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Ruger LCR now Mass Ok
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You guys just got an awesome gun added to your list. They are great little carry pieces. Speer Gold Dot +p for Short Barrel's work great in them. They expanded very well out of the short barrel when I tested them in this gun.
thanks for the info... maybe some deals will be had at Marlboro..........
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Cool! Strange looking gun but cool concept. I wish it weren't $439 though
Awesome news!!! Thanks! I've been waiting for months. Did you see any with crimson trace grips? Also .38sp is still rarely in stock nowadays right?
R&R Sports in Belchertown had one for sale with CT grips for, IIRC $649.
Why is this? I get why certain manufacturers don't bother with mass, but I guess I don't really understand why certain models within the same manufacturer don't show up here.
Does anyone actually know what the qualification process is for a manufacturer to get their gun on the roster?
I believe they have to submit 5 of whatever gun they want okayed...which get subjected to a series of tests to make sure they won't kill thousands of innocent civilians by misfiring when you pull the trigger. It also has to have safety features that prevent little kids from using them (ie external safety + SA trigger on 1911 style guns, 10# or more DA triggers on some others), and it if it is too scary it gets shot down.
I'm sure someone else knows the process better...
FWIW, I've had an LCR for 3 months now and love it. The only maddening thing about it is it rattles when you shake it. I mean it sounds like a damn baby rattle! I was convinced there was a loose screw inside banging around. I called Ruger and they said it was normal for the LCR and it was the transfer bar that "rattles". I took it back to the shop where I bought it and they confirmed that it wasn't my gun, and that yes, all of them do this, some more noticable than others, but it's not considered something that needs to be fixed or addressed, it's inherent in the design.
I then noticed that if you DON'T purposefully shake it, it is fine. i.e. in normal operation it doesn't happen. But it's hard NOT to shake it once you know it does that, sort of an OCD thing.![[wink]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/002.gif "Wink [wink]")
In terms of shooting, I love it. Very fun. Plus it's so light it's scary. With +p loads it really jumps.
I then noticed that if you DON'T purposefully shake it, it is fine. i.e. in normal operation it doesn't happen. But it's hard NOT to shake it once you know it does that, sort of an OCD thing.
In terms of shooting, I love it. Very fun. Plus it's so light it's scary. With +p loads it really jumps.
It's worse than that. The EOPS part of the process is expensive but easy. It's the AG that's the real problem- and he/she does not formally "approve" of anything. The only way you can find out if a gun passes AG regs is to start selling it and see if they whine about it. Worse yet, the whining is often not immediate. (in the case of the glock LCI debacle, the whining took 3 months. ) Further, the EOPS regs are not subjective. Theres a list of crap the gun must meet- and if it passes, it's fine. Most guns pass EOPS no problem. The AG's
consumer safety crap, on the other hand, involves SUBJECTIVE interpretation on the part of the AG. Bad juju. Read the compliance faq here, if you're still interested in the mechanicals of this stuff...
http://northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=37553
-Mike
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Probably not submitted. My bet is Ruger does not want to deal with the AG's bulls**t on the LCP. (To some degree, it's pointless to put a gun on the roster in MA unless you're going for
full blown commercial sales; although LCPs could be sold to individual LEOs even if it passed EOPS but not the AG. )
-Mike
Just picked one up at FS, only had a few left. I was like the 3rd guy in line getting one this afternoon. No CT grips avail yet though. It's ridiculously light and has a nice grip and trigger pull. The revolves does "rattle" when you shake it hard (trigger bar apparently?), but not when handled normally. Can't wait to take it out at the range later.
I was in there about noontime today. Surprised that the place was NOT crowded on a Saturday. Carl showed me the LCP, he said these are flying off the shelf and had already sold 3 today. It felt like a toy. I handled it side-by-side with an Airweight J Frame .38. The LCP was a few ounces lighter. The cylinder looked funky the way it's cut out around the forward area of the chambers. I didn't try the trigger or cycle the action but I can see the attraction for such a lightweight carry piece. Just don't leave it sitting on the wood stove
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