Had a gun shop owner today tell me that Ruger has stopped making the SP101 in 327 Fed Mag. Was wondering if anyone knew the nitty gritty on this.
Yep.It is still listed as a current model on Rugers web site.
Actually, that's not exactly true. Ruger has two manufacturing locations, Prescott, AZ and Newport, NH. Prescott, AZ manufacters the semi automatics and I "think" everything else is made in NH. I only know about this from talking to a Ruger rep last year and we discussed the SR1911 backlog. But I know their efforts are separated so revolvers wouldn't be put on the back burner because of their semi automatics.Ruger has put a lot of their revolvers on the back burner, it was impossible to find a new Redhawk for a while. I suspect they're making "batches" of the .327 SP's and I don't think these guns are as in demand as stuff like LCP's and LC9's.
I'll bet that is, a good betI bet the production of SP101s dwarfs the production of the venerable Redhawk,
Good user revolvers don't last long in my LGS. They got Ruger S/S Six in on Friday PM and it was gone before 12n on Saturday. Around here good used guns don't sit very long. The usual in less than 2-3 days. The LGS that I work at usually just won't take in junk - Doesn't do anybody any favors. Unless it's a hot product with a waiting list (ie: SR1911) the turn over is much slower.I've found the info you get at a gun shop can be very hit and miss. I've had guys at the local shop to me say they don't keep a lot of revolvers because they "don't sell".
Yet every time you order a revolver unless it's rarely in stock, they are sold and they have a waiting list. I've seen used ones that are in my opinion overpriced go within 1-2 weeks. And seeing semi's sit there for months.
Never heard of a waiting list for a Glock. But I've seen waiting lists for SR1911's.
I think the industry and it's distributors are very bad at relaying information to it's retailers.