Sharps40
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Got this grip for my Mom's LCR. She has arthritis and can't bend all her fingers around the small grip. I have arthritis too, but still can bend my fingers.
Like this grip I got her so much I'm getting one for me.
Lots easier to hold....good position, easier to thumb the hammer on my lcrx and a place for my pinky and stickey like a Hogue grip.
Should tame the +P and +P+ a bit too....
Took the LCRx apart tonight to look over the guts. Pretty smooth. Take down is almost like the LCR.....tiny parts and pins and springs in there. Probably won't take it down much now that its cleaned out and greased/oiled in the right places. Hard part is big fingers and tiny springs and putting it together against spring tension and not bending the wee little spring on the cylinder locking bolt.
So....while the LCRs have wonderfully smooth and light feeling DAO trigger pulls, the LCRx (at least this one) has a pull more like the 22 LR LCR. Noticeably heavier. I'd rate the LCRx factory pull about like a lightly tuned J frame, a bit stiff at the end of the stroke but fairly smooth. A touch of grease and oil in the right places after some cleaning really helped and I don't see that much can or should be done to smooth or lighten the trigger. Not to say I won't give it a go later but for now, 50 rounds down the pipe and I'm still getting used to this one as the EDC. I suppose a good holster will be a best buy for now vice any action work other than cleaning and lube.
Disassembly of the LCRx differs a bit from the lcr. Both require pivoting the frame off the grip after pushing the cylinder bolt pin out to keep from bending the wee tiny cylinder bolt spring but reassembly was a snap.....push the frame straight back onto the grip and install the single cylinder crain screw. (unlike the LCR which has a cylinder crain screw and a screw at the top rear of the frame to lock in the plastic grip. )
Oh yeah, my LCRx has no lock under the grip. Happily, Ruger seems to be making more and more of their revolvers without a key operated lock these days.
Like this grip I got her so much I'm getting one for me.
Lots easier to hold....good position, easier to thumb the hammer on my lcrx and a place for my pinky and stickey like a Hogue grip.
Should tame the +P and +P+ a bit too....
Took the LCRx apart tonight to look over the guts. Pretty smooth. Take down is almost like the LCR.....tiny parts and pins and springs in there. Probably won't take it down much now that its cleaned out and greased/oiled in the right places. Hard part is big fingers and tiny springs and putting it together against spring tension and not bending the wee little spring on the cylinder locking bolt.
So....while the LCRs have wonderfully smooth and light feeling DAO trigger pulls, the LCRx (at least this one) has a pull more like the 22 LR LCR. Noticeably heavier. I'd rate the LCRx factory pull about like a lightly tuned J frame, a bit stiff at the end of the stroke but fairly smooth. A touch of grease and oil in the right places after some cleaning really helped and I don't see that much can or should be done to smooth or lighten the trigger. Not to say I won't give it a go later but for now, 50 rounds down the pipe and I'm still getting used to this one as the EDC. I suppose a good holster will be a best buy for now vice any action work other than cleaning and lube.
Disassembly of the LCRx differs a bit from the lcr. Both require pivoting the frame off the grip after pushing the cylinder bolt pin out to keep from bending the wee tiny cylinder bolt spring but reassembly was a snap.....push the frame straight back onto the grip and install the single cylinder crain screw. (unlike the LCR which has a cylinder crain screw and a screw at the top rear of the frame to lock in the plastic grip. )
Oh yeah, my LCRx has no lock under the grip. Happily, Ruger seems to be making more and more of their revolvers without a key operated lock these days.