Good choice for first revolver.

Excellent purchase. Congrats! Ihave both the 4.17" 686 - No Dash and a 4.2" Ruger, I prefer the Ruger for playing IDPA. The Ruger and the Smith are virtually identical in size and my Ruger weighs slightly less than the Smith. The Ruger will likely need some TLC to reach it's full potential. You should get a lighter main/trigger return spring to improve the DA pull. You can get trigger and hammer shims that will also help with the trigger pull. None of thise items are very expensive and worth the effort to source out.

If you stick to plated/jacketed bullets you need to do no more.

If you intend to shoot lead bullets then you would be wise to have the forcing cone cut to 11 degrees and have your cylinders checked. Ruger uses gang boring machines to drill our the cylinders. As the cutters wear down the cylinders narrow. All of mine were to tight to expect decent accuracy using lead bullets that are sized .358. A gunsmith/machinist should be able to do the work for a decent price.

You have a revolver that will outlast you and your offspring. Great choice.

Take Care

Bob
 
And I finally got it out to the range today. Great shooter. Love it. Only shot .357 today though. The grips were perfect. Very comfortable, soaked up the recoil and felt secure. The SA trigger is beautiful on this gun. Really really nice and light with an almost surprising break. The DA trigger will take me some time to get used to. Long heavy pull. It’s my first revolver so I will have to practice that. My accuracy was reasonable in SA for a first range trip but clearly I need work on DA shooting. I’m tryign to avoid “staging” the trigger as I’ve heard lots of people do this with GP100s. I will get some .38 spl rounds to work on that. I am also going to start reloading so I will play with that to see what works best for me.
Looking forward to the next range trip!
 
I was advised to avoid doing it. That’s all i know to be honest. The info I got was you have better results with a steady continuous pull until it breaks. Honestly I don’t have enough experience with revolvers to offer any more on it. Maybe I will try staging to see if it actually helps.
 
After you shoot it a bit, you will be able to feel the trigger just before it breaks. Actually works better than single action. Putting in lighter springs makes an improvement to an already great gun. I have exactly the same one. Solely Canadian makes an excellent holster, by the way.
 
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Good choice! I've never shot a GP100 but I do own 3 Ruger handguns, Blackhawk 45LC, Super Blackhawk 44mag w/ 10.5" bbl, and a late MKi and I love every one of them. I have, however, shot a friend's Ruger Redhawk in .357mag and its a blast (pun intended). I'm sure you'll love your Ruger.

I agree with easyrider604, I will typically pull the hammer back on a DA revolver when shooting for accuracy, mostly because I'm accustomed to shooting my SA's and I like a light predictable trigger pull. That said, it's whatever works best for you, the gun won't care either way.
 
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