
I see the speed reload similarities here in this LC Carbine as well.This article needs additional citations for verification. Uzi famously noted that hands can always find hands and thus the reason the UZI was designed with a grip-based magazine. Reloads were fast as well with the grip-centered balance and grip reload. The accuracy was excellent with just a Burris Fastfire III red dot. Receiver Finish: Type III hard-coat anodized Stock: Folding, adjustable length of pull While running timed drills, I was shocked to see better times with the LC Carbine than I did with the Ruger AR556 I brought for testing. For Galil and Tavor fans, the non-reciprocating side-charging handle feels very fast and convenient. Overall, the LC Carbine feels extremely well balanced and points fast.Īs with the Ruger 5.7, the magazine safety is 1911-style and offers very fast operation and in many ways feels faster and more ergonomic to operate than an AR platform. The result is a more compact firearm, which balances almost perfectly at the grip. The upper also features a two-piece bolt-over-barrel design which positions the barrel more rearward than expected compared to an AR-15. Like most unique firearms, once learned, the process is simple and quick. The serialized upper receiver is a bit unique with its own special toolless takedown process. The trigger is the same Secure Action fire-control with a smooth round break similar to a striker-fired feel. The trigger, safety, and magazine release are all carried over directly from the Ruger 5.7 pistol design with the lower frame essentially replicating the pistol.

The LC Carbine features a threaded nitride-treated 16.25-inch fluted steel barrel for durability. Like most Ruger firearms, only one magazine is included. Ruger has included flip-up sights, integrated rear QD sling mount points, and an M-LOK QD sling mount. Ruger has delivered a familiar AR format with the full-length 1913 spec top rail and M-LOK slots. The LC Carbine shares the same 5.7×28 magazines with the Ruger 5.7 pistol. If customers want a right-side folding stock, they only need to remove a few screws and swap the rear stock components around. However, the included folding stock is quite good, from a design and ergonomics perspective. However, most owners will release the bolt by pulling back on the non-reciprocating charging handle.Īlso included on the receiver is a vertical, industry standard, rear Picatinny rail for the option to attach your choice of stock.

The only exception is a left-side only bolt release. Like other recent Ruger pistol caliber carbine (PCC) designs, the LC Carbine is “Ambi-Everything” with the charging handle, magazine release, and folding stock offering complete flexibility for right- or left-hand operation. Of note, the magazine will accept 21 rounds but in testing bobbles the first or second round if loaded beyond the 20-round capacity. However, it seems to work in the same manner as any other pistol. The magazine release does have a bit of a unique lever toggle feel.
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The attention to design and ergonomic details were well planned with the safety, bolt, and magazine release positioned where they would be expected compared to the manual safety version of the 5.7 pistol model. The tiny 5.7×28 round delivers highly-compact firepower with a 20-round magazine about the size of most full-sized pistol magazines. The 5.7 option offers a lot of ammo capacity with a low incidence of wall pass-through of errant rounds. As a home defense option, the Ruger LC Carbine is a fantastic, easy shooting, fast, slim, and light format. In the LC Carbine, the round delivers extraordinary-light, nearly unnoticeable recoil with zero muzzle rise. 22 Magnum rimfire round, but with more proven lethality than the 9mm round. The biggest advantage to the 5.7 round is the extremely light, controllable recoil that is very similar to a. The LC Carbine’s design process was focused on offering a magazine compatible rifle counterpart to the very popular Ruger 5.7 pistol, with similar ergonomics. Both accuracy and feeding reliability has also shown to be improved with longer bottleneck ammo case designs compared to pistol caliber carbines. For the backpacker, this means they can carry 170 rounds of 5.7×28 vs 100 rounds of. 223 Remington rounds which is important for those who want to carry more capacity with lower weight.

The 5.7×28 round is 40% lighter in weight and offers more density per magazine than. 17 Mach 2 and 22 Hornet rounds are offered at half the price of 5.7 ammo. Though American Eagle is offering a slightly less expensive FN authorized FMJ round, many people ask why the 5.7×28 round is so expensive when similarly performing. This is about the same cost per round as quality defensive 9mm ammunition. The light 5.7×28 round delivers easy accuracy with unnoticeable recoil in a lightweight platform.įN’s defensive ammo loaded with Hornady V-MAX bullets yields current retail prices hovering around $55/box of 50.
