#Ruger sp 101 9mm revolver update
#Ruger sp 101 9mm revolver full

However, that popped off after a few hundred rounds. The front sight is massive and came with a white insert for high visibility. The rear sight is a trench style, but it’s bigger than most. I can’t get enough of it, and honestly, S&W, Colt, and others need to catch up and give me this kind of trigger. It’s easily the best stock DAO trigger out there. The Ruger LCR does it differently with a long trigger pull that’s relatively light and short for its pull. So does 115 JHPsĭAO guns always have long trigger pulls, and sometimes that long trigger pull isn’t fun. The increase in control is worth using the lighter round, especially when you start training single-handed shooting techniques. I prefer a 115-grain JHP load for self-defense. It’s not uncontrollable, but it’s not pleasant and feels like a solid high five to the hand. Using 124 grain +P JHPs will give you a handful of jumpy gun with every shot. Like all small J-frames, the Ruger LCR has some buck to it. Winter gloves will not fill the trigger guard up, and you can easily fit your fingers into the trigger guard and start popping off 9mm rounds even in the snow. This is a small bonus, but the trigger guard is larger and accommodates gloved hands well. That big button is quick and easy to press Press the button, push the cylinder, and boom, that cylinder is waiting for a fresh new load of 9mm. Ruger’s button-pressing design is better to me than either a push or pull system that Colt and S&W uses. The cylinder release is a button instead of a pull or push tab. I know it seems un-revolver like, but it feels like I’m just swapping magazines, and that makes it simple. Moon clips do add another level of must-have accessory to use the gun, but they are cheap and durable. The ejection rod slings them out and popping another five rounds in takes no time at all. Moon clips might seem annoying, but they are extremely useful. Bigger grips meant more control, and more control meant more accuracy and speed. The longer grips increase the profile of the gun but make it oh so much more shootable. I popped them off, slapped on a new set of Hogue Tamer grips, and never looked back. When I shot the gun, it would buck and jump and cause me to readjust my grip with every shot. The boot-style grips are way too short for my big hands. Ruger LCR SpecificationsĪdmittedly I didn’t have love at first grip when I picked up the Ruger LCR. DAO guns are great for concealed carry and are poke-free for deep concealment. The Ruger LCR does use a double-action-only trigger, and the LCRx utilizes an exposed hammer. Moon clip revolvers don’t make a lot of headlines, but Ruger did the right thing with this gun. Moon clips are basically speed loaders, and they are really the best choice for a revolver that fires rimless cartridges.

#Ruger sp 101 9mm revolver full

The full moon clips make unloading and reloading rapidly and become nearly as fast as an automatic handgun. On top of that, the gun obviously comes cut for moon clips because 9mm rounds lack a rim to catch the ejector. Plus, cheap plinking loads are nothing to sneeze at.

#Ruger sp 101 9mm revolver update

Most people call a pocketable revolver a J-Frame, even though it is a Smith & Wesson term, but it has become something like Kleenex, and these polymer guns are really the update to an old and proven design. Instead of using titanium or scandium, which drives up the revolvers’ price, they went with polymer. Not much to it, right? Ruger wanted to create a lightweight revolver, but they also wanted to produce an affordable model. It’s a barrel, an internal or external hammer, and a revolving cylinder.

Revolvers don’t change much, and that’s why people tend to love them. This gun uses moon clips instead of trying to headspace on the case mouth. The polymer frame is always light shooting, and this gun is a real pleasure to shoot, in the potent 9mm cartridge. My feeling is that if you are going to buy a rimless Revolver, this Ruger standby is probably the best bet. But many rimless cartridge revolvers have been tried over the years many with some success. 44 Magnum, etc., that have a projecting rime at the base. Revolvers are naturally suited for cartridges like the 44 Special and 357 Magnum. Rimless cartridges like the 9mm don’t usually work well in revolvers. Today I have the 9mm example of the Ruger LCR, and as such, I think this is the most modern J-frame out there for concealed carry. A polymer revolver seems sacrilegious, but hear us out!