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I'd be grateful for Ruger S9 owner's comments on how they like it. Does the trigger improve over time? How is reliability? All S9 shooter's personal experience is welcome....................elsullo
eriknemily said:One of the main reasons I was interested in it is the ambidextrous safety and mag release. I'm a lefty and thought that would be nice to have in my carry piece. Secondly I didn't want to spend more than $500 on my first carry piece and this one fit the bill. I wanted a 9mm because ammo is a bit cheaper.
I sold it (last week) because I felt it was a little large for cc. I know some guys brag that they can conceal a full size 1911 without any trouble. Not for me. I'm lanky, 6' 1" and 180lbs after a good meal. For me the grip was too long. I have kids and am rather active so bending over and reaching for things made the grips print on my shirt and my shirt would often times hang up on them.
As far as function goes I had only one problem. The first person I had look at the gun after putting it up for sale the mag release began sticking. It had always been stiff. When it would stick I couldn't get the magazine to latch without pushing the mag release back into place. I've read on a couple of different forums that the first run of sr9's had that problem but ruger supposedly fixed that. I was going to contact Ruger about it but someone was willing to purchase it with the stick mag release.
I had no trouble with different types and brands of ammo. I've shot mainly winchester white box and blazer brass through it. I've also shot a box of Federal Hyrda-shok and hornady critical defense. No failures to feed. No problems with ejecting brass. As far as accuracy goes I'm not the guy to ask. I'm not a very good shot. However, at self-defense range (7yds) I was easily able to center of mass followed by a head shot without too much effort.
I've now moved on to a s&w m&p 40 compact. I love it. The smaller frame and grip solves all of my printing issues. And I still love my MTAC holster from com-tac.
Hope that wasn't too long winded. All in all, I would say the sr9 is a great shooter but not a great choice for cc.
Erik
Thankyou all for your response! Let's hope Ruger is working on a compact model!........................elsullo