Sr9, PCC, PC Charger question

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Somebody help me wrap my head around this....

So I’ve got one of each (ok, so it's an SR9c) but the concept is the same. Glock compatibility aside, Why, as a manufacturer, do you cease production of the SR9 series yet introduce the Carbine and then the Charger that have a magazine well to accept SR9 series magazines? I understand at least the Carbine and the SR9 had some production overlap, but what am I missing??

I’m no Irwin Jacobs here; but it seems kind of....back asswards to market carbine rifles and Charger pistols that accept magazines for guns you don’t even make anymore, yet pretty clearly there is a demand,and the replacements don’t seem to measure up.
 
Trying to capitalize on all the people who have bought an SR9 or 9c over the past 10 to 12 years. I have no idea of how many were sold but only 90,000 to 100,000 a year for as long as they were made is over a million customers that already have magazines for the carbine
 
The PCC and Charger have three magazine wells available: Ruger SR9/Security 9; Ruger American, and; Glock. The Security 9 and American are Ruger's current fullsize 9mm pistols. Since the Security 9 has both a dedicated locking notch on the side of the magazine and a locking notch like the SR9 on the front of the magazine, Ruger wisely built the PCC/Charger magwell around the front locking notch to work with magazines from both models of pistols.
 
Honestly I think it would make Ruger blush in to produce a carbine using magazines from a competitor's pistol. Using Ruger mags lets them save face and also sell a ton of carbines to Glock owners.
They were right in my case. I probably wouldn't have bought my PCC if it only used the Ruger mags. It now sits happily with a 33rd in the well and a couple 17 mags in a saddle for back up.
 
Honestly I think it would make Ruger blush in to produce a carbine using magazines from a competitor's pistol. Using Ruger mags lets them save face and also sell a ton of carbines to Glock owners.

If Ruger also produced magazine wells for S&W, Beretta, and SIG magazines, Ruger could blush all the way to the bank for selling many more PC Carbines and Chargers.
 
If Ruger also produced magazine wells for S&W, Beretta, and SIG magazines, Ruger could blush all the way to the bank for selling many more PC Carbines and Chargers.

I agree. I have heard more than one person say “Darn, I wish it could use my (fill in the blank) magazines. I would buy one...”
 
The PCC and Charger have three magazine wells available: Ruger SR9/Security 9; Ruger American, and; Glock. The Security 9 and American are Ruger's current fullsize 9mm pistols. Since the Security 9 has both a dedicated locking notch on the side of the magazine and a locking notch like the SR9 on the front of the magazine, Ruger wisely built the PCC/Charger magwell around the front locking notch to work with magazines from both models of pistols.

Thank you. That makes some sense now.
 
I wouldn’t be surprised if Ruger or an after market business offered additional brand magwells. for the PC.

Since the PC Carbine has been out for more than three years, you might not want to hold your breath for Ruger to introduce new magwells, even if it does seem like it would be a profit generator for Ruger.

I don't know if some aspect of the PCC magwell is patented and Ruger might want too much in the way of royalties from after-market companies.
 
I know injection molds are expensive but some enterprising firm might be able to sell a few by 3D printing them.
Although it's possible to print a magwell insert, it's not trivial. I started working on it in 2019. I used to make fully printed magwell adapters for 9mm AR. However, I was unable to design a 3D-only magwell adapter for Ruger PCC. The challenge really is to design something that's durable. My latest unit can take about 1,000 rounds and up to 4 mag dumps in a row. But I ended using metal parts for key elements, such as the magazine latch. Only the body of the adapter is 3D-printed.

 
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