Why do many used LCR for sale?

TripleDeuce660

TripleDeuce660

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I see sooo many ruger LCR for sale used. Why do you guys think this is? Something wrong with this gun? I was thinking of picking one up in .357 because it is small and lighter than my G20 for roaming areas that don't have bears. Or maybe even 22mag because it is cheap and fun. Most critters are going to run off when they hear the bang anyways.
 
I think people shooting hot .357 loads with the short barrel and light weight gun get turned off. I shot a smith feather weight in .357 and wow!!
 
my quess is because the stainless steel framed .357 came out after the .38. and since the .357 can shoot both and is SS, why not upgrade.
 
Just a guess but could be that many folks won't shoot enough to handle a double action only lightweight snubbie very well. Especially so with heavy recoiling loads. The idea just didn't turn out as well as they expected when they bought it and actually began to shoot it.
 
Originally Posted By: GCJust a guess but could be that many folks won't shoot enough to handle a double action only lightweight snubbie very well. Especially so with heavy recoiling loads. The idea just didn't turn out as well as they expected when they bought it and actually began to shoot it.


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I tell people this when they are buying "their first gun", and you would be surprised how many are back a month later saying "You were right".


Chupa
 
The other problem with the snubbies in a 357 is they are extremely loud. I don't mean loud I mean grab your ears and pray you can hear again some day loud if you have to shoot w/out hearing protection on. That is not a good thing for a carry in the hills have fun gun. They are ok at the range or for life and death, but in my case I would have a coyote sitting of the side of a road and would choose not to shoot it because of the noise.

drscott
 
Originally Posted By: drscottThe other problem with the snubbies in a 357 is they are extremely loud. I don't mean loud I mean grab your ears and pray you can hear again some day loud if you have to shoot w/out hearing protection on. That is not a good thing for a carry in the hills have fun gun. They are ok at the range or for life and death, but in my case I would have a coyote sitting of the side of a road and would choose not to shoot it because of the noise.

drscott

Good point and I am right there with you. Short barrels are louder of course and the .357 Magnum seems to be a cartridge that is an unusually offensive ear splitter anyway.
 
I'll second (or 3rd, or maybe 5th) the idea that they're available because people bought something they THOUGHT they wanted, then realized they didn't.

Same deal for LCP's and LC9's. The Concealed Carry fad shot sales through the roof, then people that were either new shooters or casual at best shooters ("I own a pistol, I shoot a couple boxes a year" types) bought these hard-to-shoot pip-squeak handguns, took them to the range, and hated the way they shot.

Really can't have your cake and eat it to. Either you want a gun that's fun to shoot, or you want a gun that's concealable and easy to operate. The SP-101 isn't any bigger, but the extra weight and DA/SA trigger makes it a joy at the range. I don't think the new owner turn-over rate for SP's is nearly what it is for the LCR's, but the LCR's move faster right now because of the CC Craze.

Why I don't have an LCR? They're butt-ugly. Why I have bought several of them used? Because I can flip them easily, buy from someone that changed their mind, and sell them to the next sucker that is mistakenly buying a DAO Superlight as his first handgun.
 
Why so many for sale? Good advertising, good concept, good price. But they're butt ugly. The S&W 442/642 is much better looking, and other revolvers look even better. The LCR is just blah. And nobody really "likes" shooting small revolvers anyways.
 
Originally Posted By: GCOriginally Posted By: drscottThe other problem with the snubbies in a 357 is they are extremely loud. I don't mean loud I mean grab your ears and pray you can hear again some day loud if you have to shoot w/out hearing protection on. That is not a good thing for a carry in the hills have fun gun. They are ok at the range or for life and death, but in my case I would have a coyote sitting of the side of a road and would choose not to shoot it because of the noise.

drscott

Good point and I am right there with you. Short barrels are louder of course and the .357 Magnum seems to be a cartridge that is an unusually offensive ear splitter anyway.
I hate the sound of a 357. Id rather shoot anything but.

But small guns in big calibers are somoften pushed on new shooters and especially women, which is 10 kinds of dumb. For most folks they need quite a bit of trigger time for that package to make sense. Id guess 1 trip to the range is all it takes to make them show up on the used shelves.
 
My wife has one and loves it. She shots it good also. We bought it used. I t old Ruger they need to make the same gun in .22 and .22 mag with a 3" barrel. It would be a great pack,tail,trapping,fishing,etc gun.
 
Speaking of ear splitters, the .22 Magnum is another round that I always thought seemed to crack out of proportion to its size. It is a great cartridge from a handgun but has a sort of high pitched crack that pops an unplugged ear pretty good. Seems so for me anyway, maybe I'm the sensitive sort.
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Originally Posted By: GCSpeaking of ear splitters, the .22 Magnum is another round that I always thought seemed to crack out of proportion to its size. It is a great cartridge from a handgun but has a sort of high pitched crack that pops an unplugged ear pretty good. Seems so for me anyway, maybe I'm the sensitive sort.
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Uhmmm... Nope!! I'd rather shoot a 44 mag pistol 10:1 over a 22 mag, without hearing protection. Exactly as you state GC, the 22 mag has high pitched crack that is ear splitting!

Likewise on the 357... thought maybe that one was just my gun, or the shells I using.


 
Originally Posted By: sigprosMy wife has one and loves it. She shots it good also. We bought it used. I t old Ruger they need to make the same gun in .22 and .22 mag with a 3" barrel. It would be a great pack,tail,trapping,fishing,etc gun.


Ruger listened to you, they have the LCR in 22LR and 22Mag.
 
Originally Posted By: DiRTY DOGWhy so many for sale? Good advertising, good concept, good price. But they're butt ugly. The S&W 442/642 is much better looking, and other revolvers look even better. The LCR is just blah. And nobody really "likes" shooting small revolvers anyways.


The looks are subjective but I like the looks of the LCR myself. As far as nobody really likes shooting small revolvers you are wrong....I love shooting them.....I've got Smiths as well as a LCR .38 with Crimson Trace grips and a LCR .22 and I've love shooting them.

The LCR's both shoot far better than any snub nose lightweight revolver should. It turns heads at a rifle range when you are keeping your 4" plates spinning dead ahead with a tiny snubnose revolver at 25 yards. The LCR's are extremely accurate if you have good trigger control and shoot revolvers well. It takes a lot of practice to be able to shoot a DOA .22 revolver well because the trigger pull is so heavy but once you get used to that trigger pull you can shoot about anything well.
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I agree with the GC....I think people get them and then just can't shoot them well. That's not the revolver it's the shooter in most cases.
 
Originally Posted By: GC
Good point and I am right there with you. Short barrels are louder of course and the .357 Magnum seems to be a cartridge that is an unusually offensive ear splitter anyway. [/quote]

That's why I carry a 357 snub nosed revolver. May need to explain why I want a magnum but the ear splitting power says enough.
 


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