{"id":546,"date":"2014-01-29T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/?p=546"},"modified":"2024-04-01T11:12:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T15:12:38","slug":"ruger-match-champion-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/ruger-match-champion-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruger GP100 Match Champion Revolver: An Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">In the competition world, revolver divisions are completely dominated by Smith and Wesson and have been for a long time. The new GP100 Match Champion is Ruger\u2019s first direct attempt at challenging that dominance.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">At SHOT Show, we talked to Kurt Hindle, the product manager for the Match Champion. We asked him to tell us in 30 seconds or less why we should consider the new Ruger in a field where S&amp;W is the standard.<\/span><\/p> <div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><\/p> <noscript class=\"idle-load\"><div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 28px 0;position:relative;\"> <div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;\"> <div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_5zvzp3uk8o dnt=1 seo=false videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;position:relative;width:100%\"> <div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0;transition:opacity 200ms;width:100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/5zvzp3uk8o\/swatch\" style=\"filter:blur(5px);height:100%;object-fit:contain;width:100%;\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" onload=\"this.parentNode.style.opacity=1;\" \/><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/noscript> <\/div> <p dir=\"ltr\">You can read the full interview with Kurt after our first impressions section below.<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <h3 dir=\"ltr\">Ruger GP100 Match Champion Quick Overview<\/h3> <p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">Dimensions<\/span><\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>Overall length: 9.5\u201d<\/li> <li>Barrel Length: 4.2\u201d<\/li> <li>Weight: 38 oz<\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">Other Stats<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>Capacity: 6<\/li> <li>Caliber: .357 magnum\/.38 special<\/li> <li>Double action\/single action<\/li> <li>MSRP: $899 (currently available for around $750 or less online)<\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">Features<\/span><\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>Purpose-built for IDPA<\/li> <li>Tuned trigger with polished internals<\/li> <li>Reduced underlug<\/li> <li>Slab-sided barrel<\/li> <li>Recessed target crown<\/li> <li>Novak fixed rear sights in standard dovetail<\/li> <li>Fiber optic front sight in standard dovetail<\/li> <li>Textured wood Hogue grips (no finger grooves)<\/li> <li>Contoured cylinder<\/li> <\/ul> <p>External Links<\/p> <ul> <li><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" title=\"Ruger GP100 Match Champion in Action\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BAbiKocoSQo\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\">Ruger&#8217;s official GP100 Match Champion Video<\/a> (also starring our buddy Kurt Hindle)<\/li> <li>Caleb at Gun Nuts <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" title=\"Caleb Giddings will be shooting the GP100 Match Champion in competition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gunnuts.net\/2014\/01\/21\/the-year-of-the-wheel-ruger-gp100-match-champion-introduction\/\">will be shooting the Match Champion in competition<\/a> for all of 2014<\/li> <\/ul> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <h3 dir=\"ltr\">First Impressions<\/h3> <p dir=\"ltr\">Right now, the most popular action shooting sport for handguns is <a title=\"International Defensive Pistol Association\" href=\"http:\/\/idpa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDPA<\/a> (International Defensive Pistol Association), which has two divisions for revolvers. One is designated for wheel guns firing .45 ACP with moon clips. The other division, \u201cStock Service Revolver,\u201d was set up with the good ol\u2019 fashioned .38 special six shooter in mind, and this is the division for which the Match Champion is tailored.<\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/Ruger-still-2-web.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-572\" title=\"'s GP100 Revolver\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/Ruger-still-2-web-600x376.jpg\" alt=\"Ruger Match Champion\" width=\"720\" height=\"451\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">In our Q&amp;A (full text below), Ruger\u2019s product manager for this revolver refers to the Match Champion as a \u201ccustom gun\u201d and I believe that\u2019s not just marketing. There\u2019s really no comparing it to a standard GP100. My guess is that if you had an expert gunsmith perform all of the tweaks necessary to turn a stock GP into one similar to a Match Champion, you\u2019d be looking at a price tag easily double what Ruger\u2019s new revolver is retailing for.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">I only fired a few rounds from the <a title=\"Ruger GP100 Match Champion Product Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ruger.com\/products\/gp100MatchChampion\/models.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Match Champion<\/a> during our range day at SHOT, but I was quickly impressed. It\u2019s incredibly well balanced and the double action trigger was smooth and light. In fact, it felt a whole lot like shooting my S&amp;W 686 SSR. Astute readers will notice the \u201cSSR\u201d in the Smith\u2019s model name &#8212; yes, it stands for \u201cStock Service Revolver\u201d and it\u2019s S&amp;W\u2019s IDPA-themed revolver; a direct counterpart to the Match Champion. Smith &amp; Wesson has been producing the 686 SSR for a few years now, and while it\u2019s a great revolver, it\u2019s honestly not dramatically different from the standard 686. That\u2019s not necessarily a bad thing since the S&amp;W 686 is just better suited to competition use right out of the box than a stock GP100. But with this effort, Ruger has really gone out of their way to give the Match Champion some competition-oriented features (see the above list for details).<\/span><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/Ruger-still-1-web.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-571\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/Ruger-still-1-web-600x391.jpg\" alt=\"Ruger Match Champion\" width=\"715\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/Ruger-still-1-web-600x391.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/Ruger-still-1-web-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/Ruger-still-1-web-350x228.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/Ruger-still-1-web.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">As popular as IDPA is, however, most of us are not competitive revolver shooters. But that\u2019s okay, because the things that make the Ruger GP100 Match Champion a good IDPA revolver also make it a great revolver for just about any other kind of shooting. Smooth action and trigger, great sights, and excellent balance &#8212; everybody can appreciate that, right? The one downside to the changes made for the Match Champion is that it\u2019s not quite as pleasant to shoot .357 magnums as the standard GP100. On paper, there\u2019s only a difference of 2 oz between the two, but the heavy underlug of the standard GP100 really goes a long way to tame the magnum loads. Firing magnums is still not a terrible experience with the Match Champion, but I\u2019ve always viewed the mitigating effect of the GP100\u2019s underlug to be one of the more attractive selling points for the Ruger.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">If you\u2019re a wheel gun fan but you\u2019ve been overlooking Ruger for some reason, be sure to handle the Match Champion the next time you get a chance. I think a lot of S&amp;W fans will be pleasantly surprised, and a few might end up being converts.<\/span><\/p><p><\/p> <h3>Ruger GP100 Match Champion and S&amp;W 686 SSR Comparison<\/h3> <figure id=\"attachment_575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-575\" style=\"width: 715px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/GP100-SW686.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-575\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/GP100-SW686-600x207.jpg\" alt=\"Ruger Match Champion and S&amp;W 686 SSR\" width=\"715\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Ruger GP100 Match Champion. Right: S&amp;W 686 SSR<\/figcaption><\/figure> <p><center>\u00a0<\/center><\/p> <table dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\"> <colgroup> <col width=\"230\" \/> <col width=\"255\" \/> <col width=\"183\" \/><\/colgroup> <tbody> <tr style=\"background-color: #003300; color: white;\"> <td><\/td> <td><b>Ruger GP100 Match Champion<\/b><\/td> <td><b>S&amp;W 686 SSR<\/b><\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"background-color: #cccccc;\"> <td><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/td> <td>38 oz<\/td> <td>38.3 oz<\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <td><strong>Barrel Length<\/strong><\/td> <td>4.2&#8243;<\/td> <td>4&#8243;<\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"background-color: #cccccc;\"> <td><strong>Grips<\/strong><\/td> <td>textured wood<\/td> <td>textured wood<\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <td><strong>Front Sight<\/strong><\/td> <td>fiber optic<\/td> <td>red ramp<\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"background-color: #cccccc;\"> <td><strong>Rear Sight<\/strong><\/td> <td>Novak fixed<\/td> <td>S&amp;W adjustable<\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <td><strong>Action Modifications<\/strong><\/td> <td>shimmed trigger and hammer, polished internals<\/td> <td>bossed mainspring<\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"background-color: #cccccc;\"> <td><strong>Other Modifications<\/strong><\/td> <td>contoured cylinder<\/td> <td>chamfered charge holes<\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <td><strong>Recessed Crown<\/strong><\/td> <td>yes<\/td> <td>yes<\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"background-color: #cccccc;\"> <td><strong>Silly Huge Letters on Barrel<\/strong><\/td> <td>yes<\/td> <td>no<\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <td><strong>Slab Sided Barrel<\/strong><\/td> <td>yes<\/td> <td>yes<\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"background-color: #cccccc;\"> <td><strong>Reduced Underlug<\/strong><\/td> <td>yes<\/td> <td>yes<\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <td><strong>MSRP<\/strong><\/td> <td>$899<\/td> <td>$999<\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"background-color: #cccccc;\"> <td><strong>Actual Retail<\/strong><\/td> <td>$650-$800<\/td> <td>$750-$900<\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <h3 dir=\"ltr\">Q&amp;A with Kurt Hindle, Ruger Product Manager for the GP100 Match Champion<\/h3> <p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">Lucky Gunner: So it sounds like you guys have done a lot to make this GP100 different. This is a lot more than you could do with a standard GP at your kitchen table with a dremel, right?<\/span><\/strong><\/p> <p><em><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">Kurt Hindle: Yeah. This really is &#8212; even though it\u2019s coming out of our factory &#8212; a custom gun. It\u2019s a lot more than just a standard GP100 and a lot of thought and a lot of care and detail went into the way this was set up and built.<\/span><\/em><\/p> <p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">LG: I got a chance to shoot a couple of cylinders through this at the range the other day and the first thing that struck me was just how light it is compared to the standard GP100. Where did you guys shave the weight off?<\/span><\/strong><\/p> <p><em><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">KH: We took weight off the top strap, both on the frame and on the barrel and then slabbed the sides of the barrel and went to a half lug. All of that takes the center of gravity and brings it back farther toward the shooters hands and just balances it better. Because it\u2019s not front heavy, it also makes it feel lighter.<\/span><\/em><\/p> <p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">LG: But you haven\u2019t sacrificed any of the ruggedness or the longevity of firearm in doing that, right?<\/span><\/strong><\/p> <p><em><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">KH: It\u2019s still a Ruger. It\u2019s built to be a rugged, reliable firearm, and it does do that. It\u2019s well put together and it will handle hot .357 loads and you can shoot .38 specials out of it. It\u2019s able to withstand a lot of abuse and a lot of shooting.<\/span><\/em><\/p> <p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">LG: Is this dovetail for the rear sight a standard size in case you want to put a different rear sight in there?<\/span><\/strong><\/p> <p><em><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">KH: It is a standard dovetail. It\u2019s similar to what we use on our 1911 &#8212; it\u2019s basically the same dovetail.<\/span><\/em><\/p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the competition world, revolver divisions are completely dominated by Smith and Wesson and have been for a long time. &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/ruger-match-champion-overview\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15],"tags":[43,44,41,42,40,31],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-first-impressions","category-review","tag-357-magnum","tag-38-special","tag-gp100","tag-revolvers","tag-ruger","tag-shot-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ruger GP100 Match Champion Revolver - A Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New to the revolver scene, the Ruger GP100 Match Champion offers a wealth of features. 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