SP101

Wow, congratulations!! Have you helped an elderly person cross the street lately? You must be living right!!!

Nice!

Good choice; looks like new and sure beats standing in line, waiting for the next new ones to come in!

you did great. use it in good health.

Nice luck .

I have one and it is probably my most carried handgun . I carry it when running my dogs and walking my property and often as my CC gun because I have it on so often .

Sweet!

If you want to spruce it up a touch, for around 30 bucks or so you can get a set of fancy wood grip inserts from Chiggs Grips.



I have them on a couple of other Rugers, so to replace the industrial looking inserts I put the factory ones from the GP 100 compact grips on my SP 101.



Stay safe.

Hogue grips feel great on mine!

Everyone needs at least one SP101.

Probably one of my most carried guns. I live in a very low threat environment.

I live in the high desert and, I like exploring. One speedloader full of 158 GR hardcasts. One with rat shot. Should solve any problem I’m likely to come across.

I carry appendix, the shorter barrel works better for me.

But, if I carried on my hip, the 3 inch rocks.

(shout out to Sack Peterson for the stag inserts. I had a set for 6 months, the left panel developed a split. I asked if I could buy a left grip panel. He sent me a replacement set, no charge. I told him I’d mention that every chance I got. Outstanding craftsman and, businessman)

Like @sgt127 , I carry my sp101 quite a bit.
On the hood of my jeep with my flyrod in 2013

Congratulations. They're good solid revolvers. I finally got one with a decent trigger and I like it a lot.

From previous threads, it seems like most of us end up putting Hogue Monogrips on them.

Congratulations on finding a great gun for a great price. I'm another fan of the Monogrip after trying several others.

The Ruger SP101 in .357 magnum is a tough and reliable revolver that won’t let you down. Like many others, the Monogrip is my choice as well.

Nice find, I love mine. I too will endorse Chiggs Grips for the inserts. I have them for my SP101, GP 100 & I have some of his Blackhawk grips. He does great work at a reasonable price.

Mine wears Monogrips also.

plainsdrifter said:

Wow, looks like everyone here has a SP101 !!!

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Yeah,
The dirty little secret that nobody admits to?!

Excellent weapon, and, a wonderful price, especially considering the market trends! Congratulations! An SP101 is my usual minimum carry gun, and my favored “reload” is a second SP101, or, another handgun, depending upon the day’s or destination’s threat profile.

In my case, the factory grip is perfection, and in the case of my gimpier right hand, necessarily orthopedic, as the heel of the grip extends far enough to stabilize the grip against the “heel bone” of my hand. (I have experience with the Hogue Monogrip; a pre-owned SP101, that I bought, was equipped with a Monogrip. Ouch. Hogue revolver grips have never worked for my hands, in other sizes, either. We all have differing hand shapes and sizes; I have no argument with folks who like Hogues.)

I have several 38/357 revolvers. My 3" SP is probably the most fun of the bunch. A teeny bit heavy but still packable. A little short but still accurate. Strong and after the local Dansby trigger job, one of my two best triggers in the family.
One I'll likely never sell.
one of the kids will get this one.

plainsdrifter said:

So I plopped down a deposit on a new Ruger SP101 stainless 3" .357 mag. Stopped by the LGS check my place in line. Of course none had come in and I was 5th in line.
Then the guy said they got a used one in that is near new as you can get. He was right.
I usually don't buy used cept for milsurp or in excellent condition guns, never internet. But I figured if there is a problem it'll get fixed, prolly for free too.
I don't think there been many rounds through this. No burn rings or powder residue anywhere. Was 30% less than a new one. SOLD!

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It looks really good. Somebody probably shot it with full house 357 and couldn’t take it. Cleaned it up traded it in. I’ve had two of them, you can’t wear them things out. Buying used guns like that is great, looks brand new and money off.

Those that have the monogrip , do you have the rubber or the nylon model ? I imagine the rubber would be better for recoil and the nylon might be better for CC because your clothes wouldn’t stick on it . Any opinions on them ?

plainsdrifter , I hope that I am not hi jacking your thread on your new SP101 . I just thought we could get some good firsthand advice in your thread , with all the people using the monogrip here instead of me starting a new thread about it .

Or get some Altamonts...