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Does anyone use these? Im on an SP101 kick and have the GP100 357 but I've yet to find an 44spl in the wild. What do you think of them? A bit better than Charter Arms?

The Charter Arms .44 and Taurus 445 .44 are compact light weight revolvers for ccw. The GP100 5-shot .44 is camping wilderness revolver (open carry 🤠 style) which is about 10oz lighter than Redhawk 6-shot .44 Magnum. To most knowledgeable gun guys alternative to these Rugers would buy S&W Model 69 .44 Magnum to use .44 Special cartridges in it. That is very well conceived hard to beat product.
Basically Charter Arms is urbanite defensive gun and Ruger product is open range country-style defensive revolver, worlds apart.

If I recall the Flave has or had one. If memory serves me right, he liked it.


He should be around soon.

I own three 29's, a Lew Horton .44 Special, a Ruger Flattop in .44 Special, a 396 NightGuard and the GP100 in .44 Special.

The Ruger is far and away my favorite .44 to shoot. I cannot say enough good about them. I would never sell it.

Is that the standard Ruger grip that comes on these? I like it much more than the finger groove ones they often use.

Yes.

I just picked one up and posted about it here. No field report yet, but planning on fixing that soon. To me, it feels good in the hand and points nicely.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/17693377/44-special#Post17693377

I saw a 5" half-lug blued gun with a gold-bead front sight in a pawn shop around here a couple of years ago. Interesting but not my cup of tea.


Okie John

Your cup of tea must taste like dog piss.

It is just Houge monogrip made for Ruger. You can buy from Hogue or dealer that carries their oroducts if your gun does not come with one. I use it, very comfortable and good recoil dampening effect.

I have two 44 Specials and a couple 44 Magnums. The 44 Specials - one is a 1873 Clone and the other is a S&W, neither is as light as the Ruger, I suppose. But I shoot the S&W a lot and carry the 1873 a lot.

I could use another 44 Special. I have been looking at the Ruger for a long time. I probably should be selling instead of buying at me age.

No reason not to do a bit of both if there's stuff you don't want anymore and stuff you still want to try out. I've done it for 40 years and I can hope to do it for another 40 more.

My GP100 44 Special will be one the last handguns I would ever get rid of. It is my carry gun when I don’t want a semi-auto. I changed out the Houge grips for a set of the compact GP 100 grips with the wood grain panels. I like everything about mine. As Deflave said, I have others. Three RedHawks in 44 mag, an S&W Lew Horton 44 special, and two Ruger Flattops that I really like, but the GP 100 3” 44 special is my favorite!

I'll have to be on the lookout for them. Today I seen an Charter Arms 44spl with an full underlug barrel and another with an half shroud. The half one looked nifty but sadly no Rugers. I did see an like new S&W 40 Shield for $195 but that's about it. I'll keep searching.

I bought one of the GP 100 44's based on flave's endorsement. I also have a Ruger flat top 44 Spl and prefer the GP 100...

Unfortunately the only 44 Special I have is the flat top Bisley 5.5”. I have fallen in love with it as shooter but I’d like to have several more. The thunder ranch version or equivalent would be a nice addition. The Ruger would be next on the want list and more likely to be found at a price I can live with. This round can be loaded up or down to anything I’d need done with a revolver.

Maybe???

Maybe not...

For myself, I'd like to play with the GP100 .44, but I'd have a hard time letting it replace a .45 cal 8 shot 1911 5 " at nearly the same weight.

Even the Rossi 720 amd Taurus 441/431 are better than the Charter Arms revolvers chambered in .44 Special, at least IMO.

Uhhh, OK.

LOL

New Coke is better than a Charter Arms .44 Special.