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The use of laser ablation source-equipped chirped pulse and Balle-Flygare type cavity spectrometers have been utilized to accurately measure multiple isotopologues of the tin monochloride molecule in the $X2\Pi 12$ state. The molecule has been synthesized by ablating tin foil in the presence of 0.3% Cl$2$ in Ar. Rotational constants, nuclear electric quadrupole coupling constants, and magnetic hyperfine constants for the many isotopologues will be discussed. Although rotational analyses of this molecule have been previously performed nderline{\textbf{20}} (1987), 5931-5937}, this is the first high-resolution, microwave study of SnCl.