Ruger LC9/LC9s

I went thru this last Christmas with my wife, My problem with the LC9 is it is to small even for a woman, the torque from the 9mm is enough to cause the gun to twist in the hand when fired and cause the gun to require a repurchase of the grip on the gun after every shot.

I am sure it is a safe and reliable gun, but I did not like the ergonomics so we went the Glock 43 route
 
I picked up a LC9S Pro today to use as a summer carry pistol. All I've done at this point is some dry firing and practicing field stripping it but I have to say I am SERIOUSLY impressed with the trigger. I don't think I've ever had a pistol with a trigger this ball bearing smooth out of the box, not even any of my S&W revolvers purchased new. Per my Lyman Digital trigger gage the break runs between 5 lbs. 3 ounces and 5 lbs. 6 ounces, so it's weighted light enough I should be able to shoot it quite well. Just wish the dots in the sights were a bit larger, at 61 years of age my eyesight isn't what it once was and I've become a bit spoiled by the big white dots Ruger puts in the SR1911.

Tomorrow is a range day so I'll see how it shoots. Hopefully it will prove as reliable as everyone has been reporting. Also curious to see how the recoil is because I haven't shot a 9mm in many years and that one was a full size M&P. Compared to my 40 caliber P239 this LC9S is a real feather weight.
 
I have the Ruger LC9s with a safety. Say what you want to but I just feel safer with a safety and such a short and light trigger pull. I've put about 900 rounds downrange with it (mostly my reloads). I love it but I did send it back to Ruger for to get the fix for light magazine release. I only had one mag to release on it's own but Ruger turned it around in (seriously) 1 week. Never a problem since. They've got some great customer service. It's one of my EDC pieces. Not as much fun as sn S&W revolver but I think a good self defense weapon.
 
After training and carrying various Glocks on and off duty for over 15 years and tens of thousands of rounds downrange with Glocks, I am convinced it's one of the best duty and defensive handgun designs on the market in the right hands (and I certainly understand some won't agree). With that said, when I went to the local cop shop to pick up my new G43 I ended up coming home with a Ruger LC9s Pro and absolutely love it.

Mine has been 100% reliable, plenty accurate, and I find it easy to carry concealed and quite ergonomic. I have since had several range sessions shooting G43's and LC9S side by side and I find both of them to be up to snuff for what they are designed to do. It may have taken Ruger two tries to get the LC9 right, but I think they hit a home run with the LC9s Pro.

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Put 100 rounds of 115 gr. WWB and 7 rounds of Federal 147 gr. HST through the LC9s Pro today without any failures of any description. Recoil is distinctly snappy, not a surprise considering the light weight of this pistol. However even for my arthritic wrist the recoil wasn't at all painful and in a rapid fire string I didn't notice it at all. Sighting with the 115 grain WWB put the POI about an inch low at 35 feet using a Combat sight picture so I expect that it's probably sighted for 124 grain bullets. Accuracy was rather good for such small pistol and I found it rather simple to hold my groups to less that 6 inches in rapid fire at 30 feet. While that may not sound that good it's good enough for this old fart who can't focus on handgun sights anymore.
 
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