{"id":86369,"date":"2018-01-29T16:48:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T21:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=86369"},"modified":"2018-01-29T16:48:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:39:12","slug":"product-launch-year-ruger-pc-carbine-shot-show-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/product-launch-year-ruger-pc-carbine-shot-show-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Launch of the Year: Ruger PC Carbine \u2014 SHOT Show 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The real surprise of SHOT Show 2018 came from Ruger, and I would argue this for best of the new firearms, and second place contender for the story of the year. Only 224 Valkyrie as a cartridge ranks higher in my opinion, and that is saying something. So Ruger has decided to enter the Pistol Caliber Carbine game, and I am really glad I didn\u2019t spend the last year on R&amp;D for a competing product. Because Ruger is going to sink a lot of ships with their new <a href=\"<span> https:\/\/www.ruger.com\/products\/pcCarbine\/models.html<\/span>\" campaign=\"RugerPCC\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Ruger PC Carbine<\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Product Launch of the Year: Ruger PC Carbine \u2014 SHOT Show 2018\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-86401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.03-PM-1024x377.png\" alt=\"Product Launch of the Year: Ruger PC Carbine \u2014 SHOT Show 2018\" width=\"1024\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.03-PM-1024x377.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.03-PM-150x55.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.03-PM-400x147.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.03-PM-768x283.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.03-PM.png 1636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>SPECS:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Capacity: 17+1 rds.<\/li>\n<li>Uses Glock &amp; Ruger mags<\/li>\n<li>Easy takedown<\/li>\n<li>Cartridge: 9mm<\/li>\n<li>Barrel length: 16.12 in.<\/li>\n<li>Overall length: 34.37 in.<\/li>\n<li>Front sight blade; rear adj. ghost ring<\/li>\n<li>Finish: Type II hardcoat anodized<\/li>\n<li>Weight: 6.8 lbs.<\/li>\n<li>MSRP: $649<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Product Launch of the Year: Ruger PC Carbine \u2014 SHOT Show 2018\" class=\"alignright wp-image-86400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.24-PM-1024x632.png\" alt=\"Product Launch of the Year: Ruger PC Carbine \u2014 SHOT Show 2018\" width=\"569\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.24-PM-1024x632.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.24-PM-150x93.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.24-PM-400x247.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.24-PM-768x474.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/>Impressions<\/h2>\n<p>The Ruger PC Carbine is basically a scaled up 10\/22, which offers a number of advantages. First and foremost, 9mm carbines are all blowback models. Ruger knows a little something about this. The 10\/2isng the most ubiquitous 22 LR rifle in the world \u2014 by a large margin. Walking into this, Ruger had decades of experience to fall back on, probably most of the reason they went with a 10\/22 style action.<\/p>\n<p>The rifle is a takedown model, which is also cool. If you already have the capability in engineering terms, why not? So while there are not as many stock options for a takedown 10\/22 as a regular 10\/22, there is still a lot.<\/p>\n<p>The PC Carbine and 10\/22 don\u2019t share a footprint, but the scale is close. It won\u2019t be long before we see aftermarket stocks piled up like cordwood, and that is a huge win. You can make a 10\/22 look and feel like anything from a Tommy Gun to a HALO alien carbine, and I bet we&#8217;ll see the same thing for the PC Carbine soon.<\/p>\n<p>The barrel is threaded from the factory, so it ships suppressor ready. Also important, Ruger put some magic in the bolt. I haven\u2019t taken it apart yet to see exactly what, but the company man we interviewed mentioned recoil dampening.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This platform recoils less than any 9mm carbine I have shot to date.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[one_half]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Product Launch of the Year: Ruger PC Carbine \u2014 SHOT Show 2018\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-86399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.36-PM-400x176.png\" alt=\"Product Launch of the Year: Ruger PC Carbine \u2014 SHOT Show 2018\" width=\"400\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.36-PM-400x176.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.36-PM-150x66.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.36-PM-768x338.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.36-PM-1024x451.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.36-PM.png 1434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>[\/one_half][one_half_last]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Product Launch of the Year: Ruger PC Carbine \u2014 SHOT Show 2018\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-86401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.03-PM-400x147.png\" alt=\"Product Launch of the Year: Ruger PC Carbine \u2014 SHOT Show 2018\" width=\"400\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.03-PM-400x147.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.03-PM-150x55.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.03-PM-768x283.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.03-PM-1024x377.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-3.40.03-PM.png 1636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<h2>Pricing &amp; Availability<\/h2>\n<p>In a big step for Ruger, they also acknowledged the strength of the Glock magazine in the market. The PC Carbine ships set up for an SR-9 magazine ( a nod to the Ruger loyalists), but includes an insert to adapt it to Glock magazines. Well played, Ruger, well played. At a retail price of $649, this carbine is poised to wreck house. I wish I had purchased Ruger stock last week.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Ruger&#8217;s PC Carbine, click <a href=\"https:\/\/ruger.com\/products\/pcCarbine\/specSheets\/19100.html\" campaign=\"RugerPCC\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">***Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/Search.aspx?Keyword=Ruger%20rifle\" campaign=\"GARuger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">GunsAmerica<\/a> for your next Ruger purchase.***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The real surprise of SHOT Show 2018 came from Ruger, and I would argue this for best of the new firearms, and second place contender for the story of the year. Only 224 Valkyrie as a cartridge ranks higher in my opinion, and that is saying something. So Ruger has decided to enter the Pistol Caliber Carbine game, and I am really glad I didn\u2019t spend the last year on R&amp;D for a competing product. Because Ruger is going to sink a lot of ships with their new Ruger PC Carbine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":86398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,226,694,37,1027,1],"tags":[817,187,132,586,102,621,73,1025,620,657],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-clay-martin","9":"category-gun-reviews","10":"category-gun-reviews-rifles","11":"category-shot-shot-2018","12":"category-uncategorized","13":"tag-817","14":"tag-9mm","15":"tag-buzz","16":"tag-column","17":"tag-feature-articles","18":"tag-pistol","19":"tag-ruger","20":"tag-shot-show-2018","21":"tag-tactical","22":"tag-takedown"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Product Launch of the Year: Ruger PC Carbine \u2014 SHOT Show 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Product Launch of the Year: Ruger PC Carbine \u2014 SHOT Show 2018 - Uncategorized\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/product-launch-year-ruger-pc-carbine-shot-show-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Product Launch of the Year: Ruger PC Carbine \u2014 SHOT Show 2018\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The real surprise of SHOT Show 2018 came from Ruger, and I would argue this for best of the new firearms, and second place contender for the story of the year. 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