{"id":4740,"date":"2011-02-21T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/02\/21\/ruger-sp101-as-newbie-handgun\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:13:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:13:29","slug":"ruger-sp101-as-newbie-handgun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4740","title":{"rendered":"Ruger SP101 As A Newbie Handgun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:18094,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/thetruthaboutguns.com\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/robert-farago\\\/question-of-the-day-is-the-ruger-sp101-3-the-perfect-beginners-gun&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20171123191011\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/robert-farago\\\/question-of-the-day-is-the-ruger-sp101-3-the-perfect-beginners-gun\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 18:16:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 18:16:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:18095,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.gunblast.com\\\/Bowen-SP101.htm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251017021629\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.gunblast.com\\\/Bowen-SP101.htm&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 18:16:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 18:16:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetruthaboutguns.com\/2011\/02\/robert-farago\/question-of-the-day-is-the-ruger-sp101-3-the-perfect-beginners-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Truth About Guns blog has a review today of the Ruger SP101<\/a> 3&#8243; .357 Magnum. They are looking for a revolver that can be concealed that would be ideal for the new shooter.<\/p>\n<p>As the Complementary Spouse and I were thinking of this same revolver as her &#8220;first&#8221; gun, I found this review very helpful. I really can&#8217;t find anything that I really disagree with in the review. While a semi-auto may in fact be the better beginner gun, Robert makes some good points about why a revolver instead of a semi-auto pistol.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>There\u2019s too much that can go wrong: loading the magazine, loading the magazine into the gun, racking the slide, remembering to rack the slide, remembering if you\u2019ve racked the slide, remembering to deactivate a safety (where applicable), knowing when the gun is empty and knowing how to release the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>And knowing how to clear the chamber, remembering to clear the chamber, keeping track of the muzzle while you reload a new magazine, remembering to reactivate the safety (where applicable), etc. Not to mention limp wristing.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The one thing I&#8217;d add to this list is that some women have a hard time racking the slide.<\/p>\n<p>Now if Ruger would just do something about the rear sights&#8230; You can get rear sights installed as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunblast.com\/Bowen-SP101.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perfected SP101 package from revolver-smith Hamiltion Bowen<\/a>. It will cost you $495 which is about what you&#8217;d pay, give or take, for the SP101.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Truth About Guns blog has a review today of the Ruger SP101 3&#8243; .357 Magnum. 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