Ruger Carbine

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I can see why a .45 would be nice, but I'd prefer a .40 to a 10mm for my uses. Shooting subs there's no difference other than cost. I suppose if you want to go for max velocity the 10mm would be a bit better, that just seems like trying to drag race a Honda Civic. The draw of the PCC for me is as a cheap, easy shooting plinker with fat relatively slow bullets. Even a revved out 10mm carbine is going to be ballistically inferior to your most basic intermediate rifle caliber carbine.
 
To pair with their preferred handguns. To have a more powerful round than 9mm (or .40). Those would be the main two reasons I can think of off the top of my head.
Yes more powerful but for what is the question?

MP5's are 9mm:)
 
For hunting or defense purposes. Others just prefer to shoot more powerful weapons. MP5s, while most commonly found in 9mm have been made in 10mm and probably other cartridges too.

Yes, I already said 10mm for perhaps hunting, 45 for SD is just a caliber "debate"
It is what it is.
 
Ta-da...
https://androcorpind.com/9mm-flash-hider-assembly-1-2-x-28/

If $13 is too expensive, or if birdcage it's too tactical, I think you might be out of luck.


I ordered on and received in a few days. Shipped right away. I could not "time" it with the crush washer included so just used the o ring which held the thread nut.
Had a Vortex StrikeFire II that I never installed on anything so slapped that on as well. Went to the range, sighted it in and I am now TactiCOOL!!:)
 
Bought mine when they came out and love it. Vortex spitfire and the Ruger mags get the job done for me. Out to 100 yards it’ll do 2in groups offhand. I haven’t put it on the bags yet but i suspect it’ll do better. Might hand load some 147 grain thumpers and use it for brush busting deer this year.
 
Rifle and handgun as long as it’s not rimfire. Shotgun as long as it’s a single projectile and 20GA or larger.
 
I'm a Ruger fan, the carbines look cool and the price is right, but the only thing stopping me from owning one is the weight. I don't see why a 9mm rifle has to weigh the same as a 30-06 one. They're a little different animal, but Keltec can get their blowback 9mm carbine down to 4 lbs.

If the Rugers were in the 5 lb M1 Carbine type weight range, I'd pry already have two.
 
If anyone actually has a Ruger PC in 40cal I'd love to hear your thoughts on performance, etc.
I have the 40 PC Carbine and had the Glock hi-cap 22-round 40 mags for it. I would have the 6th to 8th round hang up using those mags, but the rest of the mag would run flawlessly. Some of the hi-cap mags would fit properly and others would be a tight fit and would not drop free. Otherwise, it is relatively accurate using both 180 gr. and 165 gr. fmj's, being able to keep all the hits in the black of a 50 yard slow fire pistol target with iron sights and getting even smaller groups after sighting in the Primary Arms advanced micro dot.
I have since sold the Glock mags and actually was going to sell the carbine, but not having any takers decided to pull the sale and then bought five Ruger SR-40 15-round mags to use, those mags have ran flawlessly.
 
I ordered on and received in a few days. Shipped right away. I could not "time" it with the crush washer included so just used the o ring which held the thread nut.
Had a Vortex StrikeFire II that I never installed on anything so slapped that on as well. Went to the range, sighted it in and I am now TactiCOOL!!:)

Sounds like you're in the fast lane to operator-ville. You'll be upside-down fast roping out of helicopters while dropping Tangos in no time!

I'm a Ruger fan, the carbines look cool and the price is right, but the only thing stopping me from owning one is the weight. I don't see why a 9mm rifle has to weigh the same as a 30-06 one. They're a little different animal, but Keltec can get their blowback 9mm carbine down to 4 lbs.

If the Rugers were in the 5 lb M1 Carbine type weight range, I'd pry already have two.

I'm sure the 24 oz bolt and recoil assembly plays a part. 6.8 lb isn't bad for something that's going to be run with irons or a lightweight red dot at most. I've only shot the Sub2k a few times, but remember the recoil being kind of sharp for what it was, probably the price of having 1/3 of the firearm mass in the reciprocating bolt.
 
I'm sure the 24 oz bolt and recoil assembly plays a part. 6.8 lb isn't bad for something that's going to be run with irons or a lightweight red dot at most. I've only shot the Sub2k a few times, but remember the recoil being kind of sharp for what it was, probably the price of having 1/3 of the firearm mass in the reciprocating bolt.

Yeah, that's definitely the price you pay for lighter weight. I had shot 7.62x39 out of AKs and SKSs and didn't think much of it, but the first time I shot a 5 1/2 pound CZ 527 was a surprise. Still love that rifle though!
 
What do you guys think of a Ruger carbine 9 mm as a first gun? Would it serve well to teach people how to shoot, and also have some 'legs', in that people would stick with it?

I bought the 10/22 as the first gun and it's ok, but it's kind of boring to shoot. I don't shoot it much anymore.
 
What do you guys think of a Ruger carbine 9 mm as a first gun? Would it serve well to teach people how to shoot, and also have some 'legs', in that people would stick with it?

I bought the 10/22 as the first gun and it's ok, but it's kind of boring to shoot. I don't shoot it much anymore.
It will be nearly the same, slightly more recoil and more expensive ammo.
 
What do you guys think of a Ruger carbine 9 mm as a first gun? Would it serve well to teach people how to shoot, and also have some 'legs', in that people would stick with it?

I bought the 10/22 as the first gun and it's ok, but it's kind of boring to shoot. I don't shoot it much anymore.
You want a gun for new people and you already have it in the 10/22. It may be boring to you but that's not really relevant to a new shooter. Either way, the two guns are virtually the same just in different calibers.
 
You want a gun for new people and you already have it in the 10/22. It may be boring to you but that's not really relevant to a new shooter. Either way, the two guns are virtually the same just in different calibers.

Mostly I was thinking of a hypothetical scenario, eg if I wrote a novel and had a character buy a gun, would the Ruger carbine be reasonable. Maybe I'll would have another character argue with him about it...
 
Without knowing the novel details it's hard to say. ARs are more common of course. They are comparable in both weight and length to the Ruger carbine. There have been more than a few comments on THR about the Ruger being a more traditional-looking weapon and thus not attracting the negative attention the AR seems to receive. The carbines certainly are popular.
 
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