According to their own material the Ruger magwell will allow SR, American and Security 9 mags to work.It is nice that they're including a Glock mag well adapter. If you want to use Ruger American Pistol mags, you'll have to buy an additional adapter.
Ruger could have easily gone the other way with that - shipped the rifle with the SR and American Pistol magwell adapters and made the Glock adapter available for sale.
A .45 version would pair well with my G21. I have a couple of long Korean stick mags that work fine.
I looked into that and the dead blow weight is mounted inside the bolt. See page 34 of the pdf file.
http://ruger-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/_manuals/PC-Carbine.pdf
According to their own material the Ruger magwell will allow SR, American and Security 9 mags to work.
Interchangeable magazine wells for use of common Ruger® and Glock® magazines. Ships with SR-Series Pistol and Security-9® magazine well installed and an additional magazine well accepting Glock® magazines is included. Ruger American Pistol® magazine well is available at ShopRuger.com.
Page 43 of the Ruger PC Carbine Manual lists three magazine wells: #38 for SR9, #40 for G9, and #41 for American 9mm.I took that to mean if you wanted to use American Pistol magazines you'd have to buy he adapter from the Ruger store.
Page 43 of the Ruger PC Carbine Manual lists three magazine wells: #38 for SR9, #40 for G9, and #41 for American 9mm.
I can't see it being a sign of the RAP sales, good or bad.The point he's making is that the PC Carbine ships with the SR & Glock magwells, but the American magwell has to be purchased separately. It's unusual for a company to not include the adapter for their own product, but instead include one for a third-party. In this case, though, I think it's an indication that the American pistol was something of a sales failure, to the point that Ruger isn't confident that an American magwell will affect PC Carbine sales significantly enough as compared to reaching out to Glock owners.
Also, 2nd review of this carbine is up.
I know him personaly. Jeffs a square shooter!I met Jeff at Gunsite back a few years ago. We asked him why he never posted anything negative. He said his mom always told him if he couldn't say something nice he shouldn't say anything.
What he does is post reviews on guns that he likes or that work as he expects them to. He said he does get guns from manufacturers that don't function. These get sent back with nothing being posted.
Same here.Lately, I've been kicking around the idea of selling my G21, since I just don't shoot it anymore, in favor of my 17 and 26. A carbine to keep it company might make me keep it. Hmmmm
I can't see it being a sign of the RAP sales, good or bad.
It makes more sense that Glock magazines are out there in large quanities and higher capacities. SRs have been around awhile. It makes better marketing sense to make the product appeal to the crowd, in this instance, that has the available mags in their stock.
Glock owners have been screaming at Glock to make a carbine for the better part of a decade.I also think the use of Glock mags in a Ruger is easy for Ruger to swallow as Glock doesn't make a competing PCC. Definitely a plus for Ruger with the opportunity to bring over Glock pistol owners.