Katana8869
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Okay folks here's how it went! 
I took the gun to the back of the property to my shooting area along with 100 of my reloads which use a 158gr LSWC bullet over 3.5 grains of Bullseye powder, 20 Remington .38+p 125gr Semi - Jacketed HP's and 20 135gr Speer Gold Dot +P's
I decided to dive right in, so after I stepped back from the target I didn't bother with any slow fire at all. My first group was a 5-5-5 drill, 5 shots in 5 seconds fired from 5 yards into a 5 inch circle. This is a standard drill that I do with my J-frame Airweights. The LCR stuck all 5 rounds into the circle effortlessley. A big help in that is the fact that the LCR has bigger sights than a J-frame. It is very easy to get a good sight picture with this gun and to recover it between shots.
Here is my very first group that I fired from the new gun.
From there I moved back to 7 yards and started playing with shooting groups with about 1 second between shots. Again the gun did quite well. Here is an example of what I was able to do there.
I was having fun (there's a word not heard very often when talking about lightweight snubbies) at this point so I just started banging away at 7 yards just to function test the revolver and get more familiar with it. This target was shot with 25 rounds fired rapid fire.
I was just goofing off and because of that I screwed up and pulled 2 rounds out of the black, but the rest went where they were supposed to.
With standard pressure loads the LCR is a hoot to blast away with. Recoil is noticibly sharper with +P ammo, but not so much to be of any real concern. Both the Remington and the Speer +P's did very well in this gun and accuracy with them was still on par with my lower velocity reloads. In fact, the Ruger seems to shoot just a tad tighter with the hotter ammo.
I really am trying to resist the temptation to say that I like the LCR better than my Airweights. I will say that the better sights and it's smoother, lighter trigger made me much more certain of my ability to shoot it accurately than I am with my Airweight S&W's. I was one of those guys that really had to put alot of effort and ammo into my 642 and my 638 in order to learn to shoot them well enough to use them as carry guns. After a lot of work, I was finally able to feel competent with them. My first experience with the LCR left me feeling more than competent, I now feel confident that I have a little snub nose that will put 'em where they need to be and that in itself is enough for me to declare the LCR to be my new carry revolver.
Next time out I will try shooting it at longer range and see how it does. On another note, I love the way the LCR carries in my pocket, but I was happy to see that it would basically fit in my Bianchi Profesional IWB holster that I use for my S&W and Taurus snubs. Due to the Ruger's larger trigger guard the trigger is left slightly exposed but not enough to be of any real concern, at least not to me anyway. Others may disagree so I would suggest that anyone reading this take that with a grain of salt. I am not endorsing this holster for anybody else and I will be on the lookout for a better fitting one. For now though, this holster will do for what my needs are.
So, that's it! It has been a fun weekend playing with the new addition to the family. Here's one more pic for the road
I took the gun to the back of the property to my shooting area along with 100 of my reloads which use a 158gr LSWC bullet over 3.5 grains of Bullseye powder, 20 Remington .38+p 125gr Semi - Jacketed HP's and 20 135gr Speer Gold Dot +P's
I decided to dive right in, so after I stepped back from the target I didn't bother with any slow fire at all. My first group was a 5-5-5 drill, 5 shots in 5 seconds fired from 5 yards into a 5 inch circle. This is a standard drill that I do with my J-frame Airweights. The LCR stuck all 5 rounds into the circle effortlessley. A big help in that is the fact that the LCR has bigger sights than a J-frame. It is very easy to get a good sight picture with this gun and to recover it between shots.
Here is my very first group that I fired from the new gun.
From there I moved back to 7 yards and started playing with shooting groups with about 1 second between shots. Again the gun did quite well. Here is an example of what I was able to do there.
I was having fun (there's a word not heard very often when talking about lightweight snubbies) at this point so I just started banging away at 7 yards just to function test the revolver and get more familiar with it. This target was shot with 25 rounds fired rapid fire.
I was just goofing off and because of that I screwed up and pulled 2 rounds out of the black, but the rest went where they were supposed to.
With standard pressure loads the LCR is a hoot to blast away with. Recoil is noticibly sharper with +P ammo, but not so much to be of any real concern. Both the Remington and the Speer +P's did very well in this gun and accuracy with them was still on par with my lower velocity reloads. In fact, the Ruger seems to shoot just a tad tighter with the hotter ammo.
I really am trying to resist the temptation to say that I like the LCR better than my Airweights. I will say that the better sights and it's smoother, lighter trigger made me much more certain of my ability to shoot it accurately than I am with my Airweight S&W's. I was one of those guys that really had to put alot of effort and ammo into my 642 and my 638 in order to learn to shoot them well enough to use them as carry guns. After a lot of work, I was finally able to feel competent with them. My first experience with the LCR left me feeling more than competent, I now feel confident that I have a little snub nose that will put 'em where they need to be and that in itself is enough for me to declare the LCR to be my new carry revolver.
Next time out I will try shooting it at longer range and see how it does. On another note, I love the way the LCR carries in my pocket, but I was happy to see that it would basically fit in my Bianchi Profesional IWB holster that I use for my S&W and Taurus snubs. Due to the Ruger's larger trigger guard the trigger is left slightly exposed but not enough to be of any real concern, at least not to me anyway. Others may disagree so I would suggest that anyone reading this take that with a grain of salt. I am not endorsing this holster for anybody else and I will be on the lookout for a better fitting one. For now though, this holster will do for what my needs are.
So, that's it! It has been a fun weekend playing with the new addition to the family. Here's one more pic for the road
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