Stantheman1986
Single-Sixer
Picked up my 9mm SP101, bought off Davidson's today.....everything looked great except I got burned for my 3 clips. I did get a Ruger hat though.......
The clips were nowhere in the shop. I'll email Davidson's and Ruger, maybe they'll send me 3. Otherwise they're like 15 bucks for 3, no huge deal
I put on a set of Padauk inserts from "Furniture Your Way", they look and fit great. However.....no disassembly pin under the grip
the grip panels looked hastily reinstalled. Is a Davidson's employee stripping things out of boxes? Like ya need 20 bucks that bad??
I had a Blackhawk! brand speedloader pouch I had planned to use with my moon clips but.....I did without. I used a cheapo Allen holster just to have something to draw from at the range
It's not my first Rodeo with moonclipped revolvers, so I knew I could still load the gun. After shooting, most spent cases just fell out with some working of the extractor. A few were stubborn and needed a fingernail to pop out. Not a problem.
From 5 to 10 yards, shooting two handed, one hand, strong hand, weak hand......I was easily able to put up a decent cluster (for me) around the red circle, while shooting DA . Moving back to 15 and 25 , shooting DA the wheels came off and I sprayed low and off the silhouette. Snubs are less forgiving once you move out of "across the room" distance
.38 brass from when I had my .38 SP101 out still in the rocks
At 15 yards, resting my hands on the table, shooting SA at the "head". Hands rested on the table and DA at 15 at the Red circle. Accuracy is more than adequate for a snubby, my .38 SP is probably a little more accurate but I'm not worried about a probably inconsequential difference in accuracy. These aren't Bullseye guns. You won't be setting the world on fire with this does the job it's supposed to do. I'm assuming Ruger uses a .357 bore barrel but again, due to overlapping variance and specs it doesn't matter. The next one off the line might stack holes on top of each other and the one before it might blow a softball sized pattern at 15.......within spec is within spec
My Blackhawk with 9mm cylinder and a 5946 were in my range bag. Various flavors of 9mm handguns.
A little hitch in the SA cocking on one chamber , that began to smooth out. DA pull was typical SP101, heavy but usable . I won't mess with the springs in this one. It needs a cleaning, and some more break in and I'm confident the little roughness on the one chamber in SA will go away.
100 rounds through it, looks like it may be fitted a bit tight in the hand/ratchet tooth interface, the pin was striking a little off center on the primers . I could care less, it's a Ruger not a Manurhin. It delivered 100 rounds of 9mm on target , and I'll be putting 1000s through it. It will break in to itself.
Winchester White Box must be loaded a bit warm , these snapped like .38 +P in this. This gun is a ton of fun to shoot on the range, for 40 bucks for 100 rounds vs $60-70 I'd need to put the same amount of. 38 through my other SP, it's a no brainer. With good defensive loads like Hydra Shok 9mm +P , I'd be completely confident carrying this.
The clips were nowhere in the shop. I'll email Davidson's and Ruger, maybe they'll send me 3. Otherwise they're like 15 bucks for 3, no huge deal
I put on a set of Padauk inserts from "Furniture Your Way", they look and fit great. However.....no disassembly pin under the grip
the grip panels looked hastily reinstalled. Is a Davidson's employee stripping things out of boxes? Like ya need 20 bucks that bad??I had a Blackhawk! brand speedloader pouch I had planned to use with my moon clips but.....I did without. I used a cheapo Allen holster just to have something to draw from at the range
It's not my first Rodeo with moonclipped revolvers, so I knew I could still load the gun. After shooting, most spent cases just fell out with some working of the extractor. A few were stubborn and needed a fingernail to pop out. Not a problem.
From 5 to 10 yards, shooting two handed, one hand, strong hand, weak hand......I was easily able to put up a decent cluster (for me) around the red circle, while shooting DA . Moving back to 15 and 25 , shooting DA the wheels came off and I sprayed low and off the silhouette. Snubs are less forgiving once you move out of "across the room" distance
.38 brass from when I had my .38 SP101 out still in the rocks
At 15 yards, resting my hands on the table, shooting SA at the "head". Hands rested on the table and DA at 15 at the Red circle. Accuracy is more than adequate for a snubby, my .38 SP is probably a little more accurate but I'm not worried about a probably inconsequential difference in accuracy. These aren't Bullseye guns. You won't be setting the world on fire with this does the job it's supposed to do. I'm assuming Ruger uses a .357 bore barrel but again, due to overlapping variance and specs it doesn't matter. The next one off the line might stack holes on top of each other and the one before it might blow a softball sized pattern at 15.......within spec is within spec
My Blackhawk with 9mm cylinder and a 5946 were in my range bag. Various flavors of 9mm handguns.
A little hitch in the SA cocking on one chamber , that began to smooth out. DA pull was typical SP101, heavy but usable . I won't mess with the springs in this one. It needs a cleaning, and some more break in and I'm confident the little roughness on the one chamber in SA will go away.
100 rounds through it, looks like it may be fitted a bit tight in the hand/ratchet tooth interface, the pin was striking a little off center on the primers . I could care less, it's a Ruger not a Manurhin. It delivered 100 rounds of 9mm on target , and I'll be putting 1000s through it. It will break in to itself.
Winchester White Box must be loaded a bit warm , these snapped like .38 +P in this. This gun is a ton of fun to shoot on the range, for 40 bucks for 100 rounds vs $60-70 I'd need to put the same amount of. 38 through my other SP, it's a no brainer. With good defensive loads like Hydra Shok 9mm +P , I'd be completely confident carrying this.
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