From the article:
All this may seem like overkill on a "snubby", but Bowen shares our belief that serious revolvers should be seriously accurate. Sometimes field or defensive situations require long-range accuracy, and this is where the "Perfected SP101" shines. As Hamilton says, "We mean for people to be able to hit what they're aiming at with these guns. Pocket revolvers have always had an undeserved reputation for poor accuracy and a general uselessness beyond six feet. Just doesn't have to be that way."
Applause!!!! Absolutely! This is why I had a black sight with elevation bar dove tailed into my little M85 Taurus stainless UL. I can see it better, I can shoot it better, and the elevation wire lets me adjust for light loads or shoot heavy loads accurately at extended ranges.
Now, on my SP101, I've often though it'd be the ideal outdoor revolver were it not for the fixed sights and lack of ability to regulate between .38 and .357 loads. When I got mine, I found something weird and unique about it, it shoots .38 wadcutter to the same point of aim it/point of impact as the 140 grain .357 carry loads and 180 grain outdoor loads I have. THAT us highly unusual. Now, I've got to decide if I really wanna sell this SP101 back to my son-in-law as I'd told him or buy him a new one. ROFL I'd thought, too, about buying a 3". Now, with Bowan's system, the 3" sounds like it could be the WAY TO GO for a light packin' outdoor gun that could shoot with extreme accuracy. The little 2.3" gun will hold 180 grain loads into 2" at 25 yards and the wadcutters into about 2.5". The combination of decent sights and a 3" tube for added sight radius and I think that could shrink significantly for field use. AND, out of that short barrel, my 180 grain Hornady XTP loaded over 13.8 grains (very hot) of AA#9 is pushin' 1304 fps/662 ft lbs. Add nearly an inch to the barrel and I think it'd be closer to 700 ft lbs. It pushes 785 ft lbs out of my 6.5" Blackhawk.
Think of the utility of a little gun like this for a back packer, general outdoor knock around. The only thing I wish is that it had adjustments on the rear sight so that I could regulate in the field for wadcutters (small game) or magnums. Really, though, my 4" Taurus M66 is about as light to tote and OWB in a flap style holster on a gun belt, heck, it's no biggy. However, I don't wanna shoot those hellahot 180 grain loads in a K frame sized gun. The SP101 is as strong as an L frame, heck, maybe an N frame. The thing's the proverbial tank. AND, I often am carrying my SP101 IWB anyway when I'm down at my place checking the hog trap or working on something in the field. I have to go get the Taurus and gunbelt and put it on when I get there, more convenient to just carry the SP101.
So, thanks to this thread, I have other options to mull over. :banghead: BTW, imagine deer and hog hunting with an SP101. LOL!
