DA revolvers that take high pressures

[sheepdog]

Been thinking about getting a GP100 for their reputation of taking hot loads. Any others recommended?

[454PB]

I own both a GP-100 and a Security Six. I did some comparison measurements of the cylinders, and the SS is as heavily built as the GP-100.

[GP100man]

Yep the SS is a good revolver , the only reason the GP was built was to cut out some labor in manufacturing .

The SS is practically a hand fitted revolver!!

[dubber123]

The N-frame S&W's, (mods. 27/28) are very strong. It's their .44 frame/cylinder diameter, with .357 size holes. Be aware they do have a "shortish" cylinder, and certain designs of boolits won't work.

[Dframe]

Colt King Cobra

[sheepdog]

I own both a GP-100 and a Security Six. I did some comparison measurements of the cylinders, and the SS is as heavily built as the GP-100.

Really? Been thinking about buying one for cheap.

[Stick_man]

I've always been kind of partial to the Monson built Dan Wessons.

[missionary5155]

Good Evening
+++7 on the Dan Wesson !

[sheepdog]

Not asking what your favorites are guys, asking what are known to handle heavy loads. I want to be able to load something like leverlutions or heavy loads without worrying about putting too much mileage on my cylinders. GP100 has a reputation of taking accidental doubleloads, too deep OAL, etc a little better than most.

[chaos]

I have a security six and wouldnt trade it for any other weapon in the safe. They quit making them before all the gun manufacturers started putting those heavy trigger pulls on new revolvers found today. It'll surely be better than a new out of the box Ruger

It has eaten more rounds than I care to count and most of them have been barn burners. Still locks up tight and keeps pluggin away

[redgum]

"heavy loads without worrying...."
.....GP100 hands down

[c.r.]

for brute strength in a DA revolver chambered in 357 mag.......find yourself a redhawk in 357. The redhawk dwarfs the GP-100

with that said, the GP will handle any reasonable load. I'm extremely happy with mine.

jmo,
c.r.

[Trey45]

Redhawk hands down. IF you can find a .357 one, good luck with that.

[freedom475]

My little bro around 12 or 13 on one of his first solo missions at the bench thought the the little weight side of the scale was "points".. don't remember the exact load he loaded but I do recall that his load called for X.4grs of Unique and he actually added 4grs to the load with the point weight. :-o A gross overload of Unique.

He took his first six out back to test his new load in his Security Six and fired all six.... He said "Wow those kick but they won't eject"(i think one primer peirced).. we took a screw driver and drove out the shells. Took a look at his load and scale setting and relized what he had done!

The SS held the load just fine and still shoots well to this day.

[NickSS]

I have both the security Six and GP 100 Revolvers. I have more experience with the SS and can tell you they are sout. I mad a mistake one time and loaded 7 gr of Bulls eye in lieu of 7 gr of Unique and a 158 gr slug. I didn't find out till I fired them (all 50 rounds). I wondered wy my revolver kicked so hard and was a little hard ejecting the empties. So went back home and looked at my reloading bench. I always put the can of powder I am using behind my powder measure so I know what is in it. Well a can of bulls eye was there and that gave me a clue as to why my loads were so hot. Ruger makes one rugged gun. By the way I still have that SS and it still shoots great. This is one reason that most of my DA revolvers are Rugers.

[9.3X62AL]

In double-action revolvers, the Redhawk--then the GP-100 or Security-Six in a dead heat for second place.

If you can fit a single-action revo into your work, try a Ruger Bisley Blackhawk x 7.5". I like sending Lyman #358156s out at 1600 FPS+ with rated-X amounts of 2400 or 296. Casings require a light tap from the extractor rod to give them the right idea. Too much fun, I tell ya.

[BD]

+1 on the Monson Dan Wessons. If you want stout, and accurate.
BD

[Jim]

Smith & Wesson 5" model 460

[zardoz]

Just bought a brand new stainless GP-100 today myself, with 6" barrel. Wanted a little more velocity than I was getting with the Taurus 606 snubby.

Well......I got it. Over 1400 ft/s first shot brand new with some non-descript
gun show factory ammo 158 grain JSP. Independence brand or something, was pretty cheap.

Next.......the H-110 powder "supersonic air ripper" loads from my own hand and cast boolits.

I compared to a Smith, and even though it was a pretty gun, I liked the heft and beef
of that GP-100 for the money. 2.74 lbs. empty weight.

Brand new guns are always food for the soul I believe.

[Jeff.L]

I own one and they are great guns ... Jeff

[wellfedirishman]

Either Ruger (GP100, Redhawk 357) is a good choice. I currently have a Redhawk 357 and it is build like a battleship. It will take some VERY hot loads without batting an eyelid.

The GP100 is also pretty sturdy, but not as strong as a Redhawk. Any normal listed loads should be fine in a GP100.

I also owned (and recently sold) a Dan Wesson 357 Maximum. It was a beast of a gun and very accurate, but too heavy for my tastes, and finicky about how ammo was loaded. It needed a very long OAL to shoot accurately.

Now if only Ruger made a Super Redhawk in 357 :-)

[Whitworth]

Ruger all the way!

[BOOM BOOM]

HI,
Redhawk 357---180gr bullet, 13.1 grs WC820 OOOH YEAH!:Fire:

[Bucks Owin]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/BucksOwin/Rugertank.jpg

[Lloyd Smale]

ruger, smith, wesson, even tarus all make 357s that will handle a steady diet of any load short of insane in a 357. About the only two 357s to stay clear of it you want to shoot a steady diet of mags is a smith model 19 or a colt python. Even they will take alot more of them then there given credit for.

[snowwolfe]

Been thinking about getting a GP100 for their reputation of taking hot loads. Any others recommended?


Just buy something in a larger caliber if you need more power and then you dont have to load it heavy.