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Offline PA Boxcall

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The new addition...
« on: November 01, 2011, 09:23:52 PM »
Picked up a new revolver, wanted a new truck and trail gun that was built like a tank, and the Ruger SP101 in the new .327 Federal Magnum fit that bill perfect.   *dance*

Here it is wearing new cocobolo grip panels.  What a great shooter this is, perfect size, and the .327 is a cool caliber.





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Re: The new addition...
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 09:27:16 PM »
Congrats on a fine handgun! *dance*

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Re: The new addition...
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2011, 08:16:43 AM »
Nice Pistol John . But just think of all the turkey calls you could have bought with that money ,  *lol*
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Re: The new addition...
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2011, 08:13:01 PM »
327 is a nice set up.   *up*
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Re: The new addition...
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2011, 08:54:15 PM »
Congrats to ya.... RkLu
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Re: The new addition...
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2012, 09:25:56 PM »

 Nice piece!!  *up*

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Re: The new addition...
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2012, 07:58:56 AM »
Noticed this thread popped up from last fall.

UPDATE:  After putting a box or two through, I noticed a lot of blow back on my face, way too much for a revolver, and I had trouble ejecting empty casings.  Actually needed to tap the ejector rod on the bench to get the empties out.

I also noticed that some of the brass was splitting.  Now the 327 Federal Magnum is a very high pressure load, so it didn't surprise me that the brass would fail, but not this bad.  I determined that one of the six cylinder holes was giving me problems, so I indexed it and sent it back to Ruger.

I received an email update from Ruger saying they were replacing the gun, shipping a new serial number SP101 to my dealer.  No questions asked.

So with the nice weather yesterday I got to shoot the new SP101 and everything worked out just fine.  Nice having this piece back in the rotation.

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Re: The new addition...
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2012, 08:56:13 PM »
Looks like a sweet gun and great job on Ruger!!