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What is with Ruger

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#1 ·
So Ruger comes out with the LCR. An ugly gun, but it seems to work great.

Then Federal comes out with the .327 Mag - an ideal cartridge for small frame guns - so Ruger chambers it in the SP-101, a pocket sized tank!

Then Ruger comes out with the 8 shot LCR in .22LR. Perfect idea as a match to a light .38 or .357. Great for the trail. Wonderful idea.

Now they're chambering the .22Mag - but as a 6 shot! Why?!?!?! If they kept it an 8 shot, they'd save a ton of weight - which isn't needed to tame the mighty .22Mag and I'd think it would be easy to manufacture on the .22LR tooling. Instead they've got the .22Mag at the same weight as the .357.

What are these people thinking?
 
#2 ·
Now they're chambering the .22Mag - but as a 6 shot! Why?!?!?! If they kept it an 8 shot, they'd save a ton of weight - which isn't needed to tame the mighty .22Mag and I'd think it would be easy to manufacture on the .22LR tooling. Instead they've got the .22Mag at the same weight as the .357.
They wouldn't actually save that much weight. A large amount of the weight savings on the LCR comes from highly radiused semicircular cuts in the cylinder after the case head. To have an 8 shot in the same configuration as the .22LR, they would have more weight in the revolver given that the .22 LR and WMR are straight cases with a projectile that has an identical diameter at the bearing surface but the .22WMR requires am extra centimeter of chamber length. I'd be curious to know diameter of cylinder for .22WMR vs .22LR and 38 in this context, accordingly.

Given the powders with which most .22WMR is loaded, however, there really is no reason to use it from the platform.
 
#3 ·
Looking at the spec sheets from their web page - they're all the same. I haven't held them to compare, but it would seem that they are built on the same frame, so they could use the same tooling from the .22LR in the .22Mag.
.22LR makes a good cheap round to practice with, especially now that ammo is available again. But .22Mag gives you a round not much more expensive that at least gives somewhat adequate performance as a self defense round.
No, I'm not saying it's the best - but I wouldn't feel too outgunned with 8 rounds of .22mag at hand. Especially from a lightweight revolver with bearable recoil for weak hands (elderly, arthritis, etc).

I think Ruger plain old swung and missed with this one, much like the .327 in the SP101.
 
#4 ·
I know this thread is about their revolvers but I'm glad they are doing a LC9 "Pro" now striker fired with no magazine disconnect safety. When the new 9mm Glock 43 comes out I'll be doing a side by side comparison to see which one I like better.
 
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