New Carry Option

[Gary]

I brought this fine piece of Ruger engineering home with me last Saturday for a carry option. Dressed out in 9mm and sporting a 1.85" snout, she is light and the trigger pull isn't all that bad. Came with the obligatory padlock and a packet of 3 Moon Clips. The clips are easy to use and make brass cleanup a breeze.
Shot some Hornady Home Defense loads and she quickly became a handful. MUCH more recoil than I expected, however I will be taming her down with some loads not quite as stout. All in all, this is another fine addition to the Ruger lineup as well as my personal arsenal.

 

[KeithB]

I like it! Moon clips make reloading much more fumble proof. Nice acquisition.

 

[Rick]

It's a Luger Ruger. Gary is concealed carry poet.

 

[Ian]

My stepmom got one of those this summer in .38 Special as a carry pistol on my recommendation as a lightweight replacement for her S&W Bodyguard. It's pretty lively with 2.7 grains BE and 148 Lee wadcutters crimped in the crimp groove and fired out of RP wadcutter brass, but quite accurate, handy, simple, snag-free, super lightweight, and fits her tiny hands

 

[KHornet]

A very effective looking CC weapon, particularly for a woman.
I am convinced that a DA revolver is the most practical carry
weapon for the majority of women. No problem with auto
slide, no jam, just point and pull. The KISS principle!!!!!

Paul

 

[JWFilips]

My Wife is a strong women ....But she can not rack any semi auto!!!! Not even an auto Ruger .22 LR. ( But she can easily turn the lug nuts off my Pickup!!!
Double action for her all the way! She is deadly accurate with her S&W Mod 32 38 S&W Terrier! She shoots it better double action then I can shoot Single action!

 

[Gary]

Truth be told, I bought it for my wife, hate to give it up, but she just couldn't rack the slide on the Glock 42 I got last year.

 

[358156 hp]

It's a Luger Ruger. Gary is concealed carry poet.

Don'tcha know it...
I had a pair of S&W 940s, the 9mm version of the Centennial. The recoil itself wasn't too bad, but the muzzle flip was horrendous. They're both long gone now...

 

[KHornet]

I bought a little ruger 380 for the wife. She put 6 rounds thru it, got bit on the last shot a mite,
and said she had no use for it. S0000-I bought her a DA 2" Stubby Revolver of German mfg in 357.
It is fairly heavy and loaded with target loads in 38S, is very manageable. The thing is pretty
accurate out to about 7 yds, which is as far as I feel is about right for a 2" bbl. Very good
night stand gun.

Paul

 

[Winelover]

I opted for the 357 version. Better trigger than my three J-frame Smith's and only a couple of ounces heavier. Better sights, too. I stuck set of Crimson Trace laser grips on, to complete the package. Fits in the same holsters, I use for the J-frames.

 

[Ian]

I have been absolutely amazed at two things that consistently happen with 2"-barreled .38/.357 revolvers: How well they group even at long range (sight radius is the only handicap) and how tight they pattern shot compared to 4-6" barrels.

 

[Pistolero]

That is certainly an unusual finish, but these days guns can be pretty much any color. I like
the concept of a Luger Ruger. Good for a fast reload, for sure. I like the trigger pull on the
Ruger LCRs, nice and smooth, but have never fired one. I like Rugers as a general rule.

My two snubs are worlds apart in how they shot - but then, one is a Colt Cobra (aluminum frame) and the
other is a S&W 342 (aluminum frame, titanium cyl, 10.5 oz). Both in .38 Spl.

The Cobra loves pretty much anything and everything, shooting slightly left of POA, but not enough to worry about.
Buy just pointing like a finger I can center shots on a IPSC target at 10 yds every time....weird.

The nice little Smith was a problem child that finally came thru. Scattered all the wonder bullet defense loads I tried,
(at around $1 a shot!) in 6"ish groups from 18" low to 6" high at 25 yds . Bah! Finally tried an old favorite, cast
357429 over 5 gr of Unique. Bingo. 2" at 10 yds in a quick group, exactly to pt of aim. Loaded with 155 gr HP
versions is what it gets now. Highly recommended load, expands well and seems to approximate
the much lauded "FBI lead HP .38 Spl" load of days gone by.

Bill

 

[Pistolero]

The Man With the Golden Gun - they should make a movie.

I think snubs can be more ammo sensitive, it will be interesting to see if it
prefers one load, or is an omnivore.

 

[Gary]

Bill; that's the result of trying to Photoshop to clear/clean up the photo. It's, as I strongly suspect you know, the standard dark blue Ruger normally use. Other than the color of the photo, it's not a bad pic.

 

[Ian]

Plastic grip frame, some sort of alloy cylinder frame, and barrel liner make it a very light package, and indeed they are black.

 

[Pistolero]

Oh, the cyl looks like a nice titanium nitride coating, so I figured it was just one of the new
non-standard colors that have been turning up.
How about this? Assuming that is a std blue hospital surgical cloth, like I have in my gun
cleaning stuff.

 

[Gary]

Pretty close Bill; and it is a standard blue surgical drape. Used to do Anesthesia; I have a shop loaded with these towels.

 

[KeithB]

I kinda liked the poisonous gold/green in the original photo. Just my taste...

 

[Pistolero]

On my monitor, the original pic looks like the cyl is exactly the same finish as a titanium nitride
drill bit, pure gold. Monitors shift colors a bit, so they will never be a perfect match for different
displays.

Bill

 

[freebullet]

Nice! My mother has the 38 version. Surprisingly, it has a nice trigger.