My second CF revolver was a 4" stainless Security Six. Have owned it 30 years and still love it. Outshoots my Python and I can shoot it as well DA as SA.
Bought a 7.5" Redhawk. Seemed like a big Security Six. Very accurate, but SA not as nice. Shoots better DA than SA. Think I've owned that one about 25 years.
In the '90s bought a SP101. Again very accurate. Trigger alot like the Security Six. It too was a keeper.
About the same time I bought a 6" blued GP100. Seemed like a totally different gun. Action timing seemed much different* than the three earlier guns. Wasn't accurate, could never shoot it well. It got traded.
*How different? The cylinders on the Sec. Six/Redhawk/SP101 all stop rotating and lock up well before the hammer reaches full cock. When firing DA, I can feel the cylinder lock drop in and it is a convenient point for staging the trigger pull and stabilizing the sight picture. The GP100's cylinder locked up later at the point when the hammer reached full cock in the DA pull, just before the hammer falls.
Is this correct; is the GP100 basically different? If so, why did they change a design as successful as the Security Six? If there was a problem with the Sec. Six action, why was the Redhawk made the same way?
Hoping someone can clear up something that's always mystified me.
Bob
