Wiley Clapp GP100

[Badgersmilk]

Lookin for a compact frame .44?

http://www.taurususa.com/product-details.cfm?id=207&category=Revolver&toggle=tr&breadcrumbseries=UL2



I think S&W has one to.

[kmitch200]

Is that a racist comment?  Well, I'd still say their easily a minority.    Why you gotta be like that?!?  

  

Exactly what's the "most deadly game" in AZ?  Rabid ground squirrel?  Road pizza armadillo?  Mexican drug lord!

I guess in AZ it would be a toss up between mountain lion and Mexican drug lord. I'd rather face the mountain lion. At least they don't have ATF approved AKs. 

[justbill]

For many years I did conceal carry a N frame Smith, it was grip dimensions, not concealability issues, that led me to change to a K frame.

I carried a M-58 IWB for some time. It wore standard service grip panels and a Tyler T-Grip. The .41 alternated with a Charter Bulldog Pug or M-649 when I felt the need for "ultimate concealment." Looking back, it wasn't comfortable but it was done without ever raising the eye of LE.

[justbill]

For the most part, in the eastern 2/3 of this continent, a .357 makes quite an acceptable "backwoods" gun.

Sometimes I wonder about that in my home state of Pennsylvania. Keystone black bear have topped 800 lbs. as shown in the link below. Four and five hundred pounders are not at all unusual. That's a lot of bruin to stop with 180-grain bullets at any distance beyond shoving the gun into his mouth and pulling the trigger. I routinely carry a 3" .357 when hiking or camping but often think about upgrading to a pre-lock .44 or .45 Mountain Gun if one crossed my path and I had the money to afford it.

http://blogs.wvgazette.com/johnmccoy/2010/11/20/possible-world-record-black-bear-killed-in-pa/

[Timothy]

Sometimes I wonder about that in my home state of Pennsylvania. Keystone black bear have topped 800 lbs. as shown in the link below. Four and five hundred pounders are not at all unusual. That's a lot of bruin to stop with 180-grain bullets at any distance beyond shoving the gun into his mouth and pulling the trigger. I routinely carry a 3" .357 when hiking or camping but often think about upgrading to a pre-lock .44 or .45 Mountain Gun if one crossed my path and I had the money to afford it.

http://blogs.wvgazette.com/johnmccoy/2010/11/20/possible-world-record-black-bear-killed-in-pa/

I said "acceptable" Bill, not "preferred"!

 

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[fullautovalmet76]

http://www.americanrifleman.org/blogs/ruger-ive-been-waiting-for/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=RugerGP100-text&utm_campaign=RugerGP100

So Ruger releases another revolver with different sights? Was that supposed to get us excited or something? I think I will go shoot my Glock now..... 

But seriously, who really cares? I don't.....ZZZzzzzzzzzz

[MAUSERMAN]

BM what did the .357 mag ever do to you? It seem like you hate that round or something. Hell my model 73 has taken at least 8 or more hogs. My sp101 made short work of two angry coyotes this year, I see nothing wrong with this round. My gp100 with its six barrel stopped 343 lb hog dead with one clean shot.

[fightingquaker13]

BM what did the .357 mag ever do to you? It seem like you hate that round or something. Hell my model 73 has taken at least 8 or more hogs. My sp101 made short work of two angry coyotes this year, I see nothing wrong with this round. My gp100 with its six barrel stopped 343 lb hog dead with one clean shot.

Look, I love the round. I sold my BlackHawk only because I had to. Next gun I buy is probably going to be a BFR. A GP100 will be the first one I look at, but .44 mag and .454 will get a longer look. All three will be evaluated in terms of a two gun pistol/carbine hunting and SD package. I'll have to wait on the carbine, but I can start with the pistol.
FQ13

[Rob10ring]

I recently went on a little day hike, packing a .357, thinking the biggest thing I'd come across was a black bear. Coming down, I came upon a young male moose that was large enough to make my .357 feel really small. My 3 inch 629 would have possibly made me a little more comfortable, but I know I can always get good hits with a .357. The moose and I both went home safely to our families.

[Badgersmilk]

I see the round as completely useless. 

Again, the biggest Grizzly ever killed went down from a .22lr single shot...  So  what.  Stories of "I killed an elephant with my .357" don't mean sh!#.  Any game you can think of has been killed with far less.  What matters is the overall performance of the caliber when compared to what else is available.

There's nothing .357 can do another round can't do better.  .44mag is only one of the choices when looking for something superior.  If you show me something that is more practical and performs better overall than .44...    I'll sell mine and go buy the better product.  It's that simple.  I won't cling to something I know to be inferior because I might lose a few bucks in the trade, sentimental attachment, or anything else stupid. 

Truth - Sometimes it hurts.  Learn from it, and move on.  OR, as is often the case when pride gets involved.  Get pi$$ed off, rant and rave, remove all doubt.