Sorry to hear that you are not thrilled about the LCRx. I will say that LCR stands for Lightweight Carry Revolver. It is not intended as a range gun. The premise was to make a revolver that was easy to carry with a good trigger. The kind of gun that's carried alot but shot little. A few cylinders full every range trip will do. Get a steel gun for fun at the range.

 

I experienced same issues with my lcr 9mm. Just too uncomfortable to enjoy in my old hands. Traded her away.

 

I suck with little guns

 

Little guns are the hardest to shoot. My .44 magnums are more comfortable than my pocket .380acp.

 

I'm of the view that if you're going to carry a gun a lot you better shoot that gun a lot.

I was well aware this gun wouldn't be as nice as shooting powder puff 38 through my 4.2" GP100 but I wasn't prepared to find it was even rougher than shooting 38+p on a S&W airweight with wooden grips.

38 and especially 357 are so expensive right now I was really hoping I could have some fun shooting this revolver and training with it to get my snub nose skills up to snuff.

Anyways... my accuracy wasn't so terrible. But what surprised me is that even in single action it was just 0% better than my 642 in 38. Maybe practice will help

I hit the 6" target on probably 48 out of 55 shots (and wasn't so far off on the others) but there was very little in the way of a grouping. Just all over the place. Everything seeming to go 2-3" high. I also destroyed an innocent paper clip. I informed the range officer on my way out but they fortunately did not charge me for it - either civil or criminally

I guess that is good enough... but that paper clip could have landed me some serious time in a different jurisdiction.

 

I had same experince with the lcr 9mm. You might want to try pachmayr diamond pro grips. They made the lcrx 3 inch 357 reasonably pleasurable.
The transfer bar noise never really bothers me. It is the nature if the beast with rugers.
As much as i love my sp101 2 inch lcr i am going to put ot on the chopping block.

I have gone back to the lcr 22lr. Suoer easy to carry and effective with fedral punch.

The older i get 22lr seems to go with me more often. I still have my various glock 9mm but its the weight that bugs me.

22lr is just so light easy to carry and effective .

 

Silverback13 is right on about the pachmayr diamond pro grips. I find that shooting 147 grain bullets are the most accurate out of my lcr9. Stick with it, it will come around and hopefully you will shoot it better, good luck.

 

I had the 9mm LCR a while back and just wasn't a moonclips fan. I've tried a 686+ with clips too, same deal. I find them to be a pain but at least in a 357 they aren't mandatory.

I never had a crimp jump in the LCR, I've only seen crimp jump in an S&W 360PD with hot 357 mag rounds. That gun weighed so little that after every box or so of 357 I had to tighten all the screws back up.

 

I've fell into the "9mm in a revolver is cool " trap 4 times now. Each time the experience was much like yours. Poor accuracy, stouter than 38 recoil, PITA Moonclips, Overall "burst bubble" . In each case, ownership was VERY short lived. ( I'm an optimist and a slow learner but I do figure it out eventually )
In the end, I've determined that there is ZERO advantage to a revolver in 9mm over 38/357 for anything I might do with it.
My advice, sell it and move on.

 

I have a LCR 357, 9mm, and 327.

My experience with the LCR 9 is similar to your's. Worst of the lot.

Of the three, I like the 327 Federal the best.

 

I can't relate. I love my LCR9. As for the recoil, I'm 73 with arthritic hands that are in constant pain
but have no problem with any of my LCR's or my S&W 60-14 in .357 mag. Now, I use CT Laser
Grip sight grips on all my snubs which gives me a lot more grip to grip than stock. Maybe that's the
difference. As for accuracy, here's 10 rounds of Hornady 115gr FTX at 10 yards rapid fire with a reload.

Dano

 

I would expect 9 to be rough in a light revolver. My used to own regular .357 LCR was rough shooting .38s. I had bought the .357 just so the extra weight would help recoil with .38s. I never had any thought of using .357s....

 

I have the .22lr LCR……….obviously no where near the recoil, but, still wasnt all that thrilled with the grips. Switched to the “ boot grip” Ruger sells, and that was worse (for me).
So went back to the stock grip, and its just “ok”.

Now on my 642-1, I didn’t like the stock grips either, mainly because I HATE the dangling pinky syndrome. Switched them out for some Altamonts which are almost identical to the ones S&W puts on the “Performance” series 642, and it is, for ME, a huge improvement, especially with hotter loads.

So, my long winded advice would be to try some different grips on your LCR, some that will give your pinky something to hang on to. It might just make enough of a difference to make it more accurate and more comfortable to shoot.

 

Ruger should offer the steel-frame, 3" LCRx in 9mm

 

And .327 Federal Magnum. Come on, Ruger!

 

I understand why a lot of people like the LCR. At under 11 ounces, it is not pleasant to shoot. However, try putting that 92f or 1911 in your jeans pocket. They are meant for the time when otherwise you would go un-armed.

 

I've never had an LCR, I love Ruger revolvers and have had many over the years, but I just can't get past the plastic and it's just butt-ugly. Utilitarian it certainly is.