I have passed on the info to the owner. I would think that 3manfan has the right idea. I can’t make decisions for my friend but l will share all of these posts with him.
What you say is true. The barrel is destroyed so Ruger is a choice. This isn’t my revolver so the owner has some choices to make to fix his mistake.
I would think all of us who collect have been burned at one time or another. Moving on is sometimes a hard choice that has to be made
Long story here goes! My friend bought a Ruger sp101 38 special. with the 2.25 in barrel, next he bought a sp 101 357 cylinder on e bay. The early sp101s would not accept a 357 cylinder. In later models Ruger fixed this. These early 38 special guns were only produced for a year or so. Later...
I need a barrel for a sp101 38 special. There are plenty of 357 barrels but l need a 38 barrel. Ruger will rebarrel the gun but only with the small barrel. I need a larger barrel. Can anyone steer me to a source? Brownells and Numerich dont have barrels.