justanotherjarhe
Plinker
[STRIKE][/STRIKE]I bought a ruger LCR for my fiancee last Friday. After taking her to check out just about every handgun in the new and used market she chose the lcr. She liked the simplicity of a revolver and the light weight. She new getting into it that she would have to work harder at becoming proficient with this weapon due to the said recoil. She felt comfortable with her decision after reading some female reviews on the lcr.
The next day we went to the kingsbury range to test it out and shoot some long guns. The night before I had her practicing dry firing to get a feel for the timing of the smooth double action pull. So we get to the bench and she loads it up. I could tell she was a little nervous so I offered to shoot it first. I gotta say that this thing has quite a bite to it. It feels like it wants to jump out of your hands. Wasn't expecting that from a 38 despite its light weight. So I told her what I felt and she took it back. The first round through she lost her left hand grip and it popped up with her right hand still on it. It caught her by suprise, but I corrected her hold and she breezed though the next four. She ended up going through 95rnds with o couple breaks going to the AR. 75rds of target crap and 20rds of +p's. Though she admits that shooting it is quite abrasive, she is pretty happy with it.
My feelings are mixed. I personally don't know if that is the right one for her. If she can't fire the weapon in different ways like one handed and weak sided, etc. , then I don't know it will serve her well is a self defense senario. Maybe a pistol instructor could help her more I don't know.
As for the lcr itself I really love it. I love the light weight and very smooth trigger pull. I will definately be carrying it myself.
The next day we went to the kingsbury range to test it out and shoot some long guns. The night before I had her practicing dry firing to get a feel for the timing of the smooth double action pull. So we get to the bench and she loads it up. I could tell she was a little nervous so I offered to shoot it first. I gotta say that this thing has quite a bite to it. It feels like it wants to jump out of your hands. Wasn't expecting that from a 38 despite its light weight. So I told her what I felt and she took it back. The first round through she lost her left hand grip and it popped up with her right hand still on it. It caught her by suprise, but I corrected her hold and she breezed though the next four. She ended up going through 95rnds with o couple breaks going to the AR. 75rds of target crap and 20rds of +p's. Though she admits that shooting it is quite abrasive, she is pretty happy with it.
My feelings are mixed. I personally don't know if that is the right one for her. If she can't fire the weapon in different ways like one handed and weak sided, etc. , then I don't know it will serve her well is a self defense senario. Maybe a pistol instructor could help her more I don't know.
As for the lcr itself I really love it. I love the light weight and very smooth trigger pull. I will definately be carrying it myself.