Pistolero
Well-Known Member
Just thought you may be interested in a brief report on the Ruger SP101 in .22 LR.
Clearly not a gun I will be casting for but it is good looking, good handling and pretty
accurate, too. I have several S&W revolvers which vary between very accurate (.22/32 Target,
essentially a 'non-Bekeart' Bekeart model) to a Model 17 (post K22) that is medium crummy
in accuracy while being very nice to look at. The Ruger doesn't seem to be quite as
accurate as the 22/32 Heavy Target, but beats the M17 by a mile.
Handy, Ruger durability seems guaranteed, and nice trigger out of the box. Grips could
be a bit larger, may look into some replacements, but the stock ones are easy on the
eyes and nice enough. Real good sights, too, fiber optic front with the proper flat top
post. Those microscopic black corners above the green fiber optic rod are amazingly
critical to a good sight picture. I replaced the round top front FO sight and horrible
V-notch rear on a S&W 317 to make the sights usable on that cute little airweight, but it
is so shockingly light that it is, while reasonably accurate, very difficult to shoot well,
with a 3" bbl and all of about 10 ozs. wt.
The Ruger outdoes all but the 22/32 Heavy Target which I lucked into for a good price,
and have never seen another for sale.
If you are looking for a .22 revolver, give this Ruger a close look. Of course, I can load
.38 Spl cheaper than most .22 LR ammo now, but I don't expect that to last forever,
and have a lot of .22 LR on the shelf.
Clearly not a gun I will be casting for but it is good looking, good handling and pretty
accurate, too. I have several S&W revolvers which vary between very accurate (.22/32 Target,
essentially a 'non-Bekeart' Bekeart model) to a Model 17 (post K22) that is medium crummy
in accuracy while being very nice to look at. The Ruger doesn't seem to be quite as
accurate as the 22/32 Heavy Target, but beats the M17 by a mile.
Handy, Ruger durability seems guaranteed, and nice trigger out of the box. Grips could
be a bit larger, may look into some replacements, but the stock ones are easy on the
eyes and nice enough. Real good sights, too, fiber optic front with the proper flat top
post. Those microscopic black corners above the green fiber optic rod are amazingly
critical to a good sight picture. I replaced the round top front FO sight and horrible
V-notch rear on a S&W 317 to make the sights usable on that cute little airweight, but it
is so shockingly light that it is, while reasonably accurate, very difficult to shoot well,
with a 3" bbl and all of about 10 ozs. wt.
The Ruger outdoes all but the 22/32 Heavy Target which I lucked into for a good price,
and have never seen another for sale.
If you are looking for a .22 revolver, give this Ruger a close look. Of course, I can load
.38 Spl cheaper than most .22 LR ammo now, but I don't expect that to last forever,
and have a lot of .22 LR on the shelf.