SP101 with gold accents yeah or nay

[gunsmith]

I say buy it

a little less then a year ago I paid 530$ for a new sp101
(San Francisco sucks for buying guns)
I have houge grips on it,I can easily conceal it . I can carry it at work and not notice the weight.
It is as acurrate (maybe more accurate) as my glock.
it loves every .357 I shoot.
it fell on the floor and didn't go boom.
I love my sp101,I sleep with my sp101.
I think the flack you got was everybody was green with envy that you knew where to get a cool looking sp101 for cheaper then the rest of us who had to buy one as soon as we saw one in the gun shop....excuse me while I kick the dog!

 

[flip180]

Thanks everyone

If it is there tomarrow, I'll probably put down 50.00 on it. I know the owner on the shop pretty good and, I wouldn't doubt it if he came down off of the price a little more. I'll pay it off over three months. That way I can have a holster and a new set of grips waiting for it when I get it.

Robert.

 

[The Rabbi]

I was asking for opinions and not an ass chewing

OK. Anyone who would buy a Ruger needs his head examined. They are way too heavy for what they are. They look like crap as well. You would have to be out of your gourd to pay 299 for garbage like that. Gold accents? What are you, some kind of pimp?? I'll bet you drive a low-ride gold-fleck paint Caddy with fuzzy dice and curb feelers as well. Sure, kids are starving in 3rd world countries and you want to blow money on some POS. Go ahead.

OTOH, thats just my opinion (it isnt really). I figured you were looking for someone to point out the negatives.
Really, think about what would happen if you go down there today and find out it was sold. Will you feel relieved since you dont have to worry about it or sad that you missed a great deal? That should determine what you ought to do. My experience has been that I never regret spending money on something I am very happy with and use for a long time

 

[flip180]

Man, I couldn't do it......

not when I could buy a brand new one for the price of that used gold acccented SP101 and the grips I would get to offset the gold accents. There is an auction going on on www.gunbroker.com for a brand new special edition SP101 with the target grey finish on it for like 380.00. I had the guy at the gun shop see if he could get one for me but, his distributors couldn't get a hold of one. I already have a target grey 4in GP100 sitting underneath the bed in a lockbox and wouldn't mind a matching pair. I have the money to buy it outright but am reluctant to. I guess I need to either ???? or get off the pot and get on with it. I also need to put some money into reloading for range ammo for my 642, GP100 and hopefully SP101. I have over 600 .38 spcl. brass in the closet and a few .357 brass lying around also.

Robert.

 

[blackduck]

there ya go! . . .that target grey is cool and comes with wood grip insert on the handle ta boot! . .now . . . for me . . .if the GP-100 only came in 44 special . . .now that would be my dream gun . . i'll probably settle on a discontinued taurus 431 . . .hey . . .even the sp-101 could probably handle 44 special loads if it were converted especially if the charter arms lil piece can do it

 

[Ben Shepherd]

I happen to know if you strip the target gray off and polish it, it'll come out as pretty as any nickle plated gun I've ever seen.

No, I didn't do it, a buddy did it to his 480 SRH, and it actually looks good.