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Need help, Ruger info
JimmyJack
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Have a Ruger GP100 Model 1751 , that Im considering listing. In researching it very little can be found. I called Ruger and they are not much help. Its cat. no. KGP 831, Serial No. 176-43xxx, is stainless, 3 inch barrel, adjustable sights, has a grey case with an 03 on it. It is .38 special only. Some people said it is a scarce, maybe rare model, and I have not seen another. If I have Ricci list it, I want to know what I have before I do that, and should I hang on to it rather than sell it? Any help would be appreciated. J
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So a friend of mine is a Ruger GP Nut. He was surfing gunbroker a couple weeks ago and came across a GP 100 3" with Adjustable Sights and factory rubber hogue grips. Yes it looks funny but this is where its a good thing... He knows his GP 100's and this was an oddity even for him, so he started to do some checking on this. He called Ruger a couple times to get info on it and was told that it was indeed a limited run for Davidson's, but they would not tell him how limited.
Days later he calls Ruger again to ask a couple more questions and the lady lets it slip "the order for Model 1751's was a Davidson's exclusive in .38 Special, 3" Barrel, Adjustable Sights and Rubber Ruger grips... in the quantity of .... let see here, yea there it is, 20 units total" I'm not 100% convinced that 20 it a solid number as I can't see a manufacture tooling up for 20 Revolvers. But it is a tough item to locate, so who knows?
they claim one was for sale here on GB around Feb/2013
added found this https://www.gunbroker.com/item/842149060
Found this on the Ruger forum, emphasis added.
http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=283324
Way back in the 70's a guy bought a Hawkeye pistol in 30 carbine at the local store. I saw it in the store and years later in the guy's house that bought it. I don't think they made many in carbine.
Hanging on to it would seem the best approach. Rather than selling not knowing for sure.
More info from the Ruger forum, 4 pages worth:
http://rugerforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=171255
"Scarce and hard to find info on" seems an apt description.
I see on other posts comments that "Ruger is making them again" and it makes me wonder if there's a rare first run, and a more common larger run. Happens with Smiths, Shorty 40 for example. There's a 250 Mk version, a 1500 run and an about 600 run.