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Old August 27, 2017, 02:55 PM   #1
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Tequila's Gun

Anyone ever see Hard Boiled?

Tequila (Chow Yun Fat) plays a cop in it and uses a Ruger GP100 with 4" barrel, blued, with the old Lett wood insert grips. Extremely cool. This is one of the very best action movies I have ever seen.







Makes me want the exact model! The GP100 hasn't got near as much screen time as the Colts or S&Ws, but it shines in this movie.

I recently sold my 6" stainless GP, just too big and a little too muzzle heavy, but I really loved that gun and man was it ever smooth after the thousands of rounds and dry fire sessions I had with it. Might well have to get another one of these!

Anyone else shoot a GP100? I think I might be like Tequila and pick one up soon!!
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Old August 28, 2017, 11:37 AM   #2
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"...after the thousands of rounds and dry fire sessions..." That wear, not a trigger job.
What you see in movies is not real. Don't think that's a GP either. Grip isn't right. Hard to tell from the picture, but that wood in the lower one isn't a GP grip.
Had mine since they first came to Canada 35 + years ago.
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Old August 28, 2017, 11:44 AM   #3
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I know I make all my gun picks from seeing them in a movie....

the more taktikewl they are....the more I want one...
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Old August 28, 2017, 04:10 PM   #4
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Hard Boiled is a great shoot 'em up. Fun movie, one of John Woo's best.

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Old August 28, 2017, 05:04 PM   #5
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Nice thing about a revolver in the movies, it takes no modification or special effects to shoot blanks.
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Old August 28, 2017, 08:25 PM   #6
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Nice guns in that movie.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Hard_Boiled

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Old August 29, 2017, 01:16 AM   #7
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"...after the thousands of rounds and dry fire sessions..." That wear, not a trigger job.
What you see in movies is not real. Don't think that's a GP either. Grip isn't right. Hard to tell from the picture, but that wood in the lower one isn't a GP grip.
Had mine since they first came to Canada 35 + years ago.
What? That is most definitely a GP100 with factory Lett wood insert grips.

"What you see in movies is not real", I don't recall saying that it was. Just pointing out the use of a fine Ruger revolver in a well known movie, as the GP100 is a rare gun in film. Just thought I'd mention it, you know, for fun.

Also, what do you mean by "that wear, not a trigger job"?
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Old August 29, 2017, 01:48 AM   #8
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If you click on the link I provided earlier it's most definitely a GP 100

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Hard_Boiled#Ruger_GP100

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Old August 29, 2017, 07:37 AM   #9
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I have only seen one blue GP in person and it was a 6" barrel. Now if it was a 4" it would of come home with me, good luck on your next purchase.
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Old August 31, 2017, 01:49 AM   #10
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Great 357. This GP is a 170 prefix with a 019xx serial #
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Old September 2, 2017, 11:20 PM   #11
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INternet Movie Firearms Data base says its a GP-100.
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