First off, let me say that I own over 30 Ruger firearms and they are my favorite firearm manufacturer, BUT I bought a new SP101 in 22LR yesterday at
my LGS. It looked great in the store. Fit and finish were nice. I have owned & been shooting three single six revolvers and all of them are very accurate. I also own a Ruger MKII pistol in stainless and a slab side target MK II in 22 LR.
The semi-auto pistols are also very accurate
I did not own a double action 22 LR revolver so I went home after my purchase and shot almost 100 rounds out of my new SP101 22 revolver
with four different types of ammo (Remington, Federal, CCI & Winchester).
I shot the revolver freehand and off of a rest at 15 and 25 yards at my backyard range. ACCURACY WAS TERRIBLE.
They talk about some guns shooting MOA, this revolver couldn't shoot
Minute of Cookie Sheet. No joking, the 8 shot groups out of this revolver were ALL over 15 inches and some were bigger than that. I was very disappointed.
I'm not kidding when I say that my North American Arms mini revolver shoots better than this $500 SP101 revolver in 22 LR. It was a joke.
I have heard it said that only accurate guns are interesting, well this is the
most uninteresting gun I have ever owned. Needless to say, I took the revolver back to my LGS today and traded it for a Ruger LCP 380 and a S&W 642 Airweight in 38 Special. My LGS was very gracious and allowed me a full credit toward the other guns even though I had shot the revolver and it wasn't new anymore. We looked at the barrel while at my LGS and there was barely any rifling in the revolver barrel. Has anyone else noticed this ?
Besides a S&W Model 17 does anyone else have any recommendations for a good and accurate double action 22 revolver ? I really don't care about the name as long as it is reasonably accurate out to 25 yards. Is this too much to ask out of a double action 22 revolver ?
my LGS. It looked great in the store. Fit and finish were nice. I have owned & been shooting three single six revolvers and all of them are very accurate. I also own a Ruger MKII pistol in stainless and a slab side target MK II in 22 LR.
The semi-auto pistols are also very accurate
I did not own a double action 22 LR revolver so I went home after my purchase and shot almost 100 rounds out of my new SP101 22 revolver
with four different types of ammo (Remington, Federal, CCI & Winchester).
I shot the revolver freehand and off of a rest at 15 and 25 yards at my backyard range. ACCURACY WAS TERRIBLE.
They talk about some guns shooting MOA, this revolver couldn't shoot
Minute of Cookie Sheet. No joking, the 8 shot groups out of this revolver were ALL over 15 inches and some were bigger than that. I was very disappointed.
I'm not kidding when I say that my North American Arms mini revolver shoots better than this $500 SP101 revolver in 22 LR. It was a joke.
I have heard it said that only accurate guns are interesting, well this is the
most uninteresting gun I have ever owned. Needless to say, I took the revolver back to my LGS today and traded it for a Ruger LCP 380 and a S&W 642 Airweight in 38 Special. My LGS was very gracious and allowed me a full credit toward the other guns even though I had shot the revolver and it wasn't new anymore. We looked at the barrel while at my LGS and there was barely any rifling in the revolver barrel. Has anyone else noticed this ?
Besides a S&W Model 17 does anyone else have any recommendations for a good and accurate double action 22 revolver ? I really don't care about the name as long as it is reasonably accurate out to 25 yards. Is this too much to ask out of a double action 22 revolver ?