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Understandable from a practical or survivalist standpoint, but it doesn't make for fun and interesting gun ownership.

Sorry Chris but I can't agree with you. The SP and the GP are different enough to make for very fun and very interesting gun ownership. Like a lot of guys here I have several GPs and SPs and I like them all for their different barrel lengths, different sights, different grips, some for hunting sidearm, some for CCW, some are range toys, etc. By your philosophy you should own only one firearm type per caliber. Boy does that suck the fun out of it for me.

You're certainly entitled to your opinion and if you want to limit yourself that's OK. But I'm always on the hunt for a good buy on a GP or an SP.

The OP said he preferred revolvers and he asked for opinions on the SP101 from those who have them..... My opinion is "They're great!!"

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Badger grips, Wolff springs, XS sights..... Fun and interesting? You betcha!

 

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Oh my Chris - no hard feelings, eh? As I said you are entitled to your opinion like everyone else. You just look at firearm ownership differently than many of us do. A lot of us enjoy collecting firearms and have done so for a very long time. I know guys who have lost count of how many 1911s they own! They obviously find enjoyment in that even though the guns are almost identical and in the same caliber.

Have you seen this thread in the Gallery?

http://rugerforum.net/gun-gallery/18910-peek-behind-our-door.html

You may not find it very fun or interesting but boy some of us sure do!

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I noticed a frame stud/block on the sp101 pics above. Does this hold the cylinder in place when the crane is open? or is it just for looks? My 95 SP does not have it. I must have fell asleep under a tree, when did this happen?

exlogger, not sure what you're looking at in the photo....the gun on the right is a Single Six, on the left an SP101. I have a 94 SP101 and a 2012 SP101 and they are identical except for barrel length and location of the rollmark on the barrel. Or maybe I'm still asleep under the same tree.... Wake me up and tell me what you see?

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My bad, I just checked my SP and it does have a stud on the frame that holds the cylinder in. I never really noticed it until your top picture in post #16. Yours has a ledge that drops all the way down below the release button while mine has an isolated stud/peg holding the cylinder in. Funny how this is only on the SP. One advantage.... it makes it easier to clean out the cylinder shaft when you dismantle the gun.

Gotcha - I was looking at the wrong photo!

 

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OK - sure, I see it now. My 2.25" SP is a 94 and has the same stud/peg as yours. The 3" is a 2012 and is different. I'd never really noticed that before - good eye.

 

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Went to pick up my Wiley Clapp edition found out someone had come to buy it, but I already did. I also was going to order an SP 101 and they had 2 in stock that had just come in. 2.25 inch 38 Spl. So I bought one of those too. I will post pictures later in the week.

Congratulations! This has been a VERY GOOD week at your place!