Yesterday I got the one that got away

[vtfarmer]

Does anyone know if Ruger ever made a half lug 6” GP100?

I’ve got two things on my mind for down the road:

1: a 3” fixed sight GP100, stainless. This is assuming that the fixed sights on this one work for when the shooting happens. Right now they look awesome compared to the fixed K-Frame sights I’m used to, but timers and paper don’t lie. A run or two at the HiTS Revolver Super Test will settle a lot.

2: a 6” GP100. I’d take a full lug model, but if I could locate a half lug, that would be more sexy in my opinion.

Thus the question, was there ever a half lug with a 6” tube?

I've got one I bought used back in the early Nineties, it's seen a lot of rounds go downrange.

[Hizzie]

I’m a fan of the non-finger-grooved Hogue. I don’t like it more than the Compact Lett though. Different grips for different purposes. I’m not a fan of anything but rubber on the GP. Loses the main benefit of that grip stud arrangement. I like my hand being insulated from anything hard and unforgiving while shooting hot magnum loads.

[deputyG23]

Only individuals with the finest and most refined taste own half-lug 4" GP100s:

http://instagram.com/p/CEO8kEVJqzr/

Agreed.
This one is an ex-security company .38 GP I bought from a now closed LGS just west of Manassas, VA in the early teens.
There were about ten of them in the case.
Should have bought at least one more.

[awp_101]

Any idea of the model number for this variant? Not that I would start looking or anything…

Per the Ruger collector/guru I messaged, you’re looking for a GPF-340: GP (model,) F, (fixed,) 3 (357) 40 (4" half lug) aka Model 1712.

[OlongJohnson]

Thus the question, was there ever a half lug with a 6” tube?

Question has been answered a few times, so I'm just adding my opinion. I think the half lug 6-inch guns look a little like the slack-jawed yokel characters on The Simpsons. Four inch half-lugs are better, but the Lipsey's 5-inch is, IMO, the best looking GP ever made. Nonetheless, I recently sent mine down the road for most excellent reasons.

I might, however, one day still make a slim-lug GP. I could probably be talked into it as a .327 Federal launcher. The inside-radius cutter I bought for the mill is just sitting in the drawer, not doing anything, and a heavy, 6-inch gun would be a pretty good .327 launcher.

[Jared]

Question has been answered a few times, so I'm just adding my opinion. I think the half lug 6-inch guns look a little like the slack-jawed yokel characters on The Simpsons. Four inch half-lugs are better, but the Lipsey's 5-inch is, IMO, the best looking GP ever made. Nonetheless, I recently sent mine down the road for most excellent reasons.

I might, however, one day still make a slim-lug GP. I could probably be talked into it as a .327 Federal launcher. The inside-radius cutter I bought for the mill is just sitting in the drawer, not doing anything, and a heavy, 6-inch gun would be a pretty good .327 launcher.

Aesthetically, I do agree with you that the 4” half lug guns are more visually appealing. My interest is a 6” gun is for the extra sight radius while cutting down on the “nose heavy” sensation that a full lug 6” gun tends to give.

[vtfarmer]

Aesthetically, I do agree with you that the 4” half lug guns are more visually appealing. My interest is a 6” gun is for the extra sight radius while cutting down on the “nose heavy” sensation that a full lug 6” gun tends to give.

To me, the 6" half lug has about the same balance as the 5" full lug. YMMV.

[camsdaddy]

I remember holding a similar gun in a pawn shop 25 years ago. I remember it having the compact grips and it fitting like a glove. The gun was one of the best feeling revolvers and incredibly balanced.

[Flamingo]

I have a 6" inch 1/3 lug Security Six I picked up a couple of years ago for $300. The only thing I have shot out of it is Cowboy fastdraw wax bullets. I shoot my 3 or 4 inch guns a lot more.

[Jared]

HiTS Revolver Super Test I shot with it on my first outing with it. That one in the 8 rings was a real bummer.