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So, i ordered up 2 of the Canadian legal length Ruger PC Carbine's.
one arrived via mail today and the 2nd my dad was kind enough to pick up for me at Bass Pro with their Black Friday Sale.
he is gonna send that one up so with the mail service it will be a little bit before i see that one.
but i wanted to swing in and put up a quick note about the new rifle.
im not going to lie, i have been waiting for this rifle for many years.
pull up a chair and let me spin a yarn for you and ill let you know a little strange fact i found out about the new rifle that arrived today as well.
so back in 1995 i was in my early 20's and decided to get into pistol shooting.
my first gun was a Ruger P89 9mm.
absolutely loved that gun and still have it today.
later that same year Ruger put out their PC9 and i fell in LOVE.
the thought of having a rifle that used the same magazines as your pistol and the same round.... blew my mind!
unfortunately the stars never aligned for me.
either i had no money when the opportunity came to get one or when i had money non could be found.
either way i went without..... always wanting one but never getting one.
fast forward to 2018 and the new iteration on the Ruger PC comes out and i jumped all over it!
so excited to get this rifle.
to make things even neater i actually have a ruger SR9 pistol so dont even have to change out the magwel and i can run it stock.
granted i have 3 glock 9mm but i think im gonna leave it with the SR9 magwel so that way i can use my SR9 more.
but i found something very strange when i unboxed the rifle today.
the magazine was very..... small
i looked at it and it was obviously smaller than the magazines for my SR9, yet labeled right on the magazine is SR9!
so strange.
so i run into the house and got my SR9 out of the safe and popped out the magazine and sure enough the mag that came with the rifle is only about 2/3 as long.
i tried to put the short mag into my pistol, not even close to fitting, easily 2 inches to short to even be close to feeding into the pistol.
i found that strange.
so i went onto Ruger's website and went and had a read of their write up about the rifle and it says right on the sight - comes with a Ruger SR magazine.
so i went to look at the SR9's and saw a Ruger SR9C - the compact model.
sure enough that is the magazine they sent with the rifle.
and here i was expecting to get a extra magazine for my pistol out of the deal!!
at any rate, ill be heading out to the range tomorow with the new rifle and 200 rounds of 9mm to break it in.
im super excited to go shooting.
im not gonna lie, this is easily the most excited ive been about going shooting ever!
first impressions of the rifle:
super solid rifle, i was expecting the stock to be thin plastic and cheap feeling like the Ruger American stocks but the stock is actually solid and has some heft to it.
they say on the video that the PC Carbine is very simular to the 10/22 and they are correct..... if the 10/22 was on steroids and hitting the gym for 5 hours a day for the last 8 years!
the gun is a lot thicker than i was expecting.
kinda like the GP100, bigger and thicker than youd expect, same goes for this rifle.
the lock up of the take down is super tight, a LOT tighter than the 10/22's and i am guessing its because everything is bigger, bigger diameter barrel, more metal to grab onto, either way it locks up TIGHT!
sights are good, different, the rear is mounted a lot more forward than any rifle ive ever shot, but i guess its good because you can mount an optic behind it, im thinking QR red dot is what ill go with.
took the rifle down, gave it a good cleaning, super nice fit and finish, no tool marks or anything, everything is smooooooooth.
let the rifle soak in some G96 as i will be doing winter conditions while shooting tomorrow.
so thats where im at, gun is here, its a lot more than i was expecting it to be and im super impressed with it.
tomorrow i will report back with how range time went with it.
ill add some pics of the rifle and the short magazine to you visual people.
the great magazine conspiracy of 2018 is below
one arrived via mail today and the 2nd my dad was kind enough to pick up for me at Bass Pro with their Black Friday Sale.
he is gonna send that one up so with the mail service it will be a little bit before i see that one.
but i wanted to swing in and put up a quick note about the new rifle.
im not going to lie, i have been waiting for this rifle for many years.
pull up a chair and let me spin a yarn for you and ill let you know a little strange fact i found out about the new rifle that arrived today as well.
so back in 1995 i was in my early 20's and decided to get into pistol shooting.
my first gun was a Ruger P89 9mm.
absolutely loved that gun and still have it today.
later that same year Ruger put out their PC9 and i fell in LOVE.
the thought of having a rifle that used the same magazines as your pistol and the same round.... blew my mind!
unfortunately the stars never aligned for me.
either i had no money when the opportunity came to get one or when i had money non could be found.
either way i went without..... always wanting one but never getting one.
fast forward to 2018 and the new iteration on the Ruger PC comes out and i jumped all over it!
so excited to get this rifle.
to make things even neater i actually have a ruger SR9 pistol so dont even have to change out the magwel and i can run it stock.
granted i have 3 glock 9mm but i think im gonna leave it with the SR9 magwel so that way i can use my SR9 more.
but i found something very strange when i unboxed the rifle today.
the magazine was very..... small
i looked at it and it was obviously smaller than the magazines for my SR9, yet labeled right on the magazine is SR9!
so strange.
so i run into the house and got my SR9 out of the safe and popped out the magazine and sure enough the mag that came with the rifle is only about 2/3 as long.
i tried to put the short mag into my pistol, not even close to fitting, easily 2 inches to short to even be close to feeding into the pistol.
i found that strange.
so i went onto Ruger's website and went and had a read of their write up about the rifle and it says right on the sight - comes with a Ruger SR magazine.
so i went to look at the SR9's and saw a Ruger SR9C - the compact model.
sure enough that is the magazine they sent with the rifle.
and here i was expecting to get a extra magazine for my pistol out of the deal!!
at any rate, ill be heading out to the range tomorow with the new rifle and 200 rounds of 9mm to break it in.
im super excited to go shooting.
im not gonna lie, this is easily the most excited ive been about going shooting ever!
first impressions of the rifle:
super solid rifle, i was expecting the stock to be thin plastic and cheap feeling like the Ruger American stocks but the stock is actually solid and has some heft to it.
they say on the video that the PC Carbine is very simular to the 10/22 and they are correct..... if the 10/22 was on steroids and hitting the gym for 5 hours a day for the last 8 years!
the gun is a lot thicker than i was expecting.
kinda like the GP100, bigger and thicker than youd expect, same goes for this rifle.
the lock up of the take down is super tight, a LOT tighter than the 10/22's and i am guessing its because everything is bigger, bigger diameter barrel, more metal to grab onto, either way it locks up TIGHT!
sights are good, different, the rear is mounted a lot more forward than any rifle ive ever shot, but i guess its good because you can mount an optic behind it, im thinking QR red dot is what ill go with.
took the rifle down, gave it a good cleaning, super nice fit and finish, no tool marks or anything, everything is smooooooooth.
let the rifle soak in some G96 as i will be doing winter conditions while shooting tomorrow.
so thats where im at, gun is here, its a lot more than i was expecting it to be and im super impressed with it.
tomorrow i will report back with how range time went with it.
ill add some pics of the rifle and the short magazine to you visual people.
the great magazine conspiracy of 2018 is below
