Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20141010002549/@comment-226878-20141014033556

Well, most of her swings comes from the firing pin. She still has to have strength enough to keep it from flying out of her hand, but that's the difference between power and stamina.

We have also to bear in mind that Ruby is two years younger than the average Beacon student, that's the age of students who more likely generally do not go out and apply their skills in the field thus have no real experience. Ruby has fought Grimm and Roman and gangsters and White Fang, but in every case, she has relied on her "only friend." Ruby is not Yang, she doesn't excel at fighting hand-to-hand.