Ruger PC9 is a great carbine—and can be broken down. A bit heavy but accurate, 9mm, and can use Glock magazines.
That is a VERY nice piece and it indeed might be what I get IF some inheritance $$ come through...
(My little .22 lr is a Ruger and I really like it. Accurate as all get out, somehow even if I’ve not shot it for a while, like this morning..)
For now, tho’, well, I need to keep it cheaper and a mid-size carbine for us won’t get hunting type heavy use: It might be out of the house perhaps twice a year, except maybe to do a little target practice once in a while (which will be in nice weather!!)
It’s not for home self-defense against humans, either, that’s what I now have a medium short 12 ga. semi-auto for. ;-)
So much fun!
I also like the idea of having several weapons that use the same common easily obtainable affordable round.
I’ve got the same model but I would not recommend it in this case. A hundred yards is a long shot for that rifle and caliber. I’m running a SIG Romeo 5 red dot on it so that kind of eliminates and long range shooting but with a decent scope it can probably handle it. There’s better choices.
I’ve got 22’s, 22 mags, 17HMR and a 17 WSM. The best of that crowd would be the 17 WSM, it will easily take a 100 yard shot and I’ve taken 200 lb hogs with it. For a pistol round it’s going to be hard to beat the 357, mines a Marlin 1894 and I’ve taken deer, yotes and hogs with it.
The author already has the best choice in his collection and that’s the 223. It’s been killing hog’s, yote’s, deer and just about everything in Nth America under 400 lbs fairly efficently.
I have a PC9. Great carbine and if you run out of ammo, just use the heavy rubber stock as a club.