Hey Guys
I bought my 2.25 inch blue model sp101(357mag) this week and finally got to shoot it today. Some impressions:
a. Finish and fit was very good, although not in the same ballpark as a smith
b. Trigger was pretty good ,better than some of my smiths(Going by feel no guage)
c. Accuracy was surprisingly good for a snubbie with fixed sights. I was regularly hitting a 5 in metal plate at 25yds.
d.Was having some extraction issues with one chamber,noticed some burrs. It did start to smooth out after a box of ammo. Plan on giving all the chambers a good scrubbing with a bronze brush attached to my drill.
e. Grips felt good in the hand, absorbed some of the recoil of my "lite" 357 reloads.
So to sum it up, very happy so far with my purchase. Future improvements might include sight replacement(green neons) and maybe a trigger spring replacement but I did notice a smoothing of the trigger after over 300 trigger pulls (used snap caps) so will see. I'm amazed on how well balanced this gun is. It just feels good in your hand. This is my 4th Ruger and like all the others well made and just plain works.