OT - Never Liked the looks of the Ruger LCR...
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OT - Never Liked the looks of the Ruger LCR...
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Re: OT - Never Liked the looks of the Ruger LCR...
Yet another reason to stick with my S&W M-640!!
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Re: OT - Never Liked the looks of the Ruger LCR...
Never been able to warm up to'em. I prefer steel. I do have a Glockamatic for crawling through the mud. That one looks really bad.
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Re: OT - Never Liked the looks of the Ruger LCR...
Dang, what a mess, do you know the story behind that? Obstructed barrel maybe? I always thought they was ugly.
Re: OT - Never Liked the looks of the Ruger LCR...
That doesn't make me want one.
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Re: OT - Never Liked the looks of the Ruger LCR...
The link to the story is under the picture...ceb wrote:Dang, what a mess, do you know the story behind that? Obstructed barrel maybe? I always thought they was ugly.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2010 ... cr-kaboom/
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Re: OT - Never Liked the looks of the Ruger LCR...
The consensus seems to be squib/obstructed barrel. Which to me speaks highly of the gun.
They may not be pretty, but they are very light and have a great trigger.
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Re: OT - Never Liked the looks of the Ruger LCR...
Squib followed by full-powered round which expanded inside barrel of two-piece barrel which shattered outside left of two-piece barrel. No other damage. Not so bad.
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Re: OT - Never Liked the looks of the Ruger LCR...
They may not look great but for a 13oz gun to take a full house load with the barrel plugged solid.
Just shows why Ruger is a top notch Company. just like a women,looks are only part of the equation!
I would buy one without reservation after seeing that!
Just shows why Ruger is a top notch Company. just like a women,looks are only part of the equation!
I would buy one without reservation after seeing that!
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Re: OT - Never Liked the looks of the Ruger LCR...
True, the gun held together as well as could be expected (or better), and I'll bet like most Rugers, they are 'strong enough, and then some', but I still don't like the looks or design. I'd rather tote a bit of extra stainless for a more traditional SP-101 or better yet, an older Speed Six!
This quote from the discussion was interesting.
I worry even more with semiautos; it's so easy to shoot really fast. . .
. . . imagine a similar situation in a .308 or .223 rifle . . .
This quote from the discussion was interesting.
Interesting stuff; reminds me to be sure I listen carefully as I shoot, whatever gun I'm shooting.Mark Reisingon wrote: I am an instructor in Ohio, and about a year ago we had a student that was shooting Blazer 158 gr +P and he suffered a squib load. Unfortunately, he continued to fire the gun 3 more times, pushing the first stuck round out of the barrel and stacking 3 more up in the barrel and spliting the barrel at the forcing cone, splitting the frame at the same location and springing the frame out of square enough that the cylinder would not open without assistance from a hammer. The revolver was a Rossi and I was suprised that it did not have a more catastrophic failure. The remainder of the ammo was returned to CCI, including the remainder of the case that the dealer had. CCI replaced the ammo and might have replaced the gun except we made a deal with the student to keep the gun as a training aid.
I would not discount the possibility that this LCR kaboom was caused by a squib load. We’ve seen squibs in CCI Blazer, Remington and Winchester over the last year.
I worry even more with semiautos; it's so easy to shoot really fast. . .
. . . imagine a similar situation in a .308 or .223 rifle . . .
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