[Mr. Pepper Nose]

Finally purchased a revolver. Initially was aiming to procure something in 44 magnum, but the only Rugers locally in stock were the Alaskan model; they look ugly as sin IMO and I don't intend to mount any optics on one. Was also considering grabbing the all stainless SR1911 in 10mm, so this was my "compromise."

Will probably hit the range this weekend after giving it a good clean. Grabbed some 125 gr Remington UMC SJHP 357 that was on sale. Had no idea SJHP was a thing. Remington advertises it as all-purpose...I'll take that with a grain of salt. Looking to grab some sort of holster in the near term, but I will probably only carry this on road trips into the boonies. Tempted to grab one with a coupon on Ruger's corporate store - most of the offerings are leather Bianchi and Triple K, but I'm open to recommendations.

Words of wisdom would be appreciated from any GP100 users or haters.

 

[Mr. Pepper Nose]

Thank you everyone for the contributions. Commitments have kept me from performing the first clean and hitting the range, but I have already begun reading the manual and can't help but take a peak at it out of the safe just to oggle over it.

This was not the first GP100 I had handled in the store, but appears to be one of the cleaner ones off the truck. Probably is of no concern, but the taper to the crown looked a little rougher than what I was expecting. Hopefully it looks better after some Hoppe's 9. I see a hell lot more 38 special locally than 357. I suppose that is to be expected. Glad to hear how loved this model is and that the UMC SJHPs are well liked.