Anyone have experience with the GP-100 .22? Like the sights on it, but do like k-frame triggers not sure how these stack up.
I have a bid in on an old k-22, but just in case...
Anyone have experience with the GP-100 .22? Like the sights on it, but do like k-frame triggers not sure how these stack up.
I have a bid in on an old k-22, but just in case...
I've got the GP100 in 22. I do like it, but....Originally Posted by HRL
I wish it was a 4" barrel instead of the 5.5 and the trigger is not Smith and Wesson nice. As a matter of fact, it's not as nice as my center fire GP's are either. It's not on the for sale or trade block, and I warmed up to it a good bit more after I got some different grips for it. Still, I keep thinking they missed it by "that much" so to speak.
Now, I'm a real sucker for 22 revolvers. I just recently got a new 617 4" to try and keep wear and tear off of my older classic Smith rimfires. I haven't got a chance to shoot the new Smith yet, but between the two, unless there is something terribly wrong with the 617, I'd recommend it over the Ruger to the buyer who was only going to get one and not both
No, but...
I have an SP-101 3" .357 (that has been to Gemini) that has been making me want the .22 cousin but the www says their trigger pull is tough, and before I read this thread I didn't realize that was a good thing
The chatter is that the springs are way heavy and there is much improvement in a swap, including a thread right here on PF:
https://pistol-forum.com/showthread....lff-spring-kit
What about the Ruger SP101 in .22LR?
GJM has me looking for a 317 on GB right now.
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Hope this isn't too drifty. At least it's sort of about a classic...Not nearly as classy as Taadski's blued S&W, but here is my early, pre-lock 317 along with its holster I use, a Dark Star ambi AIWB. Besides training, I carry it to harvest game birds up in AK, carrying it left hand AIWB, where I hardly notice it is there, between its size and weight.
GJM's post makes me want to get my aluminum-framed Browning 1911-22 A1 out more. It's kinda like an Airweight J frame version of a 1911, and a tribute to JMB's design that it works as well as it does even at 85% size with my USP45-size hands. A few ounces heavier, but 10 rounds, magazine reloads, and no cylinder to make it wide. It's frustrating that the sights suck so bad. The Black Label versions all have better sights, but they also have composite frames, which make the baby Jesus cry when he compares them to the aluminum frame side by side.
Browning's page with pics, mine looks pretty much like them.
http://www.browning.com/products/fir...911-22-a1.html
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The Black Label Medallion series has the aluminum frame and upgraded sights. The plain Black Labels have the composite frames.
I have the SP101 4.3" 22, despite what I hear others say about the trigger I love this gun. Accurate and beautiful
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I have a K frame S&W model 18 4" that is a perfect understudy to my other K frame S&W 4" .38 specials and .357 magnums. You'd be hard pressed to get it away from me.
I got my 3" barrel 317 years ago. The trigger was heavy and I looked into what guys were trying at the time to lighten it up. IIRC they had light hammer strikes and ignition problems. I just thought "Screw it." and carried on. It does fine. I love how light it is. You could practically wear the thing hanging from a neck lanyard and hardly notice it. I throw it in my pack with a box of 22 when out in the boonies.
Its been in the kit gun role, but after reading your post referring to Bill Rogers, I'll have to shoot it more - for trigger control training.
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