#RUGER 9MM RIFLE REVIEW PC#

With Glock owning a huge market share of the handgun market and those 9mm models representing the largest portion of Glock’s market, financially Ruger’s thoughtful strategy to take care of Glock owners is brilliant.

#RUGER 9MM RIFLE REVIEW PC#

It’s easily foreseeable that creative dealer promotions could include Glock & Ruger packages or Glock or Magpul magazine packages with the little Ruger PC Carbine. That means Glock G26, G19, G17, G17L, G19X owners can feed the Ruger PC9 with any of their current magazine stockpiles including the extra capacity 33-round magazines. The Ruger PC Carbine functions wonderfully from the SR-format Ruger magazine, but the flexibility to feed reliably from any high-capacity Glock 9mm magazine will likely bring customers in droves. The rifle comes ready to accept a suppressor, a great feature that could help make a sale. The Ruger Precision Rifle was brilliant, but this little PC Carbine will likely capture customer hearts like the 10/22 design has over the years. Most notably is the ability to feed from Ruger SR-series or wildly popular Glock 9mm mags out of the box while leaving the door open for Ruger or aftermarket companies to offer adapters for other magazine brands. The new fully redesigned Ruger PC Carbine design addresses all the little complaints of the original, and subsequently has added other features to make it a competition killer. The old PC9 design was reliable and customers loved the concept, but the old model was seen as a niche rifle for Ruger handgun owners that didn’t evolve with the market.

A large number of customers asked for a Glock-compatible version back then, but the concept was never pursued or brought to production by Ruger. In addition to average quality sights - Ruger’s proprietary scope-mount notches were incompatible with the-then red dot sights - and average 15-yard accuracy, one of the biggest complaints was that customers were locked into Ruger magazines far less popular and more expensive than other handgun brands, including Glock. Looking back at the old PC9, there were several little complaints with the original Ruger PC9 that added up to the short 10-year life-cycle of the original Ruger PC9 9mm carbine.

Ruger 9mm rifle review