I forgot about cylinder rods unscrewing.

Had a S&W and a Rossi do that.

Looking back, the Ruger GP100 (2), SP101's (3), and LCR's (5) have be been the most reliable. But the GP100's and SP101's the most difficult to shoot because the DA triggers are awful.

Oh, yea...I had an NAA mini that got out of time and stop working right after about 250-300 rds of .22 magnum.

I wonder if Ruger has done anything to reduce the quality of current GP100's?

If not perhaps I should revisit them and see about getting the forcing cones sized correctly, (if necessary) and trigger mechanism worked over by a pro. (Absolutely necessary)

A round-butt 3" in., 7 shot .357 GP100 could be a good gun with a great DA trigger as long as it was reliable. At least with Federal primers.