Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!
Semiauto Pistols
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Deep dive into one of Chappie's many perversions, namely his obsession with French Ruby pistols. Despite their somewhat undeserved tarnished reputation, they do offer a very interesting and economical collecting subject with a huge number of manufacturers to look out for and as we discover, they are not all alike. The issue of supposed magazine interchangability is also addressed. We also take them to the range to see if they really do suck.
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