remove cylinder from GP100

[oddsbad]

I have a GP100 revolver. As with most revolvers and a lot of use, the cylinder starts to gum up. The usualy solution is to remove the cylinder and clean it. My question is, can the cylinder be removed without haveing to strip the whole assembly appart and remove the hammer and trigger housing. Gun came with a Hogue grip and it is a ##### to pull it off the frame after removing the screw. Ruger's website only shows the one way.

Thanks

Bruce

 

[G37]

No, you need to remove the grip in order to remove the trigger housing which in turn will allow the cylinder/crane assembly to fall-out.

Your Ruger with the Hogue grip should have come with a tool (which looks like large plastic tweezers) which will make removing the grips easier. It does take practice. The wedges go at the bottom of the grip (rear) and allow you to slide the grip off. Without this tool it's almost impossible to do without damaging the grip

Now, back to the cylinder, if you want to disassemble that further (it sounds like you do) I believe you need a special "Ruger" tool. If anyone can add details to this process it would very much appreciate it. PICS would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Edit:

I think you might be able to remove the cylinder from the crane via the retaining pins (use a paperclip to depress and remove), but you may still need to remove the grip for clearance

 

[JB]

nother reason why you should of bought a smith

 

[peterp]

Yes you can remove the cylinder from a GP 100 without taking apart the revolver. The only problem is, depending on your grips, the cylinder might not clear the grip . On a regular GP 100 with stock grips, the ones with the wood insert,the cylinder just clears, so it works. If you want to remove the ejector rod then, what i did was to take a slot screwdriver with a very thin slot, and grind a slot up the middle about half an inch or so. You will see what to do when you look at it. The cylinder comes out when you push in one pin on the crane, so as to remove the other. If you have never cleaned this before, it may be a good idea to try to get some penetrating oil where it turns because it is a tight fit when it is fouled with all that burnt powder. Anyways, I hope this helps. I know it works for me because I do it often.

 

[Airwolf]

I have a GP100 revolver. As with most revolvers and a lot of use, the cylinder starts to gum up. The usualy solution is to remove the cylinder and clean it. My question is, can the cylinder be removed without haveing to strip the whole assembly appart and remove the hammer and trigger housing. Gun came with a Hogue grip and it is a ##### to pull it off the frame after removing the screw. Ruger's website only shows the one way.

Thanks

Bruce

Gum up?....I have a GP 100 for the last 15 years and with all the shooting I have done with it, I have never needed to remove the cylinder to clean it...And I like shooting full .357mag loads....What are you shooting in it, black powder?....After a day at the range, a quick hosing of a powder blast cleaner is more than enough to keep the cylinder clean.....Perhaps there is something wrong with the gun itself....

Also, I have many other revolvers (including SA`s), and when using smokeless powder, they have never gummed up on me.....You should explain this gumming up problem in more detail before going off and trying to remove the cylinder un-necessarily....