Recent content by Rpger30

I love this gun but I need space and spending money more than I need another revolver in my collection. I'm looking to sell a Ruger SP101 Talo Deluxe revolver. It's a .357 magnum 5-shot revolver with a 2.25" barrel. It was a distributor exclusive through Talo, and to the best of my knowledge is...

That's awesome and promising. I was very much hoping I wouldn't need to use loctite and that the sight could be fitted as yours is.

I will join those saying get the .357 SP101 and just use 38's in it. There's little advantage to a .38 only SP101 these days. To those talking about carry weight... I am aware of the numerical difference between a fully loaded .357 SP101 and something the size of an LC9s. I have a Shield 9mm...

Seems like the exclusives always offer something really desirable. Currently, there are no desirable GP100 exclusives, for me at least :( That Royal Phoenix was the best looking factory GP100 ever made. You'd pay like $2k in total or have to do a lot of work yourself to get something comparable...

I'm looking at doing exactly the same. Did you loctite your site before repinning?

Having at least one each of the SP101 and GP100 makes for a happy family of revolvers. I'm hoping to have both of my project guns complete by summer's end. One is a 2 1/4" SP101 deluxe that I'm going to do some finishing work to over the next few days. I'll be adding a Hogue rosewood checkered...

Rumrunner: The trigger and hammer are both shimmed - this is part of the feature set of the gun and aids in that smoother DA pull. If you've never had apart a shimmed gun, don't do it without some guidance. The fit was the actual issue though. It took a smart tap with a plastic mallet to get...

For those considering a gp100 4", the cost difference for the MC is negligible. I personally feel like my MC points more naturally with the partial underlug and slightly reduced weight. The MC grips are great for the large number of people who can't deal with sticky rubber or finger grooves...

Hey thanks for the replies! And I've actually already heard good things about your work bcgunworks. I'm going to talk to some local smiths about the prep work in addition to online replies. I'd be really curious as to your thoughts on breaking the gun in prior to working on it. I'll pm you some...

Not sure if this should be in the Ruger-Smithing forum, but it has some first impressions in addition to my request for smithing advice/recommendations. First off, I love this gun. I purchased a NIB GP100 Match Champion (adjustable sights) from one of my friendly LGS's last week. I had only...