May 16 2018 07:00:00 PM MDT

Picked mine up a few hours ago...nice smooth DA that isn't overly heavy.

Hope to get out tomorrow and shoot it...

Bob

ottoman · May 18 2018 12:25:37 AM MDT

Got a call that mines in... BUT he is closed to attend a gun show Fri and Sat so I have to wait until Monday ${$default_sad_smiley}$

Azrckcrawler · May 22 2018 01:17:19 PM MDT

Finally thanked Ruger for listening. Could not find one local so I placed a bid for one on Gunbroker. Ended up winning the auction @ $720. Should be here tomorrow. Deserts are all currently closed due to fire restrictions so won't get to shoot it till it rains.

RJM52 · May 23 2018 07:32:47 AM MDT

Shot mine on Saturday...shoots just great with and without the clips.

The wood grips are a little tough on the web of ones hand but I had a set of Hogue rubber that I put on yesterday. Will be going out again soon to try it again...

Bob

Graybeard · May 23 2018 07:38:05 AM MDT

The gun looks great and I can appreciate the desire to own one. The killer for me is the moon clips or punching out empties with a pencil. I would think there's a better solution. The star could grab the empties if it could be rotated just a little bit with the crane open. Something like a spring loaded cam that popped out if the cylinder was rotated backwards and allowed the star to engage the rims, or a camming action when pushing the ejector rod. It seems to me the the major issues would be not reducing the strength of the lockup and not interfering with the forward rotation of the cylinder. Admittedly, this is an incomplete thought or I'd be headed for the patent office. Has anyone else ever thought about this?

sqlbullet · May 23 2018 07:54:50 AM MDT

Quote from: Graybeard on May 23 2018 07:38:05 AM MDT
The gun looks great and I can appreciate the desire to own one. The killer for me is the moon clips or punching out empties with a pencil. I would think there's a better solution. The star could grab the empties if it could be rotated just a little bit with the crane open. Something like a spring loaded cam that popped out if the cylinder was rotated backwards and allowed the star to engage the rims, or a camming action when pushing the ejector rod. It seems to me the the major issues would be not reducing the strength of the lockup and not interfering with the forward rotation of the cylinder. Admittedly, this is an incomplete thought or I'd be headed for the patent office. Has anyone else ever thought about this?

https://charterfirearms.com/products/74020-40-pitbull-matte-standard

They beat you to it, and yes, they have a patent which is probably why Ruger doesn't do this.

Graybeard · May 23 2018 08:14:28 AM MDT

That explains why I've never seen it. I've never paid any attention to Charter Arms ${$default_cheesy_smiley}$ Not since I picked up one of their lefties and the finish started flaking off the cylinder when I dry fired it a couple of times. The action felt like it had gravel in it, too. Now I need to find one and see how they made it work.

Thanks Sqlbullet.

Azrckcrawler · May 23 2018 08:52:54 AM MDT

Quote from: Graybeard on May 23 2018 07:38:05 AM MDT
The gun looks great and I can appreciate the desire to own one. The killer for me is the moon clips or punching out empties with a pencil. I would think there's a better solution. The star could grab the empties if it could be rotated just a little bit with the crane open. Something like a spring loaded cam that popped out if the cylinder was rotated backwards and allowed the star to engage the rims, or a camming action when pushing the ejector rod. It seems to me the the major issues would be not reducing the strength of the lockup and not interfering with the forward rotation of the cylinder. Admittedly, this is an incomplete thought or I'd be headed for the patent office. Has anyone else ever thought about this?

Wasn't a fan of moon clips until I shot my Dad's S&W JM 625. I can load it faster than my 357 with a speed loader. The 10mm revolver acquisition was partly to fill out the collection and partly due to a desire to have a heavy duty gun for load development. I also like to mix it up when target shooting. If you can get good shooting a double action revolver shooting a semi-auto becomes a piece of cake.

Graybeard · May 23 2018 11:21:49 AM MDT

I've never shot a JM 625, but I have shot a 9mm J frame before. I totally get the load development aspect, as well as rounding out a collection . My 10mm DI AR was for pretty much the same reasons. Also get the desire to master DA revolvers. I have a 629 Classic I run with .44 special for that.

The ejection system I was envisioning would be one that would work with or without the moon clips. The best of both worlds.

ottoman · May 23 2018 10:23:28 PM MDT

Picked mine up Monday from my dealer. Looks nice, trigger is nice.
Bought a few extra moon clips while I was waiting for the gun to show up, I will see how it shoots Sat.

ottoman · May 26 2018 11:36:32 PM MDT

Ran about 100 rounds through it today.. sweet shooting gun... recoil was very manageable with the 180 grn over 10.4 grns of Bluedot I was shooting. Had a good time shooting it and everyone who tried it liked it.

RJM52 · June 06 2018 04:46:45 AM MDT

Put a set of the Hogue fingergroove rubber grips on and it was much more comfortable to shoot. Hogue makes the same grips without the grooves that look like the wood ones that came on the gun...may pick up a set of those to try also..

Bob

mt10mm · June 06 2018 04:56:47 AM MDT

Post some pics of you can

RJM52 · June 06 2018 05:45:33 PM MDT

I ordered a set of the Hogues without finger grooves today...

Friend shooting the gun..

Those were 165s...the 200s take the pins right off the table.