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Shooting Sports

New Ruger LC Carbine

At Shot Show 2023’s Industry Range Day I had an opportunity to try Ruger’s new LC Carbine chambered in 5.7x28mm. This cartridge designed for the FN P90 and adopted by NATO and many European police forces. Much in the same way PCCs are hugely popular due to their magazine commonality with 9mm service pistols, Ruger created LCC to serve the same purpose for their Ruger 5.7 pistol.

At the range the LCC was light weight and even lighter to shoot. The 5.7x28mm round was designed a have a soft recoil, but this felt like a shooting .22LR due to the LCC’s design. It was fun to shoot and accurate but I’m not committed enough to invest into the 5.7 ecosystem. If Ruger would make a 9mm version of this rifle, they’d have my attention.

Shooting Sports

New Ruger SFAR .308

At Shot Show 2023’s Industry Range Day, there was a long line at the Ruger tent which ended up being mostly to try Marlin’s new lever action rifles. But on the less crowded side of the tent was what looked like their ARs. But it wasn’t, it was the new SFAR. You could be forgiven for mistaking it for yet another 5.56 AR, but the SFAR (Small Frame Auto-Loading Rifle) is chambered in .308.

Compared to other .308 AR10’s I had shot that day, the SFAR had the a smaller physical footprint. And more amazingly weighed as much as a typical 5.56mm AR. Perhaps it was the can they had had on it but the rifle had a softer felt recoil. Not unlike shooting a AR PCC. I was delighted and surprised.

I am not sure what sorcery Ruger used to shrink down an AR10’s components but it seemed to work. I understand that the guys at TFB had issues with their SFAR cycling reliably. My demo rifle functioned flawlessly as it did for the half-dozen other shooters ahead of me in line. If I was in the market for an AR10, I’d consider this one.