I've had a S&W 63 Kit Gun for 30 or 35 years . What a beauty . I did the trigger job when I bought it along with a Wolf spring kit . Smoooth , accurate and never a problem . For some insane reason I decided to order this Ruger SP101 a few weeks ago and the piece of shyte actually arrived . Many youtubers mentioned the trigger so I expected heavy but not this crap . My Wolf springs arrived several days ago along with the Hogue grip . OK , the over view of this mother fugger . I took it out of the box and immediately cut myself . Both sides of the trigger guard were razor sharp . I stoned and honed it . #### it , single action , about 5 times and my thumb was cut as the edges of the hammer spur were so sharp plus the cocking effort . Stoned and honed . Took it apart and polished everything that moves and installed the spring kit . It's better but nowhere close the my Smith & Wesson . I noticed the rear sight was loose . There is a sight elevation screw and in front of that is the cross pin that holds the sight assembly on , except , mine didn't come with a pin . A local gunsmith matched that up . Went to the range to sight it in . Seated , sand bag rest . With the elevation screw all the way up it shoots 8 inches low at 20 yards , and there is no more adjustment . Loaded another 8 rounds and noticed bullet holes walking to the left . That was for 5 or 6 rounds until the front sight fell off . $1,100.00 CDN dollars for this piece of shyte . My advice to anyone who reads this on planet Earth or anywhere else in the universe , never , ever buy one of these over priced fvcking junkers . I've owned Rugers since the early '70's with zero problems , except this one which is flat out shyte . To sum up , maybe 4 hours stoning and honing the sharp edges that should have been addressed at the factory plus a high polish to every moving part and the spring kit to get a trigger that's only really shytty as compared to much worse when I got it . It shoots way low and i'm out of adjustment . Had to go to a gunsmith to get a pin that they forgot to install at the factory and my front sight falls off . Buy any .22 except this one . Ruger just rushed their Precision Rifle out with plastic bolt sleeves that break and safetys that don't work . Zero quality control . There are a couple of threads in the Precision Rifle forum of guys asking where to get parts for their brand new rifles and who fixes them . I was within a whisker of buying one of those also .
Ruger SP101-22 Spring Job
- Thread starter wayupnorth
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That's brutal ATR!
I think I paid around $800 for mine and it shoots where I aim it.
I ordered and have a lighter spring for it but after a lot of dry firing its smoothed out a bit and my trigger finger has gotten very strong!
I did brake the pawl spring but that was pretty easy to replace.
I think I paid around $800 for mine and it shoots where I aim it.
I ordered and have a lighter spring for it but after a lot of dry firing its smoothed out a bit and my trigger finger has gotten very strong!
I did brake the pawl spring but that was pretty easy to replace.
Hammer shims will/may reduce the drag on the hammer on your gun. I went to a lighter Wolf spring on my GP-100 and have had no ignition problems including the use of CCI and Tula primers. I go through a lot of 38spl over the course of the shooting season.
As for the SP-101 I love mine. Shoots where I aim or at least where the gun is pointing - not always the same thing. The gun does have a heavy DA trigger pull and I may buy a reduced trigger return spring and a lighter main spring. Ruger quality is often hit and miss. I wold say they are very good kit guns. Some require more work than others. Welcome to US manufacturing. My SP-101 was perfect out of the box. Other folks are not so lucky.
Take Care
Bob
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just goes to show ya that you can get a Lemon in anything that is manufactured.
mine shoots great, even better since i replaced the springs and polished up the guts.
mine shoots great, even better since i replaced the springs and polished up the guts.
Don't get excited with your trigger job. Have the exact same revolver and spring kit. It's a rimfire so you do need the heavy spring to ignite. You'll end up having use the heaviest of the springs to have it fire reliable in DA. Just letting you know.
Did you change out your trigger return spring? That spring plays a part when it comes to trigger pull weight. I know we need a heavier hammer spring to ignite the rim fires.
Take Care
Bob
Atr. That sucks. Unfortunately, Ruger's QC is really hit and miss. The good ones are generally really good. Then you get complete lemons.
I recently picked up a used one off the EE. Tore it down, polished most of it (didn't get right into the trigger group, maybe another day). Swapped the stock mainspring for a 13lb wolff. Left the return spring stock. Made a noticeable difference in the trigger. Tried 3 different brands of ammo on my short range trip. Everything went bang. Accuracy is still better than i can shoot, but I'll be trying a few more to see.
I recently picked up a used one off the EE. Tore it down, polished most of it (didn't get right into the trigger group, maybe another day). Swapped the stock mainspring for a 13lb wolff. Left the return spring stock. Made a noticeable difference in the trigger. Tried 3 different brands of ammo on my short range trip. Everything went bang. Accuracy is still better than i can shoot, but I'll be trying a few more to see.
