SootyGrouse
Bearcat
Hi, first post here. My name is Trevor, I live in Alaska, and I'm a huge Ruger fan! Been lingering on the forum for a while and decided to join!
Ok on to the SP101.
I just picked it up about an hour ago from my FFL. Got home, cleaned and oiled it, and wanted to share some of my observations. Oh and I should preface that I own many Ruger products. I hunt with a lefty Hawkeye 06 and love it. My go to fishing pistol is a 454 Toklat in a diamond d chest rig, cc rig is a LCR 357 in kydex pocket holster. Also had a 44 mag Redhawk, 45lc super Blackhawk Bisley, 3.75in 44 super Blackhawk, mini 14, and a lefty 375 Hawkeye along with a few 10/22. All have been excellent and as a brand, Ruger is my favorite.
So on to the topic, this SP101. To start with the action/trigger pull is the worst I've experienced from Ruger and this surprises me as my other revolvers especially the Toklat have been excellent for mass produced guns. There was rust on the crain and ejector rod which I scrubbed off with a brass brush still a little left over that I missed that can be seen in the pictures.. Not big as it doesn't look pitted just surface rust. The trigger pull is the heaviest of any revolver I've own hands down. Its not only heavy but also feels sticky/clunking. There is a very slight squeaking noise when I cycle the gun in double action on snap caps and the cylinder ring marks are not one but 3 after running the action about 100 Times on snap caps. This is after I cleaned and oiled. Lastly the barrel is slightly canted which was the heart breaker for me, I just can't live with canted barrels!
On a positive note, the gun is beautiful and has a shinier finish than any other Ruger revolvers I've owned. I also really like the grips. They are comfy, grippy, and decently finished.
So I plan to send in this gun in hopes that Ruger will fix me up, bummer thought that I have to go through this with a new firearm.
Does anyone else have a SP match Champion? Am I the only one that is having this bad luck or are there others experiencing similar issues?
So here are the pictures, let me know if anyone is interested in more pictures as it's no big for me to add them in. Hope this is enough to get the conversation started.
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Ok on to the SP101.
I just picked it up about an hour ago from my FFL. Got home, cleaned and oiled it, and wanted to share some of my observations. Oh and I should preface that I own many Ruger products. I hunt with a lefty Hawkeye 06 and love it. My go to fishing pistol is a 454 Toklat in a diamond d chest rig, cc rig is a LCR 357 in kydex pocket holster. Also had a 44 mag Redhawk, 45lc super Blackhawk Bisley, 3.75in 44 super Blackhawk, mini 14, and a lefty 375 Hawkeye along with a few 10/22. All have been excellent and as a brand, Ruger is my favorite.
So on to the topic, this SP101. To start with the action/trigger pull is the worst I've experienced from Ruger and this surprises me as my other revolvers especially the Toklat have been excellent for mass produced guns. There was rust on the crain and ejector rod which I scrubbed off with a brass brush still a little left over that I missed that can be seen in the pictures.. Not big as it doesn't look pitted just surface rust. The trigger pull is the heaviest of any revolver I've own hands down. Its not only heavy but also feels sticky/clunking. There is a very slight squeaking noise when I cycle the gun in double action on snap caps and the cylinder ring marks are not one but 3 after running the action about 100 Times on snap caps. This is after I cleaned and oiled. Lastly the barrel is slightly canted which was the heart breaker for me, I just can't live with canted barrels!
On a positive note, the gun is beautiful and has a shinier finish than any other Ruger revolvers I've owned. I also really like the grips. They are comfy, grippy, and decently finished.
So I plan to send in this gun in hopes that Ruger will fix me up, bummer thought that I have to go through this with a new firearm.
Does anyone else have a SP match Champion? Am I the only one that is having this bad luck or are there others experiencing similar issues?
So here are the pictures, let me know if anyone is interested in more pictures as it's no big for me to add them in. Hope this is enough to get the conversation started.
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