i have a Ruger KGP-141 "a stainless steel GP-100 with a 4" barrel in .357MAG"
it was given to me from my father when i graduated middle school... it is perhaps my favorite weapon.
It is reliable, rugged, heafty, accurate, and feels great in the hand....
every thing that makes a revolver great, the GP100 has.
i have looked around some, and the GP100 the the heaviest 4" .357MAG that is widely available... it come in at a nice 41 ounces unloaded, but it is still light enough to carry with comfort. and even when shooting the most powerfull reloads i could muster, it was still comfortable to shoot.
also, the accuracy is exelent, i would not think twice about egaging a target at long ranges, at 150 yards, i have approx a 2 foot group when firing approx once every 3 seconds with cheap blazer ammo.
so, IMO... the Ruger GP-100 is a EXELENT revolver, and if i had the option to, when i get deployed, i would like to have my GP100 on my hip when i go into combat.
-ANDREW MASON
:EDIT... there are only 2 things that i would change about my GP100, if it were possible.... get a reenforced GP100 frame, and then chamber it in .357maximum and add on a 6" barrel.... but i dont think that will be happening any time soon.