ThePreBanMan
NES Member
In the box:
The firearm obviously, 2 10 round mags, a mag loader, and a lock.
Initial thoughts: looks sharp. Grip was too big for my hand, even With thhe back strap reversed to the small option. More of a long grip, but is narrow. Trigger felt terrible. Very gritty with an uneven pull. We'll get to that in a minute. Seems overly complicated with its trigger safety, magazine disconnect, firing pin block and manual safety. You need the planets to align to get this thing to discharge. I don't like my firearms like that, so we'll get to that too.
So I get it home and field strip it. Firearm is fairly dirty. Must haven been some extensive test firing at the factory. I immediately notice that it has a cast slide and a cast barrel. Yes you heard right, a cast barrel. The rough finish on the unmachined parts would seem to indicate this anyway.
this pistol has a lot of moving parts and tiny springs. Just an observation.
So, what to do about this gritty uneven trigger? Well it simply would not do for me. So I quickly studied how the firearm works and got to work. I removed the striker and polished the shit out of the tab on the bottom of it. Next I took a stone to the stamped steal tab that engages the striker. Problem solved. While I had the striker out I also "forgot" to reinstall the magazine disconnect.![[smile]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/001.gif "Smile [smile]")
Whoops. Second problem solved. After cleaning and some mobile 1 it's off to the range.
So I arrive with 100 rounds of Winchester white box. That is all I wanted to expend today with ammo so hard to find. With this ammo I had no jams, and one failed to fire. Examination of the cartridge revealed a moderate dimple that I think should have been a sufficient ding in the primer. So the failure was most likely the fault of the ammo. I re-chambered and sent it down range on the second attempt. Still, the dent in the primer didn't appear as deep as what my pistols with external hammers make - so it's a concern.
The rear sight is adjustable, which is a good thing because this firearm was about 4" to the left out of the box at 25 feet. Accuracy is very very good. Like 1" groups at 25 feet kind of good. Shoots better than I do. I could only get that group shooting with support from a bench and bag.
All things considered its a nice range gun for fun. I had purchased this with intention of replacing my Sig 226 in .40 that resides in my nightstand (yes it's locked so f*ck off Marsha). But now I think the Ruger will go in the safe and the Sig will stay in the night stand.
Ill post pics when I get on a computer later on. I'm on my iPad at the moment.
I hope this info was useful to some. If you don't like my write up perhaps you can post a link to one you've done so you can teach me how it's done.
edit: on the plus side, the manual says there is no known ammo that exceeds the firearms capability. So send all the +p down range you want.
The firearm obviously, 2 10 round mags, a mag loader, and a lock.
Initial thoughts: looks sharp. Grip was too big for my hand, even With thhe back strap reversed to the small option. More of a long grip, but is narrow. Trigger felt terrible. Very gritty with an uneven pull. We'll get to that in a minute. Seems overly complicated with its trigger safety, magazine disconnect, firing pin block and manual safety. You need the planets to align to get this thing to discharge. I don't like my firearms like that, so we'll get to that too.
So I get it home and field strip it. Firearm is fairly dirty. Must haven been some extensive test firing at the factory. I immediately notice that it has a cast slide and a cast barrel. Yes you heard right, a cast barrel. The rough finish on the unmachined parts would seem to indicate this anyway.
this pistol has a lot of moving parts and tiny springs. Just an observation.
So, what to do about this gritty uneven trigger? Well it simply would not do for me. So I quickly studied how the firearm works and got to work. I removed the striker and polished the shit out of the tab on the bottom of it. Next I took a stone to the stamped steal tab that engages the striker. Problem solved. While I had the striker out I also "forgot" to reinstall the magazine disconnect.
Whoops. Second problem solved. After cleaning and some mobile 1 it's off to the range.So I arrive with 100 rounds of Winchester white box. That is all I wanted to expend today with ammo so hard to find. With this ammo I had no jams, and one failed to fire. Examination of the cartridge revealed a moderate dimple that I think should have been a sufficient ding in the primer. So the failure was most likely the fault of the ammo. I re-chambered and sent it down range on the second attempt. Still, the dent in the primer didn't appear as deep as what my pistols with external hammers make - so it's a concern.
The rear sight is adjustable, which is a good thing because this firearm was about 4" to the left out of the box at 25 feet. Accuracy is very very good. Like 1" groups at 25 feet kind of good. Shoots better than I do. I could only get that group shooting with support from a bench and bag.
All things considered its a nice range gun for fun. I had purchased this with intention of replacing my Sig 226 in .40 that resides in my nightstand (yes it's locked so f*ck off Marsha). But now I think the Ruger will go in the safe and the Sig will stay in the night stand.
Ill post pics when I get on a computer later on. I'm on my iPad at the moment.
I hope this info was useful to some. If you don't like my write up perhaps you can post a link to one you've done so you can teach me how it's done.
edit: on the plus side, the manual says there is no known ammo that exceeds the firearms capability. So send all the +p down range you want.
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