[fred cook]

Took the Ruger carbine to the range this morning. Started on a bullseye paper target to check windage and elevation. Windage was ok but I needed to move the rear sight up a bit for the disistances I will be shooting. Once the basics were taken care of, I moved to a centerfire range with some steel falling plate targets. Some of the plates are pretty heavy but the 9mm carbine took them all down convincingly. Now it's just a matter of getting in enough practice time. As you would expect, recoil was very minor with a 6+ lb. shooter. The Ruger uses a blowback action with a heavy bolt. Most of the felt recoil seems to come from the heavy bolt hitting the receiver, not the firing of the cartridge. All in all, very manageable with very little muzzle climb.