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Well went to a pawnshop see about gold scrap. Instead ended up getting Ruger .357.

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Paid 250 OTD. Got 2 minor scratches on it thats about it. Figured you guys said get a gun before buying more gold. So now got me a little protection.
What you guys think?

By the way, pictures don't do justices for this gun.






P.S. Today some one was shooting not to far from my house, I called 911 and it took them 10 min.TO ANSWER F**KING PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Lady said that some one was trying to keep the birds of there property?!?!?!?! WTF? She said that everything is ok they had officer checking in to it.

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Nice! I've got a Ruger GP100 with a 6-inch barrel (the one the dealer had the best price on at the time). It's a good gun, especially for the price. You'll have fun with it. You might want to start off practicing with .38 ammo, especially if you're the one who said in another post that you hadn't fired a gun before.

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Naw, wasn't me. I had guns before ( AK SKS 1911 ) had to sell them when I moved to Chicago.

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Very nice.

I stand corrected from another post...you can find a deal in a pawnshop every now and then.

Nice work!

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Not sure where you live, but gunshots are very common around my neighborhood, and are nothing to worry about here. I don't sweat it.

OBTW, that's a nice looking revolver. :applause_

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Nice looking Ruger! Sounds like you got a good deal too! :applause_

Do you call 911 everytime you hear someone shooting? It's a good thing you don't live in East Tennessee! :confused_ma:

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thats the thing. I called 911 because there is no gun fire around here mate.

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Nice find. I like the .357 caliber because you can shoot so many different rounds through it. Everything from .38 wadcutters to .357 hollowpoints.
Ruger makes a nice pistol. I prefer the Smith & Wesson. Mine's stainless with a six inch barrel. (Combat model.)

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Nice---Gotta love a good revolver.

I like the mechanicalness of them. Cylinder rolling and hammer falling and all the types of Ammo for it. They seem safer to me because of the exposed hammer. No questions about is it cocked.

Rugers are built heavy and are a little stiff at first but you either get used to it, Buy a spring kit, or have it worked over or it loosens up, but they always get better with use.

Great price by the way!

shoot some targets and post them.

E-A

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I Like, have a Tauras 357 with 6 inch barrel and a colt trooper, great guns

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Nice. I've got a S&W model 65 which is somewhat similar. I've always liked the look of the rugers though, and if I didn't already have the S&W I would probably get one because they seem like a really good gun for the price. They have a nice "heft" to them and the sights are better than on my S&W too.

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Nice piece, nice price. :D

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I'll go to a firing range on Wednesday and will post some pictures.

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It's a nice gun. However, a revolver can be hard to reload if it is fired quickly. The casings will swell and stick in the cylinder. Read about it here: http://buildanark.net/survival_stories.html

Handguns: Revolver or Pistol? Pistol ALL THE WAY! Yes, I saw the video of the guy that accurately emptied his S&W in _ a second. I also saw the shooting range and the crowd behind him, watching the event. Can he shoot and reload that way if he is in his car, driving with one hand and shooting with the other, while a bunch of scum bags in another car are shooting at him? Hey, maybe he can. I know I can�t. Can you? Generally speaking, the revolver is more difficult to master than the pistol. The double action is hard and it affects speed and accuracy. It can be done, but I found that pistols are easier, as did many shooters. Also, even though they seem to be more simple, revolvers are not as rugged as service pistols, the mechanisms that cycles the cylinder and cocks the hammer is both complicated and fragile compared to auto pistols.

Before anyone starts casting evil voodoo spells at me for insulting their prized S&W or Ruger: I own revolvers and like shooting them, I just don�t think they are the best option for self defense, and I see that everyone I talk to in my country who is worried about security as I am also chooses pistols. Quality pistols resist sand, mud and dirt in general better than revolvers, where a small pebble locked in the mechanism may render the revolver inoperable.

I personally had a problem with a new stainless steel Taurus Tracker .357 magnum. After shooting it a couple of times I reloaded it and shot all 7 rounds as fast as I could and when I tried to empty it, I found that the empties were stuck because they expanded because of the heat. I had to wait until the gun cooled a little so I could empty the gun. Stuff like this can get you killed, even more in a 7 round handgun. I once saw a man walk into a gun store wanting to trade his 357 magnum revolver for a 9mm high capacity pistol. He said he was driving when thugs from another car started shooting at him. He was chased for a few blocks. He said that he pulled his revolver and started shooting at them, and ran out of ammo real fast. He wanted more capacity and fast reloading. I could not agree with him more.

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well did some shooting today. I thought that I was "ok" with handguns till started shooting my new 357:shocked_ma: lol....... lets just say I have lots of practice to do with it.
I can keep 3inch group at 25 yards with 9mm Beretta and about 4 inch with 1911, but magnum is totally different animal. Won't be posting no pics, because they are to embarrassing:rolleyes_m:.

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May or may not have been posted before, hope it helps! Just keep practicing :wink:

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I defer to your better judgement on the revolver vs. semi-auto thingie -- but man a revolver is extra nice when awoken in the middle of the night and it is dark and you are groggy and you can't quite remember how to work that safety. Point and click is advantageous at that moment in time.

Other situations may differ, as you pointed out.

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My Kel-Tec PF-9 is a double action semi-auto w/o safety. Point and click. The hammer is not cocked with a round in the chamber, so it can't fire when dropped.

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I think you got a very nice deal. I've owned several ruger revolvers including a 4" GP100. Very strong reliable revolver, better than a Smith with regard to strength and durability. Someone mentioned something about cases swelling while in the cylinder and being hard to extract . . . I've never experienced this with good ammunition in a Ruger. Nice buy!

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They're a good gun, I like the 6" version myself. The triggers can be a bit gritty, they do need a trigger job if you are into target shooting, also swap the standard grips for Hogue rubber grips or similar. Apart from that, as you point out they are a exceptionally rugged, reliable gun, and are more than accurate enough in the right hands for people. Firing +P .357 results in more recoil and flash, it's manageable, but it does make achieving accuracy a bit harder.

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Hey, that's exactly what I did. I put hogue grippers on my GP100. I also have to agree with you on the trigger being a bit lame, but it was good enough for me :)

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Trigger seemed to be a bit gritty in double action, but the break point (for me) is spot on in both single and double action really. In single action you don't notice the trigger at all really which is great. Ideally the trigger action is smooth, and you pay it no mind, as your attention is then left free to concentrate on the sight alignment and accuracy. I liked the fact I could pretty much predict the break point anyway, it instilled confidence in the mechanics of the gun.

I really enjoyed shooting the gun single action as it really shows it's accuracy. I fired off all 6 rounds double action in "rapid fire" to get a feel for it, I found the .357 magnum GP100 controllable with +P rounds, accuracy obviously suffers a bit, however you can hit a man sized target at 12 paces, but woe betide you if you are on the recieving end of 6 rounds of that. The only thing worse would be a shotgun probably.

Revolvers have some real advantages, they don't drop spent casings all over the place, they don't hit you in the head etc. with spent casings which can distract you. Chances of the gun jamming are very low indeed, a mis-fire doesn't matter much as you have the next round coming right up no matter what. The Ruger is rugged as hell, when you examine the design, you could probably slam it onto concrete a few times and get away with it, with a semi-auto they are somewhat more fragile, can bend the slide / mags etc. I love the fact the Ruger is over-engineered. It's a bit heavier accordingly, but not ridiculously so.

As a target gun, I would probably shoot another type of revolver (perhaps a S&W) for higher accuracy, as a defence weapon, it seems like a perfectly decent choice if you want a wheel gun, and is not expensive, relatively speaking.

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Amen, my Glock has 3 safeties with a round up top. Won't fire either since it's not "cocked" either. It won't fire til you pull the trigger. But to the OP, very nice hand cannon. I have one too, and it's a noiseMAKER!