Im a little late to the conversation, but i have the GP100 in a 6" and although the 686 has a slightly better trigger, over all the GP100 is built like a tank,
i also was talking to one of the guys at manchester fireing lines, and he said the GP100 takes the abuse long term at the range, and the s&w 686 after time fall apart on them, although you probably will not shoot yours anywhere near what there guns go through,
but on a side note as well the ruger revolvers can take hot reloads that others suposidly cant, so its kinda nice to know the revolver i have can take way more power then the standered 357 rounds
This was a big factor for me purchasing the GP100 because I knew I'd be making some hot reloads for it. I actually just ordered a Super Redhawk 44 mag to accompany the GP100.
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