Ruger announces a .45 ACP carbine

[hminsky]

Ruger® LC Carbine™ Autoloading Rifle Model 19309

ruger.com

Saw this announced. Gives off just a hint of Hi-Point design aesthetics, but geez, I've been waiting for a .45 ACP carbine for a long time. takes Glock magazines.
And I broke down and just bought the PC 9 last week fer chrissakes.

 

[Agnotology]

Ruger® LC Carbine™ Autoloading Rifle Model 19309

ruger.com

Saw this announced. Gives off just a hint of Hi-Point design aesthetics, but geez, I've been waiting for a .45 ACP carbine for a long time. takes Glock magazines.
And I broke down and just bought the PC 9 last week fer chrissakes.

That looks 10x better than a hi point.


I want it.

 

[Qwikdraw45]

Ruger® LC Carbine™ Autoloading Rifle Model 19309

ruger.com

Saw this announced. Gives off just a hint of Hi-Point design aesthetics, but geez, I've been waiting for a .45 ACP carbine for a long time. takes Glock magazines.
And I broke down and just bought the PC 9 last week fer chrissakes.

Say, what?!?! Why would Ruger make a carbine that uses competitors mags when they have .45 mags of their own design? I mean, if they wanted a standardized mag, you would think it would be a 1911 pattern since they make those.

 

[M1911]

Say, what?!?! Why would Ruger make a carbine that uses competitors mags when they have .45 mags of their own design? I mean, if they wanted a standardized mag, you would think it would be a 1911 pattern since they make those.

1911 magazines? Um, no. Capacity is important for a PCC and single stack magazines aren’t a way to get capacity.

 

[hminsky]

I actually not be unhappy happy with single stack 1911 mags, I like the slim 1911 handgrips.

 

[StevieP]

Can you have it in MA?

 

[ridleyman]

Ruger® LC Carbine™ Autoloading Rifle Model 19309

ruger.com

Saw this announced. Gives off just a hint of Hi-Point design aesthetics, but geez, I've been waiting for a .45 ACP carbine for a long time. takes Glock magazines.
And I broke down and just bought the PC 9 last week fer chrissakes.

Ugly as sin, but I would get one in a second cuz .45.

 

[drgrant]

Say, what?!?! Why would Ruger make a carbine that uses competitors mags when they have .45 mags of their own design? I mean, if they wanted a standardized mag, you would think it would be a 1911 pattern since they make those.

Because if it doesn't take Glock mags nobody (with a brain) will buy it. G21 mags are the most common 45 ACP DS mag pattern in existence, unless we're going to move up into like grease gun or Thompson magazines.

Shit point gets away with their shitpoint mags because, it's cheap. And people will make a lot of excuses when a gun is cheap. When the price of the gun goes then expectations change.

 

[M1911]

I actually not be unhappy happy with single stack 1911 mags, I like the slim 1911 handgrips.

Slim grips are important for handguns. But not so much for a carbine.

 

[Nick Fury]

Do they make giggle sticks in .45?

 

[M1911]

Do they make giggle sticks in .45?

KCI makes one. I don’t know if they are any good.

KCI USA, INC. 26RD MAGAZINE 45 AUTO FOR GLOCK® 21 | Brownells

Check out the KCI USA, INC. available Online at Brownells Today and many more Handgun Magazines products are available in our Gun Parts Department.

www.brownells.com

Kriss also makes one.

Kriss Mag Gen 2 Glock 21, 21SF, Kriss Vector 45 ACP 30-Round Polymer

The Kriss Mag-Ex2 extended magazine for the Glock 21 Gen 2, 21SF and Kriss Vector is a fully assembled Mag-Ex Kit 2 with a factory standard Glock...

www.midwayusa.com

 

[hminsky]

The folding stock is on a picatinny rail so I suppose it could be swapped out easily for some kind of rail mount fixed stock for MA compliance?
Or pinned (ugh)

 

[Varmint]

Can you have it in MA?

Should be easy since the mag is in the grip.

 

[madmas1208]

Great, I just bought a 9MM Response from S/W now they will come out with one in .45

 

[Uzi2]

Price?

 

[EddieZoom]

*Would*

....now that's a "truck gun"

 

[kalash]

Could be an interesting home defense PCC.

Say, what?!?! Why would Ruger make a carbine that uses competitors mags when they have .45 mags of their own design? I mean, if they wanted a standardized mag, you would think it would be a 1911 pattern since they make those.

I assume it's the same setup as their PC Carbine - comes with a magwell that takes Ruger mags installed, with an additional magwell that takes Glock mags in the box if you're so inclined.

 

[nordic alien]

just as ugly as a hi point

 

[Amputee Marksman]

The folding stock is on a picatinny rail so I suppose it could be swapped out easily for some kind of rail mount fixed stock for MA compliance?
Or pinned (ugh)

None for you or anyone in MA. They'll call it an assault rifle under the new law, that will pass, and no one in MA will have one.

 

[Broc]

Say, what?!?! Why would Ruger make a carbine that uses competitors mags when they have .45 mags of their own design? I mean, if they wanted a standardized mag, you would think it would be a 1911 pattern since they make those.

1911 mag = sh*t capacity.

GLOCK mags is the way to go. They are common, they are cheap, almost everyone owns a Glock.

Proprietary mags could help them make a few more bucks, but how many guns would not get sold because of proprietary mags?

There is also a design cost and logistics cost to proprietary. So when you take those things into consideration, it is probably easier to go with Glock and call it a day.

 

[Woodsloafer]

Yawn, let me know when they come out in 10mm.

 

[Nick Fury]

Yawn, let me know when they come out in 10mm.

Yeah I’m in the same boat. That ugly ass brick needs to bring more to the table for me to drop $800 bucks. My PCC in 9mm scratches most of that itch…

 

[Nick Fury]

Slim grips are important for handguns. But not so much for a carbine.

Yeah but that shit looks like the P-85. Clearly that designer is still employed…

 

[M1911]

Yeah but that shit looks like the P-85. Clearly that designer is still employed…

Designing ugly guns is Ruger's core competency.

 

[Parker Schreiber]

Yawn, let me know when they come out in 10mm.

School me, please. While I own a 9mm PCC, and could even buy a conversion kit for 10mm, what’s your thinking on choosing a 10mm carbine over a .223?

 

[M1911]

School me, please. While I own a 9mm PCC, and could even buy a conversion kit for 10mm, what’s your thinking on choosing a 10mm carbine over a .223?

At distance, .223 is far superior. If your target is wearing body armor, .223 is far superior. Within your home, I think 10mm can work and it might suppress better than .223.

But there is a reason that entry teams have switched from pistol calibers to .223/5.56.

 

[Woodsloafer]

School me, please. While I own a 9mm PCC, and could even buy a conversion kit for 10mm, what’s your thinking on choosing a 10mm carbine over a .223?

A lot more power/energy than a 9mm or 45, and does not have as much muzzle blast as a 223.

 

[Varmint]

Price?

Website says $1000.

 

[Varmint]

At distance, .223 is far superior. If your target is wearing body armor, .223 is far superior. Within your home, I think 10mm can work and it might suppress better than .223.

But there is a reason that entry teams have switched from pistol calibers to .223/5.56.

Mass makes home defense suck, can’t suppress it so .223 with a muzzle brake is gonna make my family deaf and needs a 16” barrel, so it’ll be a bit unwieldy indoors.

I should do an SBR but settle for just using a handgun.

 

[Agnotology]

Mass makes home defense suck, can’t suppress it so .223 with a muzzle brake is gonna make my family deaf and needs a 16” barrel, so it’ll be a bit unwieldy indoors.

I should do an SBR but settle for just using a handgun.

Third option - bullpup with a 20" barrel =D.