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01-18-2017, 01:04 PM
Just after Christmas my son chose my much loved S&W Mod 64 3" to bring home to TX as a house gun. I needed a replacement and was discouraged at the lack of availability and the sky high prices of these wonderfully balanced guns. Yesterday while checking the website of my local LGS I saw they just got in a Ruger SP101 with 3" barrel. Having never owned anything but S&W revolvers I quickly researched the comparisons between K,L, and J frames vs. the 101 series from Ruger.
It looked like it fell right in between the J and K frame I was looking to replace. Then I remembered Ruger triggers are not always the best but further research told me I could fix that rather easily, soooo......
I got to the LGS, looked at the gun and lo and behold the gun fit my needs perfectly. It points naturally and has same sights as my now gone Mod.64. As a bonus, It had Hogue grips, a half dozen speedloaders, AND the previous owner had sent the gun off for a really nice trigger job that rivals any of my custom J frame triggers. I shot it last night and hit the back wall of the range with every shot.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t320/gnystrom_photos/6f8cc660-196f-4ace-b9b0-e61e328cb83b_zpsjgle4mej.jpg
It looked like it fell right in between the J and K frame I was looking to replace. Then I remembered Ruger triggers are not always the best but further research told me I could fix that rather easily, soooo......
I got to the LGS, looked at the gun and lo and behold the gun fit my needs perfectly. It points naturally and has same sights as my now gone Mod.64. As a bonus, It had Hogue grips, a half dozen speedloaders, AND the previous owner had sent the gun off for a really nice trigger job that rivals any of my custom J frame triggers. I shot it last night and hit the back wall of the range with every shot.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t320/gnystrom_photos/6f8cc660-196f-4ace-b9b0-e61e328cb83b_zpsjgle4mej.jpg