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Hi everyone, some members expressed interest in my initial thoughts with the PC Charger Pistol so I thought I'd post them here. Not a full review, but just some impressions:
Okay, I managed to put some rounds through the PC Charger Pistol, as well through my Banshee and my friend's HK SP5. Overall, I think you get a lot for your money from the Ruger. Similar to other Rugers, it is built like a tank and its great that it comes with the Glock magwell since I have tons of Glock mags and no Ruger mags.
The trigger is excellent, both light in weight and with a good solid reset. I did have one FTE in the last round of one of the mags, no other failures.
It shoots smoothly, I think softer than a traditional blowback AR9, but the SP5/MP5 still wins by far as the smoothest/softest shooting. The CMMG Banshee would be just below the SP5 and above the Ruger in this respect, in my opinion.
The FS1913A (aluminum) pistol brace did indeed fold on me a few times while I was shooting the PC Charger, as I had seen reported before. Its not that big of a deal at the range, but in competition (less likely given pistol braces are in general not allowed) or home defense, its not ideal. I'll have to bring it out some more and see if the problem persists.
I put some 147gr Gold Dots and 147gr HSTs through the PC Charger without any issues. Ran suppressed without any issues as well.
The Ruger is not hard to disassemble, kind of similar to the 10/22, but definitely more complicated than an AR (some bolts you have to remove, etc.).
I still like how nimble and light the Banshee is... it handles so nicely. The Ruger is bulkier/heavier and feels a little more awkward. The SP5 is beautiful and shoots the best. The Ruger, however, at almost half the cost of the Banshee and 1/4 the cost of the SP5 is pretty great for the money (especially if you have Glock mags). With the folding brace and takedown feature, the package can become quite small. Its a little silly that you can remove the forend (since its so short already), but if you wanted to leave a can attached to the barrel in your bag and reassemble the pistol quickly, that would be one potential use I can see.
Okay, I managed to put some rounds through the PC Charger Pistol, as well through my Banshee and my friend's HK SP5. Overall, I think you get a lot for your money from the Ruger. Similar to other Rugers, it is built like a tank and its great that it comes with the Glock magwell since I have tons of Glock mags and no Ruger mags.
The trigger is excellent, both light in weight and with a good solid reset. I did have one FTE in the last round of one of the mags, no other failures.
It shoots smoothly, I think softer than a traditional blowback AR9, but the SP5/MP5 still wins by far as the smoothest/softest shooting. The CMMG Banshee would be just below the SP5 and above the Ruger in this respect, in my opinion.
The FS1913A (aluminum) pistol brace did indeed fold on me a few times while I was shooting the PC Charger, as I had seen reported before. Its not that big of a deal at the range, but in competition (less likely given pistol braces are in general not allowed) or home defense, its not ideal. I'll have to bring it out some more and see if the problem persists.
I put some 147gr Gold Dots and 147gr HSTs through the PC Charger without any issues. Ran suppressed without any issues as well.
The Ruger is not hard to disassemble, kind of similar to the 10/22, but definitely more complicated than an AR (some bolts you have to remove, etc.).
I still like how nimble and light the Banshee is... it handles so nicely. The Ruger is bulkier/heavier and feels a little more awkward. The SP5 is beautiful and shoots the best. The Ruger, however, at almost half the cost of the Banshee and 1/4 the cost of the SP5 is pretty great for the money (especially if you have Glock mags). With the folding brace and takedown feature, the package can become quite small. Its a little silly that you can remove the forend (since its so short already), but if you wanted to leave a can attached to the barrel in your bag and reassemble the pistol quickly, that would be one potential use I can see.
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