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Bill McCay at Trail Boss gun shop in Sierra Vista, AZ is top notch. 520-515-0048.

Should be much less than the guns you've listed.

I carry a 2" SP101 in a Wright Leather Works Predator holster. Very high quality holster. Has the extra leather strip near the holster's mouth to facilitate reholstering.

Bill McKay at Trail Boss gun shop in Sierra Vista, AZ is a very good gunsmith. Google Trail Boss.

Thanks, 22/45/ Fan for the info. The SP101 is probably a bit larger also. I recall trying to stuff it into a Model 36 holster. Wouldn't go in.

Back when I was an LEO it was all wheel guns. I carried a Chiefs Special and my partner carried a Detective Special. Both were blued and had holster shine. DS held one more round but appeared to be the same size as my CS. I suspect the frames might have been but surely the cylinders were...

I was an Arizona Ranger for five years attached to the Bisbee Company until 2012 and never heard of an Arizona Ranger Vaquero until I read this thread. Which isn't saying much as we were required to carry Glocks.

I have one also. It's the most accurate revolver I've ever owned. But I've never gotten over the trigger on an old Model 10 duty weapon I owned when I was an LEO in CA.

Arisin' wind: I will do that. I had forgotten that I could complain.

No pics without photobucket. Took off the eagles and installed the original grips. No problem with speedloaders now.

But the blued ones have character as they age; holster shine. nicks, scratches , clearly visible cylinder rotation line, etc. Whereas the stainless models look like they just came out of the box 20 years later.

I ordered a set of rosewood grips for my SP101 and paid for them on December 8th; they arrived today, January 21st, approximately 51 days later give or take a day or two (no good at sums; I was an English major). That's not what I'm complaining about, although it would seem that they would have...

got2hav1, it probably was an LE gun. As an ex LEO I can attest to the fact that most of us (this was back when we mostly carried revolvers) never cleaned them. After all, it's a revolver, what could possibly go wrong?

Thanks, Hittman. Answers my question. Now, another question. Is the SP101 the same size as a j-frame (model 36, the Chiefs Special) or is it slightly larger? Or is the trigger guard shaped a bit differently, or is it larger than the model 36? The reason I ask is that many leather OWB...

I agree. I never had any trouble racking the slide on a full-sized 1911 or a Glock 17. When the holster arrives for the SP101 it will replace the Shield as my EDC.