Picked this up on a whim the other day. Very little info on line for this gun. Looks to be fired very very little. Guy advertised it as a safe queen. So may not have been fired since factory. Does have a very faint turn ring. Now I am curious as to it worth and scarcity.
Of the original SP101 revolvers (6-shot, windage-only adjustable sights), your 4-inch full-lug model was the most common.
They also made a 4-inch half-lug, and a 2-inch(?) snubby. Those two are a little harder to come by. I have accumulated a complete set, just by stumbling upon them individually over the years.
I gave maybe $400 for my full-lug about two years ago (don't have my records in front of me). It was NIB, or
possibly LNIB.
It belonged to a local gun shop owner who has sold out, and is slowly divesting his collection. He's been a great guy to do business with, and it's one of very few firearms I own that has a special/sentimental connection with, beyond monetary value.
Now I've got Jim's SP101, in .22LR. Perfect!
Side note: when I bought my half-lug probably 20 years ago, it was FILTHY. I suspected that maybe that shop was trying to sell a used gun as new… so I politely questioned him. He went to the vault and brought out another four of them… all equally filthy!
Maybe Ruger was test-firing with Remington Thunderduds!
