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Looks real nice. Cool idea.

...got mine yesterday. Should be able to get out to shoot it Sunday...

Has a very smooth DA and your typical Ruger SA with some takeup before it breaks. I shoot mostly DA anyway so it doesn't really matter.

Was told by the shop I bought it from that S&W 610 clips will fit...

Bob

Cool.

I'm going to load some rounds tonight that should run about 1000 fps... Everything I have loaded for the semis is full bore...

I may have ventured a 10mm 1911, but, I already have the 45 Super which I adore. No need for anything different.

Nothing about it is better than the S&W 610
But I still want one!

Several things are better...

Availability ...you can't order a 610. Used ones are rare to find.

Price....find one under $1100.00 vs $750 for a GP

Quick change front sight blade

Medium Frame vs. Large Frame

Even if S&W smartens up and does bring out a 10mm L-frame it is still going to have the Hillery Hole, two piece barrel and crappy finish.

Smith 610 clips will not fit it.

You sure... The shop where I picked it up had a customer who has a 610 and bought one of the GPs and said they work...

Thinking about it the GP is more L-frame size vs. the N-frame of the 610...

Bob

Shot mine this morning...runs real well...

Tried three different loads:

180 LRN with 6.0 of Unique

165 Speer Gold Dot HP that is running 1300 from a 5" semi

200 Montana LBT hardcast at 1225 from a 4.25"

All three loads ran fine. The 200 took a little push to extract but the primers were round and fine...

Recoil was not bad but I am going to switch the wood grips for a set of Hogue...

Bob

I'd be all over this if wanting a 10mm.

I never owned a Ruger DA revolver until they chambered the .44 Special and I can say that the GP is waaaay underrated. It's a great gun.

I like the melding of bore/power/frame.

I believe it is time for a 10mm rimmed case though..

Mikulek loves him some moon clips.

I can see where the moonclips are fast. I just don't care for the bulky shape of them for my more casual shooting cadence.

I carry a Glock when a fast reload might come in handy.

A rimmed case would bypass the moon clips, and you could use a heavy crimp when needed, without the possibility of headspace problems.

I do like the GP100. Had a couple 4" 357s along the way that both got away from me.

Still have a late production Security Six with the 4" heavy barrel.

I like those GP-100's so much I bought five and sold four.

Bought a 4" .357, it was great. Trigger not as good as my S&W 586 but just as accurate. After a couple of years got a wild hair for something shiny and sold it. Then about 6 months later thought "that was dumb" and bought another. Then a couple of years later sold that for some other infatuation. Then a year later thought "geez, I really liked that GP100, why did I sell it?" and bought another.

Did that over and over until I got a 6" stainless half lug. Have managed not to do anything stupid with that (i.e. sell it) for a several years now.

I don’t like them but others swear by them.

I’m over the 10mm’s. They don’t cover anything for me that the .40 doesn’t.

I got out of the 10mm business years ago.

Had a Glock 20, and liked the performance and accuracy. The fired brass had serious smilies in it and I deemed it unsafe for reloading. So that was that.

I like the 10 so far as performance. I'm really not a semi-auto guy. My is a Ruger single action. A rimmed 10mm would be interesting. The idea with the .41 mag was supposed to be splitting the diff between .357 and .44. They missed, basically nearly duplicated the .44. A rimmed 10mm could be a good second try. Could stretch the case a little, the cylinders have plenty of room. Give us 1200-1250 fps with a 200 grain jacketed bullet from a 6 or 6.5 inch revolver barrel.