Anyone have a Ruger carbine?

[IanC]

Ive never seen one in a store or in person at all, only in adds.
Im not really all that taken with the standard
ruger rifle design but ive got to say i like the look of the carbine very much.
Who stocks these things in canada?
Just wondering if anyone can offer any insight to these little rifles.
The only other rifle like this ive shot is the Beretta Storm and let me
say that thing is a peach.

Anyone in the Chatham, ON area who will let me try theirs sometime?
IanC

 

[acrashb]

Totally reliable. Rugged as hell. Accurate enough. You hardly have to clean it. Really liked mine.

 

[pc9]

I went and sold mine and regret it everyday.Great little gun and accurate.

 

[soldier506]

I wish there was a .45 version.

 

[aiwa]

Light and easy to swing around.

 

[Trident]

Ian, I have a cottage in Blenheim right on the lake (Shrewsbury). Next time I go, I'll give you a shout and bring it with me.. easily one of my favorite guns.

Brian

 

[fireguy]

Just traded my PC4 in a move to 9mm - loved the rifle, though. Great shooter - will probably regret a ways down the road...

 

[IanC]

From what im gathering here everyone wishes they still had theirs.
Mabey someday i will look into one for myslelf. Pretty cool i met a local
shooter who gave me a tentative invite.
You guys came through again. BTW fireguy great avatar...Arena was by
far the best episode!
IanC

 

[Unregistered]

I have the PC40. It is not light, it is as heavy as a my 14.5" AR, if not heavier! However, it is reliable and accurate. So far, I have fired at least 200 rounds from mine with 100% reliability.

It shoots 1" groups at 25 yards and 2.5" (probably capable of 2") groups at 50yards with a Bushnell red-dot sight. Handles surprisingly well. Definitely a good buy. It's disadvantages compared to something like the Beretta Storm are relatively high recoil because of the huge and heavy bolt, and heavy weight.

Trigger is a little clunky, but very servicable, and probably better than the Beretta Storm's trigger, which is described as "mushy." If I can get a 1" group at 25 yards and 2.5" at 50 yards, the trigger can't be that bad. It's just heavy.

Doesn't need much cleaning, and seems indestructable. But where can you find spares for it these days? They're out of production now, I'm told.

 

[8MAG]

I put a 3X9 mildot on my PC9 and shot two groups at 100 yds one was 1 1/2 inch the other was 1 1/4. That was with Winchester 147 gr fact. 500 rounds with no jams. This gun is not for sale. I will try to lighten the trigger pull this weekend.

 

[tiriaq]

One of the competitors in the Canadian Law Enforcement Games used a PC9 with factory open sights. It shot well. With a decent optical sight, it would have been an excellent shooter.