Thread: New 617, Disappointing!
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Old 11-26-2016, 09:34 AM
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I made the mistake of getting the new Ruger GP100 in .22LR. Gun had so many mechanical problems, Ruger decided to scrap it when I sent it in for repair. They replaced the firearm with a new revolver of a different model at my request. I still wanted to get a full size revolver in .22 so I got the 617 that I should have bought in the first place. What a high quality weapon. So far it has been extremely reliable and extremely accurate. As a fan of S&W revolvers and owning 20+ of them, I don't know what possessed me to buy the GP100 in the first place!

Send your 617 into S&W for warranty repair. They will make it right.
Thank you Sir, I think you just helped talk me me out of a GP.
i.e. Despite owning 4 S&W K frame .22's, and having a miserable experience with a Ruger Sp101 22 last year, I have been tempted to try the GP100 .22. ( Just because...) Your experience is not far off what I would suspect though.
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