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Old December 22, 2015, 03:02 PM   #51
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I see what you are saying Mauser. They aren't going to mess with an offset barrel system either. I could definitely see that shaving a round or two off the capacity.
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Old December 22, 2015, 07:06 PM   #52
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I just checked on my laptop and see the pictures John Posted. They do look pretty similar.
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Old December 27, 2015, 08:41 PM   #53
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Here's some nice video reviews.
The two things that I'm most impressed with on this gun is that they made mechanical changes to the trigger to keep it at about 9 pounds in DA. Anyone who has shot their sp101-22 will realize that is a real accomplishment. The other thing that tells me they paid attention to detail is that they set the cylinder gap at .004. .22 revolvers need a smaller cylinder gap to maintain accuracy or they tend to spit lead.

https://youtu.be/fr8yuGzEl78

http://www.guns.com/2015/12/10/ruger...ffering-video/
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Old December 27, 2015, 10:51 PM   #54
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Anyone who has shot their sp101-22 will realize that is a real accomplishment.
You get some improvement from the fact that the larger gun means more space inside the frame for larger parts and that means better leverage.

After some work, I managed to get the 15lbs + DA trigger on my .22LR SP101 down to a very smooth pull that's between 13 & 14lbs. Just polishing and shimming. No spring changes.
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Old December 28, 2015, 09:06 PM   #55
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I sent my sp101-22 in for some warranty work (cylinder gap and alignment issues) and they polished up the action and actually gave it a lighter hammer spring but it's still substantially heavier than my gp100 357.
I'm excited to try this gp100. Maybe I'll pick one up and do a review/comparison with the sp101.
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Old January 30, 2016, 02:45 AM   #56
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So I ended up buying a gp100 in .22lr last week and had a chance to take it to the range on Thursday. I also brought my sp101-22 to compare. Ruger says in some of their videos that the new GP100 in .22 has a lighter trigger but I'm not so sure. It has a smooth trigger but it's a little heavy. My sp101-22 trigger is a little lighter. However, in fairness I have put more than 35,000 rounds through my sp101-22 and dry fired it lots more so the spring is a lot more broken in. I replaced the trigger return spring in the gp100-22 with one from Wolff that I had on hand and that did lighten it some.
I'm hopeful that the trigger in the gp100 will lighten up with some use. I tried swapping out the hammer spring for a center fire 14 pound stock one but I got light primer strikes about one fifth of the time that way so I swapped it back.
Once I started shooting the gp100-22 was awesome. I love the front sight. I love the grip.
I bench rest tested it and shot comparative strings with the sp101-22 and it is substantially more accurate than the sp101. Shooting from a rest in single action the gp100 was consistently producing three inch groups at twenty five yards while the sp101 was doing about five inch groups. Doing some rapid fire strings with a draw narrowed the difference between the two but I chalk some of that up to me getting used to a new gun. The gp100 was still producing better groups in rapid fire.
I bought the gp100-22 as Training gun to save on ammunition costs and it will fill that role nicely. Overall I'm quite pleased.

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Old January 30, 2016, 10:51 AM   #57
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Old January 30, 2016, 11:10 AM   #58
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What's the appeal of .22LR revolvers?

I'm not saying I don't like them. As a rule, I like revolvers and I'd happily try one, I'm just curious why large portions of the TLF board go utterly doo-lally when a full-size revolver in .22LR becomes available.

I guess I just associate revolvers with .38Spl and above.

So what is the appeal?
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Old January 30, 2016, 11:46 AM   #59
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James Pond, the reason I have 22 revolvers is for training. I compete with revolvers in my local league and if I were to only shoot 38 special in practice I would soon be broke. Now you might ask "Why not just reload?" Well I have five small children and a demanding job so I don't have a lot of spare time or extra room in my home for reloading. So I shoot about 2\3 22lr and 1\3 of whatever else I am shooting that day at the range and I go to the range a few times a week on my lunch break. It works for me.
Reasons other folks might also like 22 revolvers:
They are great kit guns.
You can shoot a lot for cheap.
They are a great learning tool for the recoil sensitive.
Just 'cause.
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Old January 30, 2016, 04:51 PM   #60
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What's the appeal of .22LR revolvers?
One reason I've started shooting more of my .22LR through a revolver than an autopistol is because of the troubles I've had getting reliable .22LR autopistols and issues with lower quality .22LR ammo. Shooting is supposed to be fun and it's not fun if you have to keep clearing jams.

With a .22revolver, even if the ammo isn't great, it's unlikely you'll ever have to do anything more than discard a dud or two and that happens automatically when you dump the empties.
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Old January 30, 2016, 05:12 PM   #61
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I too was curious to what the appeal was for a GP100 in .22 as there is already a very nice Single Six available that does everything that at least ' I ' need doing in the .22LR cartridge.... That said, now I know where some of the .22LR has been going (35,000 referenced above) and why cheap bulk isn't yet found in stores .
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Old January 30, 2016, 05:37 PM   #62
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I admit it looks really nice and I can see how it would make a great camping/trekking piece, much like the LCRx line.

Thinking about it, I could be convinced...

...it is a Ruger revolver after all!!
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Old January 30, 2016, 09:45 PM   #63
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I have revolvers from 10mm up to 44 mag. Getting more time behind the trigger makes a full sized 22lr revolver a smart buy. But a Dan Wesson 722 used is my poison.
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I have revolvers from 10mm up to 44 mag. Getting more time behind the trigger makes a full sized 22lr revolver a smart buy. But a Dan Wesson 722 used is my poison.
But the GP100 would be a good head nod to my Ruger Redhawk
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Old February 1, 2016, 09:54 PM   #65
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These were at the gunshow here in Iowa last weekend priced at $599
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Old February 1, 2016, 10:08 PM   #66
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These were at the gunshow here in Iowa last weekend priced at $599
I hope I don't see one for that price. If I do I don't think I'll be able to restrain myself
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Old February 11, 2016, 06:06 PM   #67
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22 Ammo

Saxon Pig,Brownells had Remington .22lrhp on sale today at3:00pm today,hope this helps you.Skeets
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Old February 14, 2016, 05:15 PM   #68
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Very intersted

Seems like it would be fun.
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