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I had a chance to visit the South East Regional Park shooting range and wanted to test my Ruger PCC takedown with and without suppressor. The pistol caliber carbine is not for everyone however I was very attracted to the PCCs that take Glock magazines. 50 yards is a very long shot with a hand held pistol but pretty easy with the PCC. Extended capacity magazines will certainly fit in a Glock pistol but the PCC is where they fit right in so to speak.
I tested Tula steel cased ammo at 25yards unsuppressed and went through several magazines, both factory Glock and ECI.
The group on the center target shows a nice group for casual aiming. I observed some of the KCI magazines were very tight in the Ruger PCC mag well and functioned fairly well with a few failures to feed/chamber. The Factory Glock mags functioned much better. I'm not a fan of steel cases, so I'll retest the magazines with brass.
The top left target was fired with the suppressor and a warm barrel. The point of aim is lower and the group has started to open up. The group on the top right was fired with the suppressor and a hot barrel showing the opening up a little more.
Conclusions?
1) The red dot was elevated enough to "see" over the suppressor even though it meant for a rifle (Hybrid 46)
2) After firing several magazines, steel cased ammo was less reliable in the PCC than brass.
3) Taking down the gun made it very easy to inspect the barrel after any failure to fire/ feed etc.
4) The ETS mag loader is very handy for loading a 33 round magazine.
Summary? Keep testing this is a fun rig.
I tested Tula steel cased ammo at 25yards unsuppressed and went through several magazines, both factory Glock and ECI.
The group on the center target shows a nice group for casual aiming. I observed some of the KCI magazines were very tight in the Ruger PCC mag well and functioned fairly well with a few failures to feed/chamber. The Factory Glock mags functioned much better. I'm not a fan of steel cases, so I'll retest the magazines with brass.
The top left target was fired with the suppressor and a warm barrel. The point of aim is lower and the group has started to open up. The group on the top right was fired with the suppressor and a hot barrel showing the opening up a little more.
Conclusions?
1) The red dot was elevated enough to "see" over the suppressor even though it meant for a rifle (Hybrid 46)
2) After firing several magazines, steel cased ammo was less reliable in the PCC than brass.
3) Taking down the gun made it very easy to inspect the barrel after any failure to fire/ feed etc.
4) The ETS mag loader is very handy for loading a 33 round magazine.
Summary? Keep testing this is a fun rig.