Unusual Ruger SP-101 (KSP-821DOS)

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Why in the world would they want a DAO gun with a hammer spur?

I know nothing about any special contract run, but this fails my initial sniff test.
 
It looks like that hammer would be less likely to snag on clothing, yet would be as easy to cock as the standard hammer. Interesting. I do note that the catalog number on the factory label is KSP-821DOS, which would seem to bear out the State Department story.

I wonder if it actually DAO or was only catalogged that way because of not having a standard hammer.

Jim
 
I just wonder which came first, the model number or the story? DOS could stand for something else and the story could just be a way to sell an oddball gun.
 
There seems to be some confusion here.

This gun is DAO, yet has a hammer spur? :confused:

I wonder if it really was ordered by the State Department... seems sort of odd. That would be a very late usage of a revolver by the U.S. Government, I thought police and government ditched revolvers in the mid '80s?
 
I actually think it's pretty cool, but find the DAO hammer... with a spur... pretty odd.

I wish Ruger would make a DAO SP101 in .38 special. I have no use for a .357 load from a snub nose, and the extra weight would tame .38 special +P and allow for fast follow up shots vs. say an airweigh S&W or an LCR.
 
Ruger makes the SP101 in .38 Spl and has for a while. You could just have the hammer bobbed or replaced with a Ruger DAO hammer by a 'smith.

Unless you're wanting a 3-inch model... but if you're comparing it with LCRs and Airweights, maybe not...



Anyway, just saying... it's out there. Probably 95 people out of 100 would rather have the gun in Mag, and it might take a little digging on that account, but there you go.
 
Cooldill said:
There seems to be some confusion here.

This gun is DAO, yet has a hammer spur? :confused:

I wonder if it really was ordered by the State Department
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I'll go out on a limb and offer the possibility that the holsters they were using utilized a retention strap that required a hammer spur.

Cool looking gun, though. I like that hammer.
 
Serial number indicates it was made in 1990 if the Ruger site is correct.
But "at this point what does it matter"? (Another Hillary reference):D
 
Why in the world would they want a DAO gun with a hammer spur
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You do realize it was a govt contract, the same govt that puts up signs to not feed the animals because they'll forget how to forrage for themselves and passes out food stamps;)
 
You do realize it was a govt contract, the same govt that puts up signs to not feed the animals because they'll forget how to forrage for themselves and passes out food stamps
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Haha! That is an awesome point.
 
As others have asked, why a hammer of any sort on a D.A.O. revolver?

Why a Commander ring style hammer on any Ruger product?

Would the Ruger company assure that this is a factory option or model?

As I've heard serious collectors say before, "believe the gun not the story."

Good luck whatever you do.
 
Interesting that the wiki description does not mention that it is DAO. Perhaps it was modified later.
 
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