(GunReports.com) — Gun Tests Magazine has named the Ruger Lightweight Compact Revolver LCR-BGXS as the publication’s “Best in Class Revolver” for 2011.
The pistol joins a Kel-Tec PMR-30, an AR-style 300 Whisper from SSK Industries, a 12-gauge autoloading shotgun from Legacy Sports International, and a laser/light combo accessory from Crimson Trace as the magazine’s “Best in Class” 2011 honorees.
Every December, Gun Tests’ Editor Todd Woodard surveys the work of the magazine’s staff over the previous 12 months to select around 15 Guns of the Year (GOTY) choices. From those GOTY pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, and accessories, the staff chooses the magazine’s “Best in Class” winners.
Gun Tests Publisher Timothy H. Cole said, “The ‘Best in Class’ winners show accuracy, reliability, tight fit and finish, are often handsome, and offer a lot of value for the dollar. Consumers can trust these awards because we don’t accept advertising, which allows us to choose guns solely on their own merits.”
The exact test model was the $575 Ruger Lightweight Compact Revolver LCR-BGXS with Hogue boot grip, originally reviewed in the March 2011 issue of Gun Tests.
Woodard said, “Two distinct features separated the LCR-BGXS from the other Ruger LCRs, and the code says it all: Boot Grip, XS sight. We found that the Boot Grip, though small in appearance, provided plenty of usable grip area. In fact, we grew to prefer it over the original grip because it allowed us to get the highest possible hold on the gun.”
Roger Eckstine, who wrote the March Gun Tests article, said, “From behind the grip, the front sight was a big ball. In both dim light and sunshine, we found the XS front sight very easy to pick up.”
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