Match Champions, First a GP 100, then an SP 101 so can I
by ERSisk 
, Sunday, June 25, 2017, 21:49 (2645 days ago)
Expect an 8 shot 6.5" Redhawk Match champion tapered barrel, cut for moon clips, somewhere in my future?
What match do you shoot an SP101 in? Simple...
...the same one you shoot a GP100 in. The... um.... er.... uh...
Match Champion; poor choice in a name for the best .357
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Monday, June 26, 2017, 11:00 (2645 days ago) @ ERSisk
Ruger has ever produced. Smooth and pack-able, tapered in all the right places... The only thing Ruger could do to improve it would be to add a 7 shot cylinder and call it a Mountain Revolver 
The GP100 version, that is. Still trying to figure out the differences on the standard 4.2" SP101 and the new, improved " Match Champion" SP...
Gun companies seem to really be struggling to coin new names for new Products...
Bisley Super Blackhawk Hunter, for instance... The "Toklat" was a great name! A big game hunting and defense pistol with a descriptive name from an iconic patch of Alaska.
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Match Champion; poor choice in a name for the best .357
by Ray , Monday, June 26, 2017, 14:25 (2645 days ago) @ Rob Leahy
Ruger should buck the Mountain trend and call this revolver the Flatlander. Toklat is a great name and it's one of the Athabascan languages word for grizzly bear.
And I sure wish those gals that got mauled and killed
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Monday, June 26, 2017, 15:57 (2645 days ago) @ Ray
had had a Toklat on em...
BTW, I consulted with a City raised Inupiat friend... He gave me Ugugak as the name Grizzly Bear... But Toklat in Athabaskan, has such a better sound...
I was looking for a good name for the Sourdough Pancake at the time...
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The only Athabascan word I know is Sukakpak.
by Andrew , Bloomington, IN, Monday, June 26, 2017, 17:23 (2645 days ago) @ Ray
edited by Andrew, Monday, June 26, 2017, 17:55
What gun would deserve that name Ray?
Sukakpak
Like the joke that Vaquero meant "low and left" , Sukakpak, it means "uncomfortable to carry". ;)
The only Athabascan word I know is Sukakpak.
by Ray , Monday, June 26, 2017, 20:25 (2644 days ago) @ Andrew
I don't know but that sounds more like an Eskimo word than an Indian one.
And I sure wish those gals that got mauled and killed
by Ray , Monday, June 26, 2017, 20:30 (2644 days ago) @ Rob Leahy
Hmm, that might be Rob. I know Toklat is a word for grizzly because I heard it at UAF in my Alaska Native Languages class. Mom has been gone for 9 years or I'd ask her.
akluk. That's the Inupiaq Eskimo word for grizzly bear.
by Ray , Monday, June 26, 2017, 20:37 (2644 days ago) @ Ray
I asked a friend and he knew.
Thought The Security Six Was The Best. (NT)
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Thge Match Champion feels like the Sec. 6 but is stronger
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Monday, June 26, 2017, 23:07 (2644 days ago) @ ~JM~
than The Security Six. I was searching for a 4" SS Security Six until I handled and shot a Match Champion...If you have not I encourage you to do so...
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Match Champion; poor choice in a name for the best .357
by rob , Tuesday, June 27, 2017, 06:25 (2644 days ago) @ Rob Leahy
When they come out with your seven shot version of the Mountain Revolver they'll get my money....IF it has adjustable sight without the fiber optic front.
I only know what I've read.
by Andrew , Bloomington, IN, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, 20:01 (2643 days ago) @ Ray
It's suppose to mean "ugly face". The marble mountain on the the haul road is named that.