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3/21/2013 9:48:56 AM

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Section 8: Handguns
Subject: M325 Nightguard Msg# 852998

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Mark Freburg Forum Manager

Joined 4/3/2000

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Stu Wayne (Read)

Joined 4/4/2000

I thought the same thing about the barrel length, but for different reasons perhaps. As hard as I argued for the Nightguards, I would have those GP100s done with a 3" barrel. Not much but I like that length barrel. the symmetry was off due to those--pardon me--ridiculous stocks. Those may have been beautiful according the the author, but they were completely out of place for anything but a BBQ gun, which is all I can see at least the high gloss model being, if not both. The GP100 used to be offered with a rubber stock using wood inserts, and they came in square and round butt. Both fit because the GP100 has a frame stud something like the old Dan Wesson as opposed to a Smith or Taurus, which restricts stock options. If you put the early type stocks on a GP100 snub, especially the smaller ones, it would not look at all out of proportion. Here's a purely bad photo by me showing the older stock options (which have been replaced by a larger, ungainly Hogue finger groove stock, one size fits all):

Image below from Mark Freburg - Image Title: Ruger Grips
Image Info: Comparison of Ruger round butt and square butt grips for the GP100 (and Super Redhawk).

I actually gave a minute or two's thought to having my revolver shortened to three inches, but I wouldn't, as I don't think anyone could redo the Target Grey finish of the stainless steel. If I ever get really interested in custom--and I'm always somewhat interested in those things--I'd buy a new GP100 with a 3" barrel already. All I really want is an action job, cylinder charge holes chamfered, sights (you can see it comes with fixed sights [below]. Also note the ugly Hogues, which are way too large.), cylinder leading edges chamfered, and the following if needed: cylinder throats measured and opened and cylinder gap checked and adjusted. I would definitely pass on jeweling the hammer and trigger. I don't see that it adds any smoothness, it's just decorative. If the hammer and trigger showed rub marks I'd have them polished but flat. And no custom stocks. I'd want a firm rubber stock, and I happen to have two of the old Ruger type, square and round. And I'm guessing I could get more off eBay as I'd want round on the custom, and I have my round ones on my current GP. They fit great, even though the square ones fit good too, I just like the round butt. I think the round butt Ruger stocks are perhaps a bit smaller as well.

Re: the video. The Charter Arms extraction mechanism is definitely more robust than that on the old S&W 547, which was often termed fragile. You may not recall, our News Desk reported on this revolver over a year ago. Here's the story

For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where:
I win 87%? Hmm, I wonder what you're setting me up for here! BigGrin

I'm currently running about eight magazines behind in my reading but pulled out that AH to see what the big deal was about those GP100 customs. While the workmanship and the woods on them were beautiful, the proportions are painfully ugly to me - they really demand a longer barrel! Frown I suppose you could paint a Yugo Italian Red, too, but that doesn't make it a Ferrari! Roll Eyes

I watched the video in your note. I would have gotten more out of it had I not been worried about the shooter getting his chin braids caught in the action! Laugh I did like the looks of the extraction mechanism on that Pit Bull. It looks more robust than the S&W version on their 9mm revolvers.

Stu

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