About two weeks ago I took one of my GP-100’s out to the range to sight it in with the ammo I made using my windfall 158 gr. JHPs. This particular GP-100 is pretty stock, and not nearly as smooth as the other one. But, yknow what?, it shot just as nicely with a nice tight group that actually made me say “Wow, I like these guns.”
What happens after that sighting in process? Pretty simple, actually, The cleaned pistol goes into a pelican case with a holster, a half dozen speedloaders, as much ammo as I can fit in there, and a note saying it was sighted in at X distance on mm/yy for a load of [loading data]. Thus when I crack it open on that dark, stormy, loud night in the future I have everything I need right there and the certainty that the thing is good to go.
Since this load shot so well out of my two GP-100’s, it’ll probably be my ”go to” loading which means that when I want to load a five gallon bucket full of .357 to tuck away for Der Tag, that’ll be the load I use. Need to sight in the Marlin .357 for it as well as my Smith 28.
Speaking of pistol caliber carbines. If you don’t follow Gun Jesus over at Forgotten Weapons you might have missed a little blurb from the guys at Calico about how they are working on carbines in calibers other than 9mm and .22…. including rimmed cartridges. Could a 50-round semi-auto .357 carbine be in the future? That would be….interesting.
A Calico in 10mm would be pretty awesome too, but even in .45cal it would be a treat.
The Real Kurt
Like the S&W L frames, I consider the Ruger GP series to be a bit heavy for carry in .357 Magnum. But I do agree that their heavy duty construction will guarantee a long life free from shooting loose. Unless their diet is restricted to Tyranosaurus killer loads. I’m glad that revolver shot well for you and agree a nice stash gun package like that is handy to have as back-up.
The Ruger GP100 accuracy is a normal thing. One thing Ruger has done well over the years was building good revolvers.
The Calico stuff was very cool and I would love to see it come to be. Unfortunately, as a person who lives in Canada, I’ll never own one. The Calico series of firearms are listed as prohibited weapons and cannot be imported, bought or sold in Canada.