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  1. The ammo drought lends merit to the revolver. It doesn’t require a break in amount that is usually reserved for semi-autos. For new folks it could be the ticket especially when gun stores around here have either only 1 or 2 boxes reserved with the purchase.

  2. Valuable report on a new production revolver. Another element on the revovler attributes over the semi automatic designs is the required human mechanics necessary for operation. Not every citizen is a beard boy operator adept with fine motor skills for weapon manipulation. Often a much more simple engineering design and requisite mechanics to operate would allow a person to be more suitably competant and confident with such a firearm. A selection of a revolver for usage by some folks would be more appropriate, allowing those such persons an avenue of participation in safe and effective firearm use.

    As much respect must be given to someone drawing a revolver smoke wagon as those brandishing a polymer thing.

    1. I’ll gladly stand in line to buy the first revolver branded “Smoke Wagon.” And the manufacturer should pay you a nice bonus for this bit of marketing genius.

  3. Ruger LCRx owners have reported good things about the weapon and recommended it to my daughter. But being somewhat of a purist, I just can’t get over the looks of it. I have a fairly large collection of S&W pre-lock revolvers and have started using them despite many being new-in-box. (Finally realized that I might as well enjoy them instead of saving them to sell for what will become worthless currency).

    I also have a S&W Model 386 Titanium w/lock. But I agree with RandomMike, it is a joy to carry hiking/backpacking but not too much fun to shoot with 357 loads.

  4. My comment here is off topic about the pistol, but I wanted to toss in my two cents about Black Hills Ammunition.

    Hands down, IMO, Black Hills is the best factory ammo out there. I reload, and 99% of my ammo is of my own making. I spend a lot of time trying to hone in on precision rifle loads, but I have not spent a lot of time developing pistol loads. Usually I just chrony pistol loads to keep them in SAMI spec.

    Having said that, I once observed a young man shooting 9mm at 25 yards and he was testing factory ammo. On one target, he was shooting a fairly common 9mm factory load, and I thought “man, this guy sucks!” His target looked like a shotgun blast, just all over the place.

    The second target, his group was a little larger than a softball, but smaller than a basketball. He had used Black Hills on this target. I guess I never thought about how much factory pistol ammo can effect accuracy at 25 yards, but I am a firm believer in Black Hills rifle and pistol ammo. Excellent product.

  5. For civilians engaged in self-defense, where they do not have to plan on continuing to engage or even advance into further conflict, I don’t think the lower capacity and slower reloads of a revolver are much of a handicap. Unless you’re going to shoot a lot to keep your skills up, the simpler and more forgiving manual of arms of a revolver has much to recommend it. Please keep reviewing revolvers. I just wish Ruger would put out the LCRx as you describe it in .327 Magnum. I think it would be an ideal trail/utility gun.

  6. I watched the youtube video of the president of Federal/Remington/et. al. Inc ammo mfr on his soapbox about all the whining and accusing going on about ammo shortages and such. We are gonna be low on ammo for a long time. Prices will only continue up, while availability continues to fall. Wife wanted to buy me a new pistol this weekend for Christmas. I declined as there’s no point buying a gun if I can’t get anything to put in it. I have adequate now, and am only interested in stocking more for what I have so I can go practice like I need to. Getting another safe queen is pointless currently.

  7. Off topic a bit but related to what TJMO said is that few if any reports of actual encounters using a tube fed shotgun required a reload, much less needing an extended mag tube or box magazine. Have you tried to find 12 ga ammo lately? Gray Fox

  8. Keep in mind with the continuing ammo shortage, a revolver chambered in .357 magnum will also shoot not only .38 special but also .38 short colt and .38 long colt. But, it will NOT chamber .38 S&W-different cartridge dimensions. Purists may disdain this. Always remember the first rule of a gunfight: HAVE A GUN!

  9. Seems like .357 full power loads in these smaller frame wheel guns is overkill somewhat. If these are fired in low light/ night the resulting muzzle flash is quite substantial. This doesn’t help your night vision for sure. My own S&W 642 .38 spl with my hand loads to plus P specs are quite enough. Also on the ammo shortage readers of this blog I would think should be stocked up with ammo if you are true prepped. That is why one preps, to be immune from these shortages.

  10. Even birdshot is in short supply here in South Carolina. Duck hunters are singing the blues. The local Walmart is down to a couple of boxes of 12-gauge shells (lead 7 1/2s for dove/target) shooting and some .222 Remington varmint loads. No guns, no rimfire ammo. The last gun show I went to, people were paying 3x normal prices. Powder and primers are starting to disappear from shelves as well. I hope you have what you need, because, as they said in Game of Thrones, ‘Winter is coming.’

  11. My wife confiscated all my nice 2″ revolvers because she didn’t like to have to rack a semi-auto. Maybe it’s time to replace them with a LCRx for myself.

  12. Pat.
    Once again, thanks much for your cogent and very helpful review. The revolver is deserving of a whole lot more respect than it gets.

    Have you thought about doing a review on low-powered flashlights? I can find lots of info on flashlights with beams that will skin a coyote at a 1000 meters and ones with strobes that will guarantee the recipient suffers from a coronary event; however, I can’t find a decent review on a low-powered hand-held flashlight that offers a white, red, and green beam with just enough power to read a map under the cover of a poncho and/or just enough light to see a couple steps down the trail. If polite society comes to a crashing halt I want to see just enough without being seen.

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