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I just came across this, "Turnbull Finished Ruger GP100 – Made to Order."

Maybe some of you've seen 'em, maybe some of you ain't.

Pretty cool and on a great revolver platform.

After seeing them online and watching the video, I went ahead reached out to Turnbull and got "put on the list."

The gal, Sara Turnbull, said they're 6-12 months out.

May as well get in line now.

https://www.turnbullrestoration.com/gun/turnbull-finished-ruger-gp100/

Drooled over many pictures of Doug Turnbull’s work, but haven’t ever bought anything or had any work done by him. Phenomenal, to say the least! Can’t wait to see pics of it when your’s is done.

Doc_Holidude

Beautiful revolvers

Man that is purty.

Wonderful! Do they also make an action job or is it "just cosmetics"? However, that's true craftsmenship

First rate I'm sure - I'm just not a fan of CCH unless historical. I don't find the finish particularly cosmetically pleasing. That's just me tho.

Glad you're happy but, to me, it seems a little sacrilegious to let Turnbull loose on a Ruger GP 100. Is a Glock 19 next? I guess tastes vary, though.

He has to pay for his airplane gas somehow. He spends a whole lotta time in his Piper Cub traveling the country, and just having a good time. That costs money. He gets the money by employing people and selling stuff. Frankly, that's the best-looking GP-100 I've ever seen (I think they're kinda ugly).

Very good looking revolver.

Best looking GP100 to my eye is the half lug barrel with the flat sides on the Match Champion. Except Ruger can't resist using the flats on the barrel as billboards. That Turnbull treatment on a clean barrel Match Champion with the adjustable sights in .44 Special would be nice. Like really nice.

The Lipsey's 5" blued .44 Special, with half-lug was pretty sharp. I'm with ya' on the "barrel as billboards." It detracts from the guns, for sure.

Looks pretty nice. Are they doing any action work, or just the color case hardening?

Just the color case hardening, as far as I know. I didn't even ask about any other work.

This.

It’s not often you see Rugers being referred to as “purty” but that one’s pretty close! 😁 I like the contrast between the CCH and the blued surfaces.

+1

I am on his weekly mailer and he had them in stock not long ago. I have a couple of custom OM Ruger's that he did the case color on and a couple that he did with Ruger via Talo. There were 500 45 Colt Bisley's and 1000 SBH's made.

dang them’s is purty!!!!

love the grips!!!

Man, he does nice work!

That is an awful pretty GP100 and it is not often one says that!

His employees do.

The boss, as always, sets the requirement.

The boss is a dick. Maybe I didn't make that clear enough.

Beautiful Ruger, nice job, love the grips
Turnbull redid this 1962 Colt SAA 125th Anniversary for me
Great people to work with, had my 1911 redone by them also.
Highly recommend

Doug does some good work but he AINT cheap at all!!

There is no one better than Turnbull Restoration for this....artisan work by highly skilled craftsman and gunsmiths is never cheap, but worth every penny

Camea across this again Skeen.

Wondering if you had received this sweet looking GP100 yet.

i'd like to see that on a Lipsey's blued 5" 327 Federal Mag....

Mackay! Brother, I did not.

I did pick up a factory engraved GP100 and after shooting a couple hundred rounds through it, I've come to the conclusion I'll pass, unless I see a really stupid deal on one.

While it's a totally serviceable revolver, I've decided for me it falls far short in both accuracy and shooting comfort compared to my .357 Colts, Blackhawks, and especially S&W Model 27s. The Smith N frames have really spoiled me.






Funny, I did think of Turnbull today - I picked up a Lipsey's Blackhawk .44 Special Flattop with 4 5/8" barrel. It seems like a good platform to get some work done on it, case harden the frame by Turnbull or someone else.

I was able to get the 44 mag Blackhawk and the 45 Bisley.. the Bisley from G/broker and the 44 Mag Blackhawk from my local gun store. They are both really nice and shoot really well.

Several others do CCH but nobody does it as good as the Turnbull crew. They are gunsmiths but also artisans at their craft. The GP100 they sell with CCH is really not a bad price considering you get a gun that will get lots of attention at the range

I guess it's nice, but for some reason I've never liked color case hardening on firearms that don't have a history of ever being finished that way. Seems sacrilegious, somehow.

For example, the pawn shop down the street has a .357 Magnum chambered Winchester Model 92 reproduction (made in South America, I think) that I would have been very interested in, except for the fact that it has a color case hardened receiver. The Model 92 doesn't have a history of ever having been offered with the receiver color case hardened, so it rubbed me the wrong way, and I left it there. Just doesn't seem right.

Now, a Model 1873 Winchester (or clone), or a Colt SAA (or clone), with color case hardened frames/receivers, that's a different matter. Those are quite appealing in my book.

Its unfortunate that the accuracy was not what you wanted. Do you think it was the gun not being as mechanically accurate, or more a matter of the other guns like the Model 27s fitting your hands better?

Lipseys comes up with some really great stuff. I have seen more than a few of their offerings that were very well thought out. The .44 Special Flattop is a good example. That is just a super cool gun, and one that could easily become a favorite single action for a guy. Their GP100 .44 Specials were pretty cool too.

THIS,,,

I like it!! GP100 never looked better.

Freaking gorgeous.....that.

This work Hawk, a 44 Special?

I’m not really a handgun aficionado. Not knocking the GP 100 but I’m thinking just the opposite. Turnbull’s work on the GP shows just how talented he is. He turned a utilitarian Ruger into something much more.

Absolutely