Only thing I've added to it so far is a red dot optic... until now. I just ordered a charging handle extension. Got the red one. It's one of, if not my favorite gun to shoot.
Pimping out my PC Carbine
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Those are nice rifles
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Ruger did well with this one. I'm not much of a Ruger fan but these are soft shooting, reliable, and accurate. Taking Glock mags is a big plus. I have one at my house to clean for my sister. My only complaint is how heavy it is. I'm also running an MPX which is a lot lighter and smaller.
Enjoy it! My sister has about 5k down the tube. It's her favorite gun and she complains how easy it is to run 300 down the pipe.
Enjoy it! My sister has about 5k down the tube. It's her favorite gun and she complains how easy it is to run 300 down the pipe.
For it's size, it is slightly heavy. I guess that's because the composite is heavier than wood.
Worst thing about it is the amount of ammunition I go through... especially with those Glock 33 round magazines.
When you getting a silencer?
I don't want one. My hearing sucks as it is so it's silent enough already.
haha. I honestly am resisting buying new guns with threaded barrels because I know I'll want to put cans on them.. Just have one for now I move between 22 pistol and 17hmr rifle.
I'm sure that's a fun gun to shoot.
My only pistol caliber carbine is a Ruger Deerstalker in .44 Mag.
Semi auto, gas operated, holds four in the tubular magazine, one in the chamber. You load it from just forward of the trigger guard. Just like a 12 gauge. Ruger made about a quarter million of them from 1961 to 1985.
It’s lightweight, weighing just over 4 pounds, very handy, compact, and easy to maneuver, but still has an 18 inch barrel, and gets pretty good velocity out of those pistol rounds. Enough velocity that the recoil is surprisingly strong. Much more than I expected the first time I had it at the range.
It has the original buckhorn rear and gold dot front sights, which are straightforward, but I was thinking I would pimp it out with something like a Leopold Delta point pro. I don’t think you really need a scope on a 44 magnum carbine, the range just isn’t enough to need magnification, but a red dot, with a small profile, easy acquisition, simplicity and light weight would make a handy carbine even more handy.
I swiped this picture from gun broker, mine looks identical.
Semi auto, gas operated, holds four in the tubular magazine, one in the chamber. You load it from just forward of the trigger guard. Just like a 12 gauge. Ruger made about a quarter million of them from 1961 to 1985.
It’s lightweight, weighing just over 4 pounds, very handy, compact, and easy to maneuver, but still has an 18 inch barrel, and gets pretty good velocity out of those pistol rounds. Enough velocity that the recoil is surprisingly strong. Much more than I expected the first time I had it at the range.
It has the original buckhorn rear and gold dot front sights, which are straightforward, but I was thinking I would pimp it out with something like a Leopold Delta point pro. I don’t think you really need a scope on a 44 magnum carbine, the range just isn’t enough to need magnification, but a red dot, with a small profile, easy acquisition, simplicity and light weight would make a handy carbine even more handy.
I swiped this picture from gun broker, mine looks identical.
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A grown up 10/22. I really wanted one BITD then realized what would I do with it. In Pa you couldn't hunt with a semiauto. Ruger sure makes a lot of variations of the PC. https://ruger.com/products/pcCarbine/models.html
Looks similar to a 10/22 but with the tube magazine vs the rotary 10 round or the extended 25 round. I was fortunate enough to be given one by late FIL.
A grown-up 10/22 indeed.
However, since Ruger made this rifle in 1961, and then the 10/22 in 1964, I think it would properly be called “the father of the 10/22”.
And the 10/22 is therefore the baby of the Deerstalker carbine…
in fairness, I don’t hunt deer, so I don’t really have a particular, practical purpose for owning and wanting this rifle.
My desire for the rifle came from the fact that when I was about 15 years old, it was the first real gun I had ever seen. I was in the Boy Scouts, Troop 138, in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and for our scout meeting on that Wednesday night, one of the older boys brought in his gun collection.
Back then, this was perfectly normal, and nobody got upset about it. We all thought it was pretty neat, though, these days, I’m sure some helicopter parent would call the police.
But the kid that brought this rifle in was one of the ones that I looked up to. He was “cool“, and he explained how it worked and I remember seeing that rifle and thinking, “that is cool!”
So, a couple years ago, my brother, who still lives in Connecticut, was at an estate sale and sent me a list of the firearms that were being auctioned off.
A Ruger 44 carbine was on the list.
I shared that memory of that scout meeting with him, and it was before he was in the same troop, so he didn’t have the shared experience.
Then, about a week later, my local gun store called me and said “your rifle is here”.
“huh? What rifle?” I said.
“It’s a Ruger Deer stalker .44 carbine” they said.
So now, I treasure that rifle for two reasons. First is the memory of decades ago, and second is for the generosity of my kid brother, buying it and sending it to me.
My desire for the rifle came from the fact that when I was about 15 years old, it was the first real gun I had ever seen. I was in the Boy Scouts, Troop 138, in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and for our scout meeting on that Wednesday night, one of the older boys brought in his gun collection.
Back then, this was perfectly normal, and nobody got upset about it. We all thought it was pretty neat, though, these days, I’m sure some helicopter parent would call the police.
But the kid that brought this rifle in was one of the ones that I looked up to. He was “cool“, and he explained how it worked and I remember seeing that rifle and thinking, “that is cool!”
So, a couple years ago, my brother, who still lives in Connecticut, was at an estate sale and sent me a list of the firearms that were being auctioned off.
A Ruger 44 carbine was on the list.
I shared that memory of that scout meeting with him, and it was before he was in the same troop, so he didn’t have the shared experience.
Then, about a week later, my local gun store called me and said “your rifle is here”.
“huh? What rifle?” I said.
“It’s a Ruger Deer stalker .44 carbine” they said.
So now, I treasure that rifle for two reasons. First is the memory of decades ago, and second is for the generosity of my kid brother, buying it and sending it to me.
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Excellent product. Ruger did a run post the original and called it "Deerfield." Another solid gun but the original is a little better IMO. I don't shoot it often but I wouldn't sell it. Great for deer in the thicker woods with shorter shots in the Northeast.
I don't even know where it is or if I still have the Ruger magazine adapter. I bolted the Glock adapter in when I opened the box. Bought a bunch of those Korean made Glock magazines. Excellent quality and inexpensive.
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I cleaned my sisters Ruger PCC and I do have to take off a few points for the dissasenbly and cleaning procedure. I put it up there with my MPX. Not anything difficult but more than I'd like it to be. I'd rather clean an MP5 over both of em! Overall I don't mind it but I know it's coming back in a few months and I don't even shoot it
Came the other day. My son swapped it out while we were on a weekend getaway. Looks Ok to me.
