Picked up a Ruger LCR today - UPDATE - Shot it today!

Re: Picked up a Ruger LCR today

I've got court tomorrow, but if it doesn't go too long, I'm heading for the range to shoot this leight little EBR (Evil Black Revolver!)....

That's an old Clark Industries (Los Angeles, CA) spring loaded hip holster for a J-Frame S&W. I wanted to show that the most cutting edge, modern, carry revolver fits the same holsters as the classic little .38 snubnose from Smith & Wesson. That's why I threw the old ammo into the pic too. The modern DeSantis Nemesis pocket holster for the J-Frame works just as well.

I've been dry firing this Ruger all day long and carrying it around the house inside my waistband and opening the cylinder, mimicking a reload, pretty much just getting used to the whole package by monkeying around with it. The interesting thing is that there is no turn line on the cylinder at all. The bolt stop comes up early so it would normally leave a turn line. The "Advanced Target Grey" finish seems very tough and virtually unscratchable. I'm not sure what the name means and I wonder if it's some kind of PVD coating. It feels very slick too.

Re: Picked up a Ruger LCR today

The sun was out and there were puffy white clouds against a gorgeous blue sky today. I got out of court pretty early. The Conservation Club of Kenosha County opens at noon on Fridays and it's not usually very crowded. My wife and daughter are on Spring Break and they had nothing going on today (shocking because they've been constantly busy all week). So I said, "Let's all go to the range! Come on!"

It was a bit windy and therefore chilly but we had a great time.

Lauren started out shooting her Marlin 15YN .22 single shot youth rifle with iron sights at 25 yards. She was having a great time working the bolt and hitting what she aimed at. I told her where each shot went as I looked through the spotting scope.



My wife, Robin, tried out my Ruger 10/22 with a 4X Tasco scope, Volquartzen hammer, and Clark trigger. It breaks at 2 pounds even. She really liked it. With the scope, she could see her shots hit the center.



Then Lauren tried out the 10/22. She had never fired a rifle with a scope before (get her started with iron sights first, right?) and she really liked it. She pretty much just drilled the 10 ring with a shot in the 9 ring only if she hurried just a bit. She's so competitive, even against herself. She would fire several shots in the 10 ring and then throw one barely into the 9 ring and she'd be so disappointed.



Here she is with some the targets she shot at. The bunny and the top and bottom targets. The pink targets have about 25 rounds on each, most in the bullseye. Very fun!



The LCR is a handful. I guess it's just basic physics. The gun is super lightweight. No matter what load is fired through it, it's gonna kick...and kick hard. I shot some reloads that were pretty hot, some old Western Lubaloys and ten rounds of Federal Hydra-Shok +P's. The wide Hogue grip helps alot with managing the recoil. But no matter what, this little revolver kicks. I found I was shooting it low and left which I think was me anticipating the recoil. I staged the trigger until it locked up and then tried calmly pressing the trigger. This helped and was (obviously) much more accurate than trying to smoothly pull the trigger straight through double action.



I will shoot it again on Monday or Tuesday and I will shoot it at full size combat targets.

On a side note, a guy who was apparently not very informed fired a round through a shotgun with a scope mounted on it. He got one heck of a cut on his eyebrow line that's gonna need some stitches. OUCH!



-Steve

I shot the LCR some more today and several others tried it out as well. Everyone gave it high marks for build quality, double action trigger pull, and the fact that the Hogue grips tame the recoil. There's one heck of a muzzle blast when you let +P .38's go off! But even after 50 rounds, my hands don't hurt....