Damn that looks good.
Damn that looks good.
Very nice, so you trimmed the pin?
Now you just need the Meprolite tritium dot front blade and a Wolff Gunsprings trigger job ... Mine has been a whole 'nother gun ever since. (ahem) with total thanks to the various forum SP-101 enablers who suggested it.
Did you do that sight yourself Mike? If so was it hard to put on?
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I will look at them again. Ruger does make good stuff, and a little cheaper than S&W.I prefer a S&W cylinder latch, but upon getting my SP101, in actual use it became a non issue.
She looks great, Mike! Received an email from Grab-A-Gun this morning & they’re asking, and probably getting, $699 for a (2.25”) 101 ...Yes, with some encouragement from @shoelessjoe and a couple videos.
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I got to checkout and hold a Kimber K6s 3" in .357 yesterday at Cabela's. It's pretty much the same size dimensions as the Ruger SP101 but not nearly as heavy. It was a pretty pistol for sure and it's trigger and action was probably the best stock action on a revolver I have ever had the privilege to hold on too.
But I could just tell and feel with it's lightweight, that full power .357 loads would be a bear to shoot with it. I like that my SP101 is small and compact, but it's weight will absorb and handle any full power stuff you feed it.
I got to checkout and hold a Kimber K6s 3" in .357 yesterday at Cabela's. It's pretty much the same size dimensions as the Ruger SP101 but not nearly as heavy. It was a pretty pistol for sure and it's trigger and action was probably the best stock action on a revolver I have ever had the privilege to hold on too.
But I could just tell and feel with it's lightweight, that full power .357 loads would be a bear to shoot with it. I like that my SP101 is small and compact, but it's weight will absorb and handle any full power stuff you feed it.
They are mighty guns.
I noticed last week my reloads were probably more like +P reloads. Might been scooping 4.2-4.3 grains of Red Dot instead 4.0-4.1. Alas; the heavy metal music when reloading contributed.
But SP-101 thrives on such chow and I was glad for the Hogue rubber grips, too. Shock absorbers, though kinda ugly and common. I read that wood grips don't print as much as rubber, hmmm.
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I'm a Glock guy. I think ugly and common is a sign of beauty.
As you get older you may wish to look at something lighter to carry. Try the Buffalo Bore .38 Spl. F.B.I. load in the 101 and see if it's better and you think it may work in an about 20 oz. revolver. I do love a 3" barrel. A .357 does NOT belong in an S&W airweight snub, but the Kimber looks to be about the same weight as an old Dick Special in .38. My 14 oz. Cobra is a handful with BB .38 F.B.I. loads.
True of a Glock, but revolvers are art and beauty ... even chunky little SP-101.
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