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Ta-daaaaa! This is what a .44 Special should look like. 5" half lug barrel with tasteful wood grips. Link to Lipsey'sI know everybody has their individual tastes and such and some might not think this is perfection, but then your tastes would be wrong! This is almost perfection in a .44 Special revolver. The only thing that would add the 1.8% to achieve Absolute Perfection would be to make it in stainless. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.lipseys.net/images/RU1770%20%E2%80%93%2044%20SPC%20GP100.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://pics.gunbroker.com/GB/746489000/746489785/pix752356256.jpg)
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Am I seeing things? Looks like there are flutes on one side but not the other.
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That's the one I wanted when they introduced the shorty barrel. I'd like to see one of those close up...
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Am I seeing things? Looks like there are flutes on one side but not the other. Lighting in the picture...
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Am I seeing things? Looks like there are flutes on one side but not the other. It's for those who can't make up their minds...  I just grabbed a couple of pics off of gunbroker but noticed the same thing, so I replaced the top one with the pic from Lipsey's website. Their description says unfluted cylinder.
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Hmm, this does put me in a quandry. I had gotten out of big bore revolvers. No more .45 Colts, .44 Magnums nor even .44 Specials. Just got it down to one each GP-100, 6" half lug stainless, btw, and a Blackhawk in .357 Magnum. But this! This might cost me some money getting back into .44 Specials. In my first post I jest about people's tastes (not really, if you don't like this you have no taste at all) but this model truly is my idea of perfection in a DA revolver - no unneeded full lug, barrel length just right, they even put a nicely shaped set of grips on it. I am swooning... Still might have to replace the front sight just to keep up my looney standing. Lipsey's shows an MSRP of $869 but I'm seeing a price of $625 with buy it now of $630 on gunbroker. Some of the bigger internet dealers may eventually have it for less.
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Found the fluted models. I searched Lipsey's for all GP00 models - this same style revolver is made in a six shot .357 and a seven shot .327 Federal as well, both with fluted cylinders. Lipsey's .357Lipsey's .327 FederalIf they follow the same track they did with the Blackhawk Flattop .44 Specials and .45 Colts, stainless versions of these might not be too long in coming. I swoon yet again... ![[Linked Image]](http://www.lipseys.net/images/RU1768%20%E2%80%93%20357%20GP100.jpg)
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I would really like to see a 7.5" GP100 in 327 Federal with the barrel rib cut for Ruger's scope rings like the older Redhawks.
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The S&W Model 329PD is the "Closest to Perfection" .44 Special DA revolver that I've yet to own.
I have long thought that the S&W Model 696 would have been better if it had been built on a K-Frame with a 4" barrel that parroted the Model 66.
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Very nice.......dare I say, a sort of a 21st century Triple Lock.
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That's a good way to describe it. The Roper style grips in particular really give it a more classic S&W look. At 38 ounces it's not too heavy, only a couple ounces more than a K frame .38 Spl. I've always like a 5" barrel on revolvers, the Redhawk 5 1/2" is my favorite of that model. They have an overall "balanced" look.
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Nice revolver! I would like it better in stainless too. I have the 3” model and have been very pleased.
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Nice revolver! I would like it better in stainless too. I have the 3” model and have been very pleased.
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laughing. I would not consider a big, clunky, ugly Ruger DA revolver to be perfection in any caliber. Frankly, my opinion trumps that of others. 
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Those sure look nice. I'd choose the unfluted cylinder.
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laughing. I would not consider a big, clunky, ugly Ruger DA revolver to be perfection in any caliber. Frankly, my opinion trumps that of others. Agreed.
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This is a dilemma for me. I was out shooting yesterday, 44 Special and 45 Colt. I was shooting Single Actions. I do have some 44 Specials in Double action, but unless you go with bit heavy double actions in 45 Colt there aren't a lot to choose from. It's either an N frame, or a Ruger Redhawk. There doesn't seem to be any K or L frame size 45 Colts. No smaller ones to carry. I started life big on the 357 mag, and then moved to the 44 mag and bigger, but as I age I don't have any real NEED for the bigger calibers but I like the bigger bullets. If someone looks down one of those big holes and sees that big bullet, it's got to give them pause. Any ideas???
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laughing. I would not consider a big, clunky, ugly Ruger DA revolver to be perfection in any caliber. Frankly, my opinion trumps that of others. Agreed. x2 agree. Nothing beats an old S&W...624 4" comes to mind.
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laughing. I would not consider a big, clunky, ugly Ruger DA revolver to be perfection in any caliber. Frankly, my opinion trumps that of others. Agreed. x2 agree. Nothing beats an old S&W...624 4" comes to mind. Recently traded into one and really like it. Might have to dump my 3" one.
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Definitely one of the better looking Ruger DA revolvers I’ve seen.
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