Phaedrus/69
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I wish Ruger would make their excellent LCRx 3" in .327 Federal!
I said it before and I'll say it again. I don't know why Ruger can't put the LCR trigger in their other revolvers, and why they do not make both a stainless and aluminum frame revolver the same size as the LCR... IMHO, they'll sell more than the LCR and the SP101.
Be patient...they went a couple years longer than anticipated to offer the 357 LCRx 3".I wish Ruger would make their excellent LCRx 3" in .327 Federal!
I agree, they are ugly but may have the best feeling double action on any out of the box gun ever.
I want to leave my guns to my grands or great-grandkids, and I'd like them to last for a couple of generations, but don't know about the longevity of the newer offerings that are greatly fiberglass reinforced plastic. I have had experience with "wonder" plastics literally falling to pieces after a decade or so. Does anyone have information about that?
There are plenty of pictures on the Internet too of Diamondback DB9 frames that have broken, and other brands too.
Polymer isn't adamantium.
I'm not sure if there is an advantage to steel over polymer 50 years from now. Most guns are going to be difficult to get parts for regardless of the material the frame is made out of. Maybe BHPs and 1911s are an exception to that - there are a lot of those around and probably will be for the next century.
IMO, two hundred years from the frame on a Ruger LCR is going to function just as well as it did when it left the factory.
I’m not surprised those loads are reduced power. I think they are supposed to produce 990 fps from (I think) a two inch barrel. Designed for compact 357 snubs.Speer 357 Magnum 135 gr. short barrel loads.......The recoil was not much greater than my 150-158 gr. IPSC 860 fps loads!
To be fair, there could be a plethora of reasons for why the frames in those pics cracked.
Yea as with recoil and any gun, YMMV. Haven't heard to many people complain about recoil while shooting 38 and I think you're the first to complain about poor accuracy especially at distances of only 7 yards. With 38 sp in the LCR, the recoil is no better or worse than shooting 9mm out of a single stack for me. With .357, the blast, recoil, and the beating up of my hand makes it hard for me to even get through a cylinder.Definitely a YMMV situation. I have an LCR .38 Special, but don't enjoy shooting it at all. The trigger is very good, I don't care how it looks, and it's light and small and sleek and therefore well-suited for carry. My complaint is that mine delivers what I consider to be very poor accuracy (7-yard groups that are often about 4 or 5x larger than any of my other handguns), and it's near painful to shoot due to the recoil and the way it fits the hand. I also bought the larger Hogue aftermarket grips for it and can't detect any meaningful improvement in the unpleasant-to-shoot nature of it. From a size and weight standpoint it would be good for carry, but it is not a gun that I want to shoot for practice or for fun, so I probably shouldn't even own it.
To be fair, there could be a plethora of reasons for why the frames in those pics cracked.