Ruger SP101 9mm

[LittleLebowski]

Have we done this one yet?

http://www.ruger.com/products/sp101/specSheets/5783.html

[Eastex]

I have a friend who is probably looking at this as a good news/bad news deal. The good news is that he can probably buy new Ruger moon clips for his older model, the bad news is that the value of his old original model probably dropped some. Personally I don’t know why Ruger released this as a standard model, I would rather have seen it in a Wiley Clapp form. What I’d really like to see is a three inch 327 Magnum LCR with a carry melt treatment but I’m weird that way.


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[Sherman A. House DDS]

I dig it. I’ve always been leery of the 9mm revolvers just because of wear. But if there is ANY compact frame revolver that can handle the wear of a high pressure cartridge and chronic use, it is the SP101.


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[Totem Polar]

More quality options = life is good.

That said, while I like the idea of SP101s, they just don’t fit my hands. I’ve never ended up keeping the ones that I occasionally impulse buy. But, hey, quick perusal of 9mm v .38 v .357 range fodder prices indicates that this could be great fun for the SP101 fan, and easy to rationalize.

[Willard]

WRT moon clips, after both my 640 Pro moon clips essentially disintegrated during loading, I'm very skeptical. Great idea, but execution (in my case) was suboptimal. Apparently, the design was robust enough for war time service X 2 (between 1917 and 1945 at least). Not sure if thy tried harder to produce a workable clip then, S&W's sub-vendor is now completely crap, or I wasn't making the right face while loading the clips. YMMV.

That aside, does anyone know if the spurless / DAO models have MIM or non-MIM hammers? I read somewhere they retained the cast hammer for the spurless / DAO. Unsure if this was to generate mass for positive ignition, some other reason, or fallacious posting.

[GJM]

We had a lengthy thread on the LCR in 9mm.

[Bigghoss]

I'm all for it but I don't have much need for a snubby that heavy anymore. My SP101 is just a practice gun now. I don't know if I even want a 9mm LCR anymore now that I can actually find .22lr.

Now a S&W 929 sounds like fun.

[BN]

https://www.tkcustom.com/products/moonclips/ruger-sp-101x5-9mm-032-ss

TK Custom makes moon clips for them.

I have one of the old 9mm SP101's with a 3" barrel. The clips that came with it are junk. The clips from TK are pretty good. I don't shoot it much. I probably have less than 1000 rounds through mine. I got it used in a deal. I'll probably have to drag it out now and see how it does. As I remember, it shot low with all ammo and I had sticky brass with some ammo.

[JR1572]

I really want one of these, but I don’t want to be a beta-tester.

JR1572

[NEPAKevin]

Don't 9mm revolvers often have a problem with bullet jump?

[Lester Polfus]

Don't 9mm revolvers often have a problem with bullet jump?

I had that same question. A friend of mine is running a LCR in 9mm. Last time I checked in with him, he had run several hundred rounds through it with no problem. So there's one anecdotal account.

The SP101 is considerably heavier.

[Screwball]

Don't 9mm revolvers often have a problem with bullet jump?

Ammo related to quality of crimp...

Hornady ammo, for example, is probably one of the best for shooting 9mm in a revolver. Why it is my carry load in my 9mm 642-1. I’ve also shot UMC bulk, with no issue.

Load a moonclip and fire four. Compare the fifth round to the others (black marker around the case/bullet). People have done multiple tests (four shots, reload clip, four shots reload clip, etc), but in all actuality, one shot less than the cylinder is all that is needed.

[BN]

In the interest of science, I ran 30 assorted rounds of self defense and range reloads through mine tonight. No sticky brass. Everything ejected easily. As I remember it, I had sticky extraction with Wolf steel case ammo.

The front edge of the trigger will be rounded off before I shoot this much more. :(

[SWAT Lt.]

Don't 9mm revolvers often have a problem with bullet jump?

None of my S&W 940s ever did. Sticky extraction when dirty (which didn't take long, BTW) and issues if moon clips got bent, but I had no bullet jump issues.