twofewscrews
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Today was a beautiful day in western NY so me and my buddy took my Ruger PC Carbine (model 19116) out to the range to have a little fun. He had shot it when I first got it but since then I have added an ambidextrous rotating safety from taccom, eagle eye sights from tandomkross, and a volquartsen target hammer. As near as I can tell the target hammer reduced the trigger pull from around 4.2lbs to 3.2lbs. We messed about for 100 rounds or so using the irons and my red dot at 25 yards. Then we threw a bipod and a cheap 3-9x scope on it and went out to 100 yards.
I honestly wasn't expecting much accuracy at 100 yards but I was pleasantly surprised with what we got. There were a couple groups at 100 yards that were right on top of each other. I'm not saying it was incredibly consistent, that we key holed every shot, but once the carbine was dialed in, we waited for the barrel to cool a little, and we took our time there were a few groups where each of us managed to put three out of five shots into a inch (shots touching or overlapping) and the next two shots within three inches. With five shot groups we were able to put most shots within a five inch square.
I wasn't expecting sub MOA accuracy or anything close from a 9mm carbine, and I'm not saying it was so accurate that it blew my socks off, but that it was way more accurate then I though a 9mm carbine would be at 100 yards with a cheap 3-9x scope.
For those of you with Ruger PC Carbines what have your experiences been with it at various distances?
I didn't take picture of the targets but I got a couple from last time shooting the iron sights from the bench at 25 and 50. The far left is 25 yards and the next two are 50.
Not the best groups but nothing to laugh at either
For what it worth, I tell you that at 100 yards we were able to put three out of five shots into one of those little red dots and the next two within three inches of it. I really should have taken pictures
I honestly wasn't expecting much accuracy at 100 yards but I was pleasantly surprised with what we got. There were a couple groups at 100 yards that were right on top of each other. I'm not saying it was incredibly consistent, that we key holed every shot, but once the carbine was dialed in, we waited for the barrel to cool a little, and we took our time there were a few groups where each of us managed to put three out of five shots into a inch (shots touching or overlapping) and the next two shots within three inches. With five shot groups we were able to put most shots within a five inch square.
I wasn't expecting sub MOA accuracy or anything close from a 9mm carbine, and I'm not saying it was so accurate that it blew my socks off, but that it was way more accurate then I though a 9mm carbine would be at 100 yards with a cheap 3-9x scope.
For those of you with Ruger PC Carbines what have your experiences been with it at various distances?
I didn't take picture of the targets but I got a couple from last time shooting the iron sights from the bench at 25 and 50. The far left is 25 yards and the next two are 50.
Not the best groups but nothing to laugh at either
For what it worth, I tell you that at 100 yards we were able to put three out of five shots into one of those little red dots and the next two within three inches of it. I really should have taken pictures