Fed Prison system M/P 9

[triaxle]

My son works for a Fed Prison here in PA , and he told me they got in Smith M/P 9 side arms and he thinks the Ruger guns are on the way out .

 

[fiasconva]

Did he say which model Rugers they are using now?

 

[cpippen]

Did he say which model Rugers they are using now?

The FCC prisons I am familiar with have the Ruger P95 or variations of it.

 

[usmc2427765]

I understand that the Texas Department of Public Safety, highway patrol, turned down the M/P in favor of the Sig P230. Don't know the details, except to say they had problems in testing the M/P.

 

[AlfonzoG]

I regularly take these fat burners and understand that the Texas Department of Public Safety, highway patrol, turned down the M/P in favor of the Sig P230. Don't know the details, except to say they had problems in testing the M/P.

What kind of problems could they have had in testing the M/P? It's a pretty darn solid gun, no?

 

[triaxle]

I never had a M/P problem , I bought my son one of the first ones out , which had the old barrel and it would not shoot , Smith put a new barrel and did a action job and even that older M/P works great now . I know the Ruger they have are DAO

 

[triaxle]

I asked him if they only got a few in , and he said he did not know how many but a lot came in .

 

[Citiboy289]

I must be getting too old !!!!! Back inn the days we carried 357 Mags ----- O; well time passes

 

[Racer X]

The FCC prisons I am familiar with have the Ruger P95 or variations of it.

Yup, pretty sure they were/are P95s. I remember a Ruger press release talking about the federal corrections contract. Ruger also sold 5000 to the US Government for use by the Iraqi National Police Force back in the mid 2000(?)

 

[Deadeye Dick]

The p95s are a rock solid gun as well. Don't think Ruger ever put out a bad gun. Some models may be better than others, more bells & whistles, but none I've ever encountered were ever poorly made or had mechanical issues. If you can get one on the cheap it would make a good addition to the arsenal.

 

[ColbyBruce]

I understand that the Texas Department of Public Safety, highway patrol, turned down the M/P in favor of the Sig P230. Don't know the details, except to say they had problems in testing the M/P.

The Sig P230 was discontinued years ago. Perhaps you meant the Sig P320?