SP101 found

[GP100man]

Finally found my sp101 yesterday at the Fayetteville gunshow !!!!

First or second yr. 38 spc. 3" barrel .

Before cleaning & IBOKing

Did`n`t even fire it or measure the pulls.

Smoothed out nicely & needs more work on SA creep but very serviceable with stock springs !!!

 

[hittman]

Good looking gun! I've never had an SP in the 3" but one of those might make a great compliment to my 3" GP.

 

[skipper49]

The 3" SP has been among my very favorite revolvers for several years. I'd like to have a matching 3" GP. Hey, all it takes is money!
Congrats on a great revolver.

Skip

 

[berettapistols]

I'll tell ya that I had a 38 SPNY just a bit older 570-40150 had the smoothest slickest action of any revolver on the planet..
Congrats GP100man..
I've had several SP101s & the 3 1/16" shot the best over the 2 1/4" in 38spl. 357mag & 9mm..
I'm gonna get me another GP & SP , The older ones before the MIM parts to keep until I die..

 

[GP100man]

Thanks fellers !!!

This was a double good deal !!!

I shed a Tauras I thought I wanted & only lost $25 on the Tauras.

Anyways range report pending !!

 

[mr surveyor]

nice pair.....I love the SP.... have the 3" .357 in the 571 series myself.

you need to change the date tagger in your camera? :wink:


surv

 

[VAdoublegunner]

Good find, esp. in 3".

I bought a fairly beat up short barrel one in 38SP several months ago and gave it a makeover. It was very tight, just needed some cosmetic tlc.

That gun is a real shooter, especially with 38-44S&W equivalent handloads. In fact, it seeems to shoot better with 38-44 loads than it does standard 38SP. If you are a handloader and have Brian Pearce's article on 38-44S&W loads in Handloader #243, I can definitely recommend his load using a 125 JHP (he used Speer, I used Rem and now Hornady) and lots of Power Pistol. I can keep those pretty close to in the black of a 25 yd slow fire pistol target shot at 50 yards from an elbow rest, and they are stepping right on out smartly from even that short barrel. Should be impressive from a 3" one.

 

[GP100man]

Thanks again fellers , it was the first 3" in 38 I`ve seen in these parts , so it had to come home !!!

The date thing is da yungens rob my batterys & I just don`t take the time to set it .

 

[mr surveyor]

now if you could just score an original early model .357, 125 gr only..... or do you already have one of those too? :mrgreen:

is loving the oldies just an age related thing, or is there really something about the quality. I lean to the older models myself.... but then, considering age, I do remember Elvis's first appearance on t.v. (even if I was still barely potty trained at the time)


surv

 

[berettapistols]

GP100man share the IBOK on the SP/GP with me Sir..
I might learn something!! Maybe!! HaHa!!
I had one perticular SP101 so slick & smooth that Mark Morganti at Gemini Customs wondered what I had done to it..I'd just stoned it & shimmed the hammer, hammer dog & trigger & put a set of wolff springs in it + removed a few burs & smoothed it up..
It had him impressed & he's a perfectionist..
Were taking SMOOTH!!

Love these threads about the older SP/GP Rugers..
BTW I saw a SPNY on GunsAmerica today in Indiana for $439.95 a 570-***** gun
38spl matte finish 38spl SPNY DAO, Go have a look if your interested, In decent shape for an old NYPD carry revolver IMO..
The last one of these I bought I paid $175. Man I should have stock piled these things back when those New SKSs were $69ea.

 

[jackruff]

I have an SP101 with the 2.25" barrel but would love to have a 3". I'm still not satisfied with the DA trigger, though. I also have a 6" GP 100 and would love to have a 4". There's no end to this, is there?

 

[GP100man]

Here ya go berettapistols

The IBOK

http://gunner777.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/ruger-gp100sp101book-of-knowledge/

 

[berettapistols]

Thanks!!

 

[tdubb]

I have an SP101 with the 2.25" barrel but would love to have a 3". I'm still not satisfied with the DA trigger, though. I also have a 6" GP 100 and would love to have a 4". There's no end to this, is there?

LOL, I'm in the same boat. I love them both but, wouldn't mind having the other two.