[bedbugbilly]

I vote the same as many others - I would go with the 357 - gives you the option to use 38s or the 357 - I have a 356 SA and it gets a steady diet of four different cartridges - 38 Colt Short, 38 Colt Long, 38 Special and 357 - and all shoot well.

I had a 357 LCR for about a year - I shot 357 out of it once and it was too much for my old hands - I ended up just shooting 38s out of it, I finally traded it in on a S & W 36 snub and never have regretted it. I can't speak to the Ruger SP101s as I have never fired one. In the end, only YOU can decide - but to me, a 357 just makes sense so you can shoot either 38s or 357s. If you don't reload - what will you do if you buy a 38 and then can only find 357 cartridges? May or may not be an issue for you. As far as resale goes - that would be the least of my worries - get what you want and enjoy it - life is to short to sweat the small things.