Strongly considering picking up a blued model, but have only had guns in stainless or more modern finishes.
How does ruger's bluing hold up?
I'd be willing to go stainless if it's really much better, I just like the look of the blue.
GP100
Strongly considering picking up a blued model, but have only had guns in stainless or more modern finishes.
How does ruger's bluing hold up?
I'd be willing to go stainless if it's really much better, I just like the look of the blue.
From 08, held up fine. Just wipe it down sometimes with a lightly oiled rag before storage.
I have a WC model and those are kind of notorious for the blued finish not being super tough. Different from the regular bluing so I can't assess that personally, but pistol-forum probably has a couple of threads on this.
I will say do not frick with the hogue tamer grip unless you have gigantor hands
Ruger revolvers are mechanically nice but so damn ugly.
I went with the stainless for ease of care, but I agree the blued is better looking. I love my GP100.
Same. If only there was a way to blue stainless.
I got the Hogue rubber grip without the finger grooves, it's pretty nice.
Cerakote or DLC finish is all that can be done to stainless.
It can be Chromate blued but good luck finding anyone who will do that these days given the environmental nightmare of the chemicals involved. Hot salt bluing is already dangerous, throwing chromates in there is adding cancer to the mix.
Nice, didn’t know hogue had more options. Though I like the finger grooves.
They also have G10 or fancy wood versions, but they're pricey.
I think the factory rubber grips with wood inlays are a nice balance. They have good shock absorption but still have a nice little wood accent.
Odd I've always thought they looked very bad. To me either go full synthetic or all wood, dark stained wood looking best on a gp.
Maybe I’ve just learned to love gaudy Ruger aesthetic
The SP101 is a shrunk down GP so you’re almost there anyways
Why? I can't stand Hogue grips, I much prefer Pachmayr when it comes to rubber grips on revolvers.
If you can find a gently used one, get one in their discontinued “target gray” finish.
My first gun, inherited from my grandpa. Absolute beast. Eats all ammo and stupid accurate. I keep it well oiled and polished at all times.
Nu-gp100s kinda suck. Or I just got a lemon. Couldn't sight mine in because it was underclocked, aka the barrel wasn't properly screwed into place out of the factory. It works fine now after a trip to ruger to fix their frickup. Mine was stainless, don't know anything about the blued ones
Ruger's infamous QC. I have three Rugers that had to get sent back, but it worked out fine in the end. Just a headache when it happens so often.
Unfortunately S&W is just as bad for QC, at least Ruger has generally good customer service.
Rent free
I have a bunch of stainless revolvers and a bunch of blued. My blued guns require diligent oil wipedowns which is more hassle than I want at this point. My blued GP 100 still looks nice after 10 years. If you're getting a 357 I highly recommend the 4.2" instead of the muzzle heavy 6".
How are the triggers on these?
They can be fine from the factory. They can also be pretty poor. The change to MiM triggers in 2010 or so unironically helped them be more consistently mediocre, removing many of the outright bad ones. They also don't touch the frames like the old cast ones did.
With a proper, all encompassing trigger job, polish, shims, that also addresses geometry fit for hammer dog and trigger plunger, as well as fitting the hammer and trigger so they don't rub the frame at any point, and they will be every bit the gun that any other brand is. Yes, even tuned. That's all very invasive and you could always screw it up so make sure you know what you're doing.
I want to get one in 22LR for the 10rd cylinder but I can't justify new prices and I've yet to find one used locally. I got an SP101 in 22LR for $400 it will have to hold me over