The_Dunedan

The mini series blows. Period. Slims was lucky enough to get one that didn't puke on every 10th round and would place all shots in a pie-plate at 100 yards. Save the money, buy a Saiga in .223. Reliable, usually much more accurate, and with hi-cap magazines that actually -work-. We've -never- had a Mini-14 or Mini-30 come through our shop that wasn't an unreliable, inaccurate, mag-limited turd. Most would fire 8-10 rounds before hiccuping, usually from magazine issues, and a .223 rifle that costs more than an SKS should at least be somewhat more accurate than an SKS.

As for Ruger, their anti-2A activities prior to 2005 (Such as Bill Ruger's vocal support of the Assault Weapons Ban, voluntary neutering of their weapons and magazines), their horrid business practices (Forcing dealers to purchase 14 Ruger products which -don't- sell in order to be allowed to purchase a single unit of a weapon which -will- sell, but for 1/3 the price of single unit of th 14 unsaleable guns aforementioned), and their absolutely horrid treatment of dealers and consumers over the SR-9 and LCP catastrophies, is enough to steer me clear. I'd suggest you all do the same, and I'd suggest that if you truly insist upon trying out their polymer-frame LCR, that you pull the trigger with a loooooooooong string. Given that the SR-9 and LCP were both "drop guns," I wouldn't be at all surprised if the LCR was prone to blowing your hand off: self-destructing revolvers and "drop-firing" semi-autos have been absent from the American firearms market for about the same span of time, after all.


Edited To Add: There's actually a pool going in the shop: How long will it take Ruger to rcall the LCR, and how long will it take them to actuall bother issuing the call-tags to ship the weapons back? My bet is on six months and nine months, respectively.