3.6 oz if you are comparing the .38 to the .357.
From Ruger's website:
.38 Weight: 13.5 oz.
.357 Weight: 17.1 oz.
Each to their own, but my previous backup gun was 13.5 oz and I've seen zero difference between them in an ankle holster, and I've carried the .357 LCR since they came out. I carry my BUG on one ankle and cuffs and a flashlight on the other. It balances out nicely and is no different than wearing boots in the way it feels.
FWIW I have been issued a .357 LCR for two years now. I honestly don't know how many rounds I have put through it besides quarterly qualifications. I carried a .38 LCR for about 3 years before this one.
The .357 LCR sometimes gets a little sticky cylinder release where it is hard to open. That may just be trash in there, I don't know. I shoot it and clean it once in a blue moon.
Good revolver and I would buy one with my own dime and not worry about it.
I usually pocket carry the LCR but sometimes carry it AIWB. Depends on what I am doing.
Well, that did take some transition time, but I never once got immersion foot while navigating an M-113, which isn't the case when I was navigating my LPCs. In addition, unlike M 60's and M-551's it was pretty tough (though not impossible) to get a track stuck in the mud. (It was, however, very easy to sink a 113 while trying to "swim" it).
IIRC, the metal is not reinforcing plastic. Everything in the upper half of the revolver is metal. The only plastic is the lower half.
As was said earlier, no part having anything to do with critical tolerances or the combustion of the cartridge is plastic. The only thing the plastic houses is the fire control group.
So, if there's any problems with the cylinder, crane, forcing cone or barrel, it's because of metal problems. Nothing to do with plastic.
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There is also a smaller boot grip available for LCRs if the stock grip is too large.
I did an endurance test on a .38 LCR a while back.
Measurements out of box, measurements after testing.
Rested accuracy testing with a variety of loads up front, repeated again at the end.
Off-hand shooting drills.
5000 rounds of Black Hills +P for the main endurance run in the middle.
Roughly 300 rounds of mixed for the rest.
At the end, the gun shot slightly better for accuracy.
Measurable frame stretching (not extreme, just measurable), increased barrel/cylinder gap (still within acceptable tolerances).
Wore most of the Ruger logo off the rubber grip.
Concluded the gun can hold up.
Denis
Good info.
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