AJChenMPH
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Just shot an LCR .357 tonight after having shot a S&W 442 a couple of weeks ago. It's now on my list of "to own" pistols.
Happy with your LCR?
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See my Ruger LCR post.
I wouldn't want to shoot .357 in mine for casual practice, but when in a deadly confrontation, I don't think anyone would complain. (I had one friend who fired six shots at a charging grizzly out West and he doesn't even remember the recoil! He also didn't suffer any ringing of the ears, though he wasn't wearing hearing protection. Ditto with another friend who shot a cougar while inspecting fence posts in Utah. It dropped from a tree and charged him. They sent the head to the CDC in Colorado and it was determined to be rabid. He suffered from having to shoot such a beautiful animal, but doesn't recall shooting the six rounds from his .357 mag. No ear ringing there, either.)
The LCR is a great little revolver and I'm sure can be fired with magnum ammo in a crisis situation. I had a derringer that would'a liked to rip my hand off with .357 ammo when I test fired it. Fortunately, it didn't fire the second round half the time, so I got rid of it. The Ruger I suppose would be child's play in comparison.
The .357 (above) and .38 are almost indistinguishable on first view.
The .38 Rossi in stainless is still my favorite house gun, but
I also like the LCR .38 for light travel.
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I wouldn't want to shoot .357 in mine for casual practice, but when in a deadly confrontation, I don't think anyone would complain. (I had one friend who fired six shots at a charging grizzly out West and he doesn't even remember the recoil! He also didn't suffer any ringing of the ears, though he wasn't wearing hearing protection. Ditto with another friend who shot a cougar while inspecting fence posts in Utah. It dropped from a tree and charged him. They sent the head to the CDC in Colorado and it was determined to be rabid. He suffered from having to shoot such a beautiful animal, but doesn't recall shooting the six rounds from his .357 mag. No ear ringing there, either.)
The LCR is a great little revolver and I'm sure can be fired with magnum ammo in a crisis situation. I had a derringer that would'a liked to rip my hand off with .357 ammo when I test fired it. Fortunately, it didn't fire the second round half the time, so I got rid of it. The Ruger I suppose would be child's play in comparison.
The .357 (above) and .38 are almost indistinguishable on first view.
The .38 Rossi in stainless is still my favorite house gun, but
I also like the LCR .38 for light travel.
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SwampWolf
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I'm not sure if there's enough "meat" in the cylinder for Ruger to make one, but I'd be very interested in getting a six-shot LCR chambered in .327 Magnum. I think the best thing an LCR has over any Smith J-frame is the da trigger pull. Way lighter and smoother in my experience-and I have a couple of J-frames that I really like.
Prodigalshooter
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gnb
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I switched to a .38 LCR from a S&W 342 that I carried for about 10 years. The LCR is so much easier to shoot accurately due to the trigger & grip. Big improvement.
45crittergitter
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Happy with the .38 version. I installed XS night sight myself, and suspect it can be done on the .357. I used the roll pin instead of XS's glue-on method.
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