JumpmasterC said:
I know this has prolly been discussed here b4, but recently I got to play with a buddies PC 40. I never really paid it much attention until now. It is a great lil' gun....but I don't understand why Ruger-
A) Never made it in .45ACP?
B) Why in the heck did they discontinue this neat carbine?
Any thoughts? :?:
I've got a PC4, and it's a gun I'll never part with.
Lots of criticisms from folks...Weight, looks, wrong caliber, wrong magazine, terrible trigger.
I'll speak of what I like about it.
Surprisingly accurate. It's another gun that with open-sights, any target you can see, is a target you'll hit. In spite of the blow-back action, the action stays clean. And, the report is quite mild. I don't advocate shooting without ear protection, but I when ya do shoot one without protection, I cannot imagine any center-fire with a milder report. The recoil is quite mild, too. Not that a .40 is ever hard-recoiling, but the weight of this carbine goes a long way to make these guns a true pleasure to shoot.
Now, in defense of the criticisms. Yep, it's a little stout. Part of what makes it so easy to shoot. Also a big part of why it was designed as a blow-back action. If it was a locked breach gun, it could be lighter, but then it wouldn't be such a simple, trouble-free gun. The heft of this gun has never been an issue to me, so trimming 6-ounces is a non-issue.
If the PC was considered too-expensive, it would have been even more so, in a .45.
Why discontinued? The idea was sound, but since most LE agencies have not accepted the P-Series handguns, the benefit of a two gun combination using the same ammo and magazine would not be utilized. As a "civilian" gun, I think the PC was doomed to failure from the beginning, as gun stores had little or no interest in the gun as a successful offering. When the PC's were new and available, I almost never saw one in stock and for sale in gun shops.
I will not defend the trigger, but I will tolerate it. The battle rifles I used in the Army also had heavy triggers. We worked with what we had. My PC4 is no worse.
I have given quite a few folks the opportunity to shoot my PC4, and my friend Heliman has done the same with his PC9. In every case, the shooters were in absolute awe of how great a gun these are, and can't understand why they were discontinued.
WAYNO.