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FR Gun Club - Mighty Mice Guns
GUNS Magazine ^
| Nov. 2008
| Massad Ayoob
Posted on 10/06/2008 4:49:11 PM PDT by sig226
Mighty Mice Guns
Rugers Two New Defensive Handgun Concepts
. . . First, they introduced an established revolver in a new caliber, the SP101 chambered for ATKs new .327 Federal Magnum cartridge. Then, hitting the 2008 SHOT Show a little like Godzilla hitting Tokyo, came the LCP a tiny, sub-10-ounce .380 ACP autoloader whose acronymized name stands for Lightweight Compact Pistol. By the time the show closed, Ruger had taken orders for 87,000 LCPs, such a figure is, to the best of my knowledge, a record in non-military firearms. Since the little one made the biggest splash, by far, well start there
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Better late than never . . .
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posted on
10/06/2008 4:49:12 PM PDT
by
sig226
To: CholeraJoe; Slip18; sig226; Shooter 2.5; Manly Warrior; DaveLoneRanger; Eaker; P8riot; ...
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posted on
10/06/2008 4:50:08 PM PDT
by
sig226
(Obama '08 - No, You Can't.)
To: sig226
3
posted on
10/06/2008 4:53:51 PM PDT
by
Joiseydude
(Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,)
To: sig226
Still like mine better..
Beretta 3032 Tomcat Titanium
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posted on
10/06/2008 4:57:27 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
To: sig226
My smallest
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posted on
10/06/2008 4:59:45 PM PDT
by
umgud
(In a crisis, dump gold, buy lead)
To: Joiseydude
A guy next to me at the range Saturday was shooting the Ruger .380, and maybe it was just him, but at 5-yards the target looked like he was shooting with a shotgun at 25-yards. He seemed to do ok with other calibers, but the .380 pattern was pretty poor. He said it was the first time he had shot it...still?
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:05:10 PM PDT
by
Cuttnhorse
(Governor Lepetomane for Sec. Treasury)
To: Cuttnhorse
I would think a 10 ounce .380 would have vicious recoil especially since the grips would be small.
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:08:58 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: yarddog
I have a Browning .380 and large hands. Don’t have any problem getting good groups at 5 yards.
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:11:13 PM PDT
by
Joiseydude
(Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,)
To: yarddog
That was my observation...his recoil was a lot more pronounced than my Sig .40 S&W. If you go to Ruger’s web page they have a link to a demo video of the .380 and a demo of it being fired. The recoil was the first thing I noticed.
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:11:36 PM PDT
by
Cuttnhorse
(Governor Lepetomane for Sec. Treasury)
To: Joiseydude; yarddog
My thinking on the .380 is, do I really need another caliber?? Same with the Ruger .327
Mag...geez, I’ve got 9mm, .40S&W, .357Mag, 357Sig, .38, .45ACP and at least 3 calibers of .22. That’s all I need is another caliber.
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:15:40 PM PDT
by
Cuttnhorse
(Governor Lepetomane for Sec. Treasury)
To: sig226
My favorite is my Kel-Tec P3AT, an 8 ounce .380 that predates the LCP by a couple of years.
I also have a S&W 632 J Frame that nearly qualifies, and a Beretta Minx in .22 short that pretty much defines the term.
All have uses, the Kel-Tec is a BUG / truck gun / sometime carry, the S&W is what I take into the woods in these parts with snake shot for the first two rounds and the Minx has been used to dispatch sick or injured animals.
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:18:05 PM PDT
by
kAcknor
("A pistol! Are you expecting trouble sir?" "No ma'am, were I expecting trouble I'd have a rifle.")
To: sig226
I checked out the Ruger LCP, but I settled on this one instead:
It's just a tad larger, and it's got that legendary Sig engineering.
L
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:20:30 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(She's not a lesbian, she doesn't whine, she doesn't hate her country, and she's not afraid of guns.)
To: Lurker
What’s the caliber? 9mm??
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:22:10 PM PDT
by
Cuttnhorse
(Governor Lepetomane for Sec. Treasury)
To: sig226
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:22:38 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
To: sig226
That's not a gun...now THIS is a gun!!
Mossberg 500 Tactical Persuader
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:29:20 PM PDT
by
Niteflyr
("If youÂ’re drawing flak, you know you're over the target".)
To: sig226
Since people are posting their mouse guns, I'll share mine, a Colt Pony Pocketlite:
Pretty stealthy with a wallet-holster.
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:29:21 PM PDT
by
thatdewd
To: Cuttnhorse
Oh come on, you can always use another caliber. Interesting to me is that Browning's favorite gun according to his biography was the little .32 auto.
His brother Matt said John once surprised them by pulling an extremely fast quick draw with the .32. He had apparently been practicing.
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:29:29 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Cuttnhorse
I actually have a somewhat rare Browning 9mm, in firing condition, that my father brought home from Nazi Germany.
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:32:11 PM PDT
by
Joiseydude
(Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,)
To: sig226
Both of these things look cute. I wonder if they’ll make them in pink. I bet my girls would like one of each, all three of them... OUCH! That is definitely going to leave a mark on my wallet!
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:33:13 PM PDT
by
Old Student
(We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)
To: sig226
I had one of the first SP101s in .357mag back in the early, early 1990s.
I wish I’d never sold it.
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posted on
10/06/2008 5:36:07 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
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