You guys remember last month when I missed out on an auction for a fixed-sight, full underlug, 4″ GP-100? Yeah, that was a bit of a heartbreaker. But, I’m soothing my feelings with this:
It’s from 1995 but is in very nice condition. For those who aren’t familiar with this piece, some background may be in order. Fixed sight variants of the GP-100 are a bit hard to find. Most of them were made for police/security contracts, including a .38 Spl DAO version for the NYPD. They were available in a couple variations – stainless or blued, full or half underlug. Ruger catalogs a 3″ variant these days in stainless, but the 4″ don’t show up much. Century Arms re-imported some stainless half-lug DAO versions a while back and they turn up on GunBroker, but I’d prefer to have the option of single action as well as double action.
Anyway, this gun is gonna get some cleaning and then its time to head to the range and see how it shoots.
This was the first firearm I purchased back around 1989. My old gunners mate Master Chief suggested that my first firearm should be a revolver. I went down to the best gun store in Norfolk VA and rented several to see what was best for me. The GP-100 was what I selected; I still have it today.
Beautiful handgun. That was a great find – glad to hear you and seller came to a price both could live with. The exterior appears to be in great condition.
I hope it shoots better than your expectations.
I own a pair of Security-Sixes but no GP models at all.
Love it! Built like a tank! I work at a gunshop and have seen the quality control of the new S&W’s and Colts go down hill recently! Great pick up!!!