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Post subject: New - Ruger LCR  Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:47 pm |
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http://www.ruger.com/LCR/
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5 shot, 38 special +P
13.5 ounces
Polymer gripframe
aluminum frame
stainless steel barrel and cylinder
new triger cam design
MSRP is $525, and $792 for the CT griped model
What are your thoughts?
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:05 pm |
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If the price is <$300 I'm in. After the beta test.
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:26 am |
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Smith & Wesson 642 is better than $100 cheaper and we know it ALWAYS works!
Hard to beat perfection!
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:56 am |
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Greg wrote:
Hard to beat perfection!
Funny you say perfection. It's a plastic gun, like a GLOCK. And funny thing is, Ruger Beat GLOCK to the plastic revolver. 
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:37 am |
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mnglocker wrote: Greg wrote:
Hard to beat perfection!
Funny you say perfection. It's a plastic gun, like a GLOCK. And funny thing is, Ruger Beat GLOCK to the plastic revolver. S&W 642 plastic? Note that I'm talking about the 642 being perfection in a carry gun!
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:18 am |
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LCP msrp:$350 street:$290
MK3 msrp:$325 street:$250
This should sell significantly below MSRP. As for a 642 always working: The anti-S&W-lock crowd are pretty loud.
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:28 am |
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mitchx3 wrote: LCP msrp:$350 street:$290
MK3 msrp:$325 street:$250
This should sell significantly below MSRP. As for a 642 always working: The anti-S&W-lock crowd are pretty loud. And as far as I can tell, completely theoretical!
My 640 doesn't have the lock and the 642 has never been (and never will be) locked.
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:30 am |
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Wholesale for the LCR is approx. $15.00 less than the 642 SS Centennial Airweight.
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:39 am |
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Greg wrote: Smith & Wesson 642 is better than $100 cheaper and we know it ALWAYS works!
Hard to beat perfection! My thoughts exactly! 
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:40 am |
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Innovative and the first reviews say the trigger is much nicer than any stock DAO S&W revolver.
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:46 pm |
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Cool, it will also be offered with Crimson Trace Laser grips.
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:36 am |
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Here is a neat image of it:
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:58 am |
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DeanC wrote: Innovative and the first reviews say the trigger is much nicer than any stock DAO S&W revolver. Well, that latter is nice; then again, it's not like it's hard to do a home trigger job on a 642.
Far as I can tell, they've lopped an ounce off the 642 -- which is good, albeit not all that important to me -- and, at least arguably improved the standard trigger. I prefer the Ruger rocking cylinder release over all others, but it's not like there's anything even vaguely wrong with the Smith's.
All in all, I don't see the point. The improvements over the 642 are manifestly pretty minimal, at best; and while there may be a "variety of grips" Real Soon Now, for the time being, if the stock grips don't work for your hand, you're out of luck.
And this is worth more than a hundred bucks more than a new 642? That'd have to be one hell of an out-of-the-box trigger . . . . and never mind the risk, which Ruger has recently demostrated with the LCP, of buying Version 1.0.
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:52 pm |
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Well, it's mostly marketing, I suppose. They could have created a Ruger 642 but we wouldn't be talking about it nearly as much.
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:17 am |
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I don't 'do' DAO anything. Period. If I can't cock it with my thumb,,,,well, I just hand it back to whomever. Just my personal preference.
With that said, I've got a half dozen Ruger wheel guns and they've never had any issues. Even when I use em to tack up fliers for my next class! 
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