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June 6th, 2011 at 9:54 am
Re: the LC9 post:
1. The article discusses cost, but doesn’t say what it is. “Priced statistically the same…” is spin for something, I’m not sure what, but cost IS a statistic itself, so post it!
2. If the pistol won’t work with 124-gr NATO 9mm, I don’t want it. Period. Not digesting 124-gr FMJ means one of the great advantages of that caliber, speed/penetration, can’t be effectively used. Ruger needs to fix this or it is going to lose sales. It’s probably a chamber-throating issue that can be fixed with minor adjustment, or possibly it has something to do with the magazine, which is harder to fix.
3. No mention of 147-grain subsonic was made. I presume that the writer did not test with that ammo. If so, too bad. Despite it’s earlier problems, that loading delivers a heavier bullet (better) at speeds up there with what you get from a snubby firing .357 in that weight range. Glock has fixed their pistols to run on 147-gr subsonic, so I hoped all major manufacturers had done that.
This review would have been more useful if conducted as side-by-side with at least the PF9, and maybe the Kahr or the Sig. The whole idea of a pocket-nine is under attack in some quarters of the gunosphere, so more in-depth reviews are needed on this subject.
June 6th, 2011 at 10:21 am
1. MSRP is $449 (I think, I’m going off the top of my head here); examples are found in gunstore shelves and online for between $350 – $375.
2. I bought as much 9mm ammo as I could find in one box store – the RWS was the only 124 grain available.
3. See above – I went with what I had on hand.
As far as side-by-side testing, that’s entirely a possibility down the road. This was more of an “initial impressions” review.
Thanks for linking, Unc!
June 6th, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Jay G, that sounds like a State-contrived ammo shortage you have going there in Mass. Can’t you just run over the border to NH and get it there?
June 6th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Heh. I bought that ammo in NH… 😉
June 6th, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Remember the last ammo shortage? Mil-spec 9mm ball was just about all that was available … when anything was available.