Dropped the Ball
Where Ruger really dropped the ball was when he brought out the SP-101. He did not do his research here. He went with the heavier small pistol, while S&W went with the lighter CCW. It is pretty obvious how this turned out. S&W cleaned up the market. Starting with the model 60 and never looking back. The SP-101 was a phenomenal revolver, but it was completely over built for what is was going to be used for, and that made it too darn heavy. I did sell several of these in the 357 Magnum version. For a small full power 357 they were a great revolver, especially for the person who was concerned with CC, and target shooting. However the original 38 Specail was a slow seller, and the 22LR version was also a slow seller.
Ruger has never seemed to be able to put out great numbers in the double action market, but they sure as he** control the single action market. Tom.
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