Recent content by NewportNewsMike

Congratulations on a nice find. The hole is standard. What I see in your picture looks like every other SP I have seen. The round hole is the way Ruger holds on its grips. There is a pin that slides through the grip to hold it on, and then the grip panel covers it all up. Editted to add...

That is also my process on any gun that is new or even "new to me". Sometimes it is amazing what the factory left laying about inside the works. And I like a little grease in all the right places.

IMHO, the Hogue grips all but ruin a good 4-inch GP-100. I have small / medium hands. The GP-100 grip that I favor is the older COMPACT grip used on the 3-inch GP-100's. Although they were "extinct" for a while, you can currently buy them at shopruger.com...

I like Ruger 45 Colt single actions. Have owned a couple different stainless Blackhawks (with adjustable sights). Heck of a fun gun to shoot! I like the looks of the Vaqueros, but my eyes just cannot deal with the stainless front sight - particularly in bright sun light. With the sun...

I like to use finger nail polish on front sights. A nice bright red or reddish-orange does it for me. Although I de-grease with Acetone, I do not use any base coat other than the nail polish. I have found it best to clamp / prop the gun so that the surface of the sight to be painted is...

Posting pictures is rather straight forward, once you get your (free) account set up at Photobucket.com or some other photo hosting Website. You upload your pictures to your Photobucket album. Then, when you are creating your message here to the Forum, next to your picture in Photobucket will...

I would doubt that each gun is fired for accuracy...particularly at Ruger that is trying to build guns to a certain price point, which is not a bad thing to do. That's why a Ruger 1911 or SP-101 or whatever costs what it does, and a firearm that has been given more personal attention (think...

As PAVTXER said above, with a few more details: Posting pictures is rather straight forward, once you get your (free) account set up at Photobucket.com or some other photo hosting Website. You upload your pictures to your Photobucket album. Then, when you are creating your message here to...

While not SR-9c specific, here is a thought or two to try --- Elevation screws often have detents that lock them in place in order to hold the adjustment. Try pushing down on the sight itself to give the screw a "little breathing room", then try turning the screw. Unfortunately this will...

One of the traditional ways to grip an "ole hawg leg" or plow handled grip like on the original Colts, and now the Ruger and other Single Action revolvers is with the pinky tucked UNDER the grip. Try it, you may like it. It's my favorite (and best shooting) way to grip a Single Action. As...

It's not quite THAT much bigger :D Looks like its about 0.0030 to 0.0035 bigger. I agree to see if it's clearing the latch nicely.

Yes - years ago, but not Ruger. About 1990 or so, I sent in a S&W Model 60 for repair. It was the first centerfire handgun I had ever purchased back when Model 60's first came out, about 1967 or so. I sent it in, weeks passed and nothing was heard from S&W. I called several times and...

All PM's have been answered - P220 is still for sale.

Model 220-45-SSS, located in Virginia. Stainless steel-framed P220 (45 ACP) DA/SA with SIG-lite night sights. Has Hogue Black Checkered G-10 grips installed. Sticker date is November 2014. I purchased the gun new. After a quick strip and lube, I swapped out the original grips for Hogue G10's...

Over the years, I have owned or shot a lot of Glocks, SR-9's and SR-9c's. Although all the various Glocks had all the regular Glock parts, as did the SR's, not all the Glock triggers were equal coming out of the box. Maybe it depends on various parts smoothness / roughness or tolerance stack...