Finally got to take the new rifle out to the range!
9mm Ruger PC Carbine. Pretty awesome "goldilocks" rifle for someone new like me. Shoots the same rounds as the most popular handguns but with the stability of a rifle. Minimal recoil.
Powerful enough but also mild enough to keep an inexperienced shooter (me) at ease.
It's also pretty cool how it breaks down. More or less backpack-friendly.
Just using the iron sights for now.
At 50ft, 10 rounds each. Started in the center then worked clockwise. Started really dialing it in by the upper-left target!
20 rounds at 75ft. Didn't have much in the way of expectations here but better than I was expecting!
My main use case is "shit going crazy" home defense, mostly crouched from behind my bed, just defending my bedroom. Really not worried about 75ft accuracy!
Me and my dad went shooting last year, really enjoyed it. Hope you had fun aswell!
Will fit snuggly in your SHTF backpack :-)
Nice do you have handguns too or just this for home defense?
No, I'm still terrified of handguns. Just don't feel like I have enough control.
But I am going to swap out the mag well and switch to Glock magazines.
Have many happy memories with my Ruger PC Carbine. One note, the PC Carbine uses a blowback action so the recoil is higher than an AR15 or an MP5. Still really low recoil and lots of fun, and a great option for people who have to travel a lot as the gun is legal in most states.
It's been a couple years since I shot my friend's AR-15, but at the time it was way more gun than I had any interest in.
The PC Carbine came about by way of a 10/22. The 10/22 was just so ridiculously not a big deal and kind of appealing in an old-school sense. So I was intrigued by the PC Carbine being essentially the 9mm version of it.
Considering my main use case is home defense, but I'd already ruled out a shotgun or handguns (I just don't feel confident when shooting either), the PC Carbine felt like a reasonable start. Really happy with it so far.
Model citizen excercising his 2nd amendment rights serrrrrrr. Pewpew. You are necessary to the security of the free state #nostr
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"
Cool. Have fun and stay safe with it.
