The Ruger 57 was launched with the only two factory payloads that John discovered-manufactured by Federal American Eagle and FN, both of which contained 40 FMJ bullets.
What's in the number? There was a time in ancient history, and for some people today, numbers were considered mysterious. Secret societies are actually cults, and they even arise around the worship of numbers.
The number 57 has some special meaning to me. After World War II, we lived in a housing project built specifically for returning veterans. Although I just learned to read, my mother can let me go to the store to buy a yellow or red bottle, and I can recognize it by the 57 on the front. In the early days of television, one of the programs on the old Dumont network was "Studio 57", which introduced many young actors who eventually became famous.
In the same year, one of the most beautiful cars ever designed launched the '57 Chevy V-8 Convertible and two-door hardtop. In those days, it was a pretty big opportunity to go to the local car dealers to see new models every fall. In 1963, 57 years ago, with the arrival of the .22 Jet, .221 Remington and .256 Winchester, we first tried to produce small-caliber long-range pistols. These are rare today, but Luger has now launched their new Luger 57, which is a semi-automatic pistol with a caliber of 5.7 x 28 mm. 5.7 The chamber provides us with the Ruger 57 nomenclature-the number 57 is about to gain a new meaning!
Use a Ruger-57 equipped with a viper red dot to shoot at a target 25 yards away. The unique bullet provides high speed, low recoil and excellent accuracy.
The .22 caliber 5.7 x 28 mm cartridge dates back more than 30 years, when it was developed by Fabrique Nationale and loaded into the FN P90 semi-automatic pistol. It was originally designed for military and law enforcement purposes, especially in submachine guns. I heard from several sources that it is the pistol of choice for the Secret Service. The new Luger in this cartridge can of course be used for self-defense, but it is basically designed for the field. In fact, I have seen the application of both, if it is used for self-defense and triggered in a housing without ear protection, it will definitely attract attention!
Currently, the Federal can provide the cartridges themselves in American Eagle 40-grain FMJ and FN 40-grain Hornady V-Max. Speer announced a version designed for self-defense, which will arrive soon. Initially, the 27 and 28 grid bullets had a reload speed of 2,000 fps, but the 5-inch barrel of the Luger 57 provides a muzzle velocity for 40 grid reloading in the range of 1,600 to 1,700 fps.
I have fired the new Luger extensively with two ammunition versions with almost perfect performance. I said "almost" because I experienced two complete chamber failures, both of which required a simple push on the back of the slide to cover, and several failures to fully pop out. These two situations may simply be due to the novelty of the pistol.
The frame of Ruger 57 is high-performance glass-filled nylon as described by the company, while the slider and barrel are made of alloy steel. The former is made of black oxide and the latter is made of black nitride. Although the recoil is very gentle, and there are raised serrations on the front and back of the slide rail, the fine texture of the grip ensures a firm grip. The barrel has a 1:9 right-hand twist and has eight grooves. Ruger weighs only 24.5 ounces and is very easy to carry with a well-designed leather case. This Ruger is not a pistol fired by a striker, but has an internal hammer with dexterous thumb safety. Ruger called it a safe action fire control. There is also an inspection port that allows people to determine whether the chamber is loaded. The trigger is very good, with short and crisp pull and positive reset. Two 20-round steel magazines are provided, and the frame is equipped with an easy-to-access reversible magazine release device that can also be actively operated to make the magazine fall easily.
The new Ruger 57 is a unique 5.7 x 28 mm semi-automatic pistol that brings mass market appeal to cartridges that were previously considered professional and expensive.
The front of the frame is equipped with Picatinny accessory rails for easy installation of lights or lasers. The sight is very good and easy to see and access, including a green optical fiber sight, which matches a sight with adjustable wind resistance and elevation angle. I found that Ruger 57 is easy to target. In addition to the excellent factory sights, this Ruger drills and taps holes in front of the rear sights for mounting the bottom plate and red dot sights. Both are available from Ruger, and the red dot sight is Vortex Viper.
To test, I shot Ruger with an iron sight and a viper. Viper has 10 different red dot lighting levels and automatically turns off after 14 hours. It is powered by a CR2032 battery, has an anti-reflective, super-hard ArmorTek lens coating, and is advertised as shockproof, waterproof, and weighs only one ounce. It is easy to install and adjust, with a click value of 1 MOA and a weight of only 1 ounce. For me, the red dot sight is faster to obtain than the factory sight, but it does not extend my range to the factory sight-it just makes shooting at relatively close ranges more accurate. The opening and closing control is on the left side, it does not open quickly, at least for me.
I want to see some arrangement for installing a pistol scope. Once, many years ago, Burris provided a 3/4-inch pistol scope, which I mounted on a 0.22 revolver. If I know it will be removed from production, I will buy a few more. Light weight and small size, it is the perfect choice for this pistol.
The suggested retail price is US$799, and the Ruger price is only more than 50% of the original cost of the FN M90 pistol. This alone will definitely make it a very popular pistol. As for the cost of ammunition, I found that the two versions currently available cost $20 to $22 per box of 50 rounds. With the arrival of the new Luger, as far as ammunition is concerned, I expect two things-the price will drop and more versions will be available.
Launching the Ruger 57 with available ammunition revealed several things. This gun is very accurate. It is actually more accurate than mine. The recoil is very gentle. Checking the brass fired will reveal something I have never seen before. The shoulders of the box being launched have moved far enough forward to be easily spotted. The original FN pistol had a delayed recoil, which caused the shoulders to move forward when firing. This Ruger pistol also had recoil. I don’t know if this is true for every FN 5.7 x 28 mm pistol, but a reliable report more than 10 years ago showed that the fired shell has an inverted taper, which means that the front diameter of the fired brass shell is larger than the bottom of the shell. Diameter. When measuring fired brass from Ruger 57, it turned out not to be the case, with a diameter of 0.314 inches at the front and 0.316 inches at the bottom.
I am going to reload the 5.7 x 28mm brass with a Lee Precision mold, and a Lee Universal Expanding Die to expand the mouth of the box instead of overworking the brass with a standard expansion ball. I hope that some reloading of this cartridge will be possible in the future, but the situation will be different at different times.
All in all, the Ruger 57 is light weight and easy to shoot. It is very suitable as a relatively close-range hunting/small game pistol. It can be used for self-defense, and perhaps most importantly-shooting is fun.
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