bluerob wrote:Very nice looking and congrats on the new GP100 Match.
I love wheel guns and was thinking about one of these instead of the S&W SSR.
Have you had a chance to shoot this yet?
I did get out to shoot it for the first time today. I'm rusty but warmed up to it pretty quickly. Initial groups were terrible but got better within just a few reloads. I attribute this to not initially knowing how best to grip this thing (that's my story and I'm sticking to it).
Recoil is very manageable for not just the 38 special, but also the 357. Bulk of the gun seems to take care of the vast majority of the 357 recoil. The double action pull is smooth and consistent through the entire pull, no peaks or valleys in pull weight, completely consistent. Single action trigger is lighter and crisper than a standard GP100 but not as well done as a GP100 that has had professional work done to it in my opinion. I got to play with a worked GP100 recently that had a better trigger than this one. Which means to me this one has room for improvement. But not much, it is as good as a trigger as you are likely to get from a factory gun.
I liked the grip better than I thought I would. I thought that with a wood grip, the recoil would beat me up more than it would with a rubber grip (like the one on the standard GP100). It didn't. I also initially thought it was too thin, but it wasn't once I got on the range. In fact I could see the portion of the grip around my inner thumb purchase being sanded down a bit. Sights are great, the front fiber optic is very visible and bright. It did not come in sighted in from the factory. At least not with the loads I was using. Both windage and elevation had to be significantly adjusted to get it dialed in.
One of the things I liked the most about this gun was how well it was able to handle semi rapid fire shots with double action pulls (with 38 Special, did not try with 357). It gets back on target quick and easy. Perhaps quicker than my Dad's Cold King Cobra.
Long story short is I am hooked. Can't believe I waited so long to get a nice 357 DA revolver. All those times I walked past the revolver cabinets so that I could get to the semi-autos was a mistake. Now I want a snub nosed version.
Sorry, didn't get many pictures. But here's one.
Here's the guns I took with me to the range today.