I am not a Ruger fan

[S&W SS Revolvers]

Dad's 1958 Ruger Single Six .22 revolver is in the safe. It has literally 1,000's of rounds since new (not many since the 1980's) and has been to a gunsmith twice. It's a 3 screw S/N 121309 and has almost 60 years of good care and wear & tear.

As a kid it was alll we had except for his old Remington Sportsman 48 12 ga. Mod. and I learned to shoot grasshoppers off of RR ties/tracks with it. Thus I am an old revolver fan and lover. The thing shoots real straight.

Funny...Dad bought it and it's Hunter holster and belt with one of Mom's paychecks in '58. Oooooooh boy she was lit up!!! The thing ain't worth much to anyone but me and I just may be fried with it (not for sale). With that said Rugers and Bill are good and he was GREAT...yet S&W is my personal choice...the "Snap-On" of revolvers IMHO.

 

[824tsv]

"I am not a Ruger fan"

Neither am I...

 

[TJHuxley]

Please tell us how your Ruger P-series .40 shoots as well as your feelings about ergonomics and such. Because I lack magazine fed Ruger pistols and have never shot one the best I can say is their GP100 and SP101 revolvers are super. Also, being a member and reader of the Ruger Forum too, people's experience from that forum is Ruger will support your new to you pistol to virtually no end or exception. My Ruger revolvers have needed nothing but bullets.

 

[Brian41]

ColbyBruce, I have that same gun and paid slightly more than you, good value those Rugers. Yes it's a brick and big for CCW but for home defense and a truck gun I'd think one would be just fine.
Actually I bought the Ruger carbine in .40 S&W first and bought the pistol as a companion to the carbine. I'm more a S&W revolver guy but that combo sharing mags did appeal to me.
I've found both the carbine and pistol to be good shooters and handle the cartridge well. While certainly not target guns both are accurate enough too.
Hope you enjoy yours.

 

[Biggfoot44]

I have been accused of being a Ruger fan , with a sideline into S&W , not sure if I convinced him it was the reverse.

But I remain unmoved by the .40 . Eventually I will get a .40 conversion bbl for my "other brand" 10mm just for availability of over the counter semi-cheap plinking ammo.

But meanwhile at the P Series I have a stainless P90 DC . I actually probably overpaid for it , but P90's rarely show up on dealer shelves in my area , and this particular pistol had a very sweet DA pull . Grip felt good to me fondling in the GS . With live fire it rotated a bit in my hand horizontally ( left to right ). A Hogue Handall now makes it a rock steady extention of my hand. I suspect Hogues finger groove replacement grip panels would work similarily , and look neater while doing so. To the OP this is a common enough addition among Ruger Guys, and they are cheap enough, just get one first , and do a before and after test the first range session.

I did initially have feeding problems with it ! Turned out that it had been shot enough that the spreinds were badly fatigued/ compressed, and replacement springs had me back to 100% percent, and it remain my prefered .45acp carry gun.

Yes Ruger P Series are blocky , chunking , and the looks are deep into Utilitarian bordering on ugly.
But they are also overbuilt in the good sense, as firing them a bizillon rounds, only makes them smoother ( as long as replace springs as needed ), and at least in .45 no qualms about using +P .

The size and weight is similar to a Combat Commander , albeit thicker. Well thicker than a 1911 , but not as thick as double stack pistols. So while it's not a pocket rocket , if you can dress around a service size gun , the P Series will work as well or better than most.

 

[H Richard]

I have never had anything against Rugers, just didn't particularly care for them. A few years ago when I was visiting my daughters family my son in law and I went shooting and he had a P series 9mm. I thought it looked like a club. Surprisingly, it had a really great trigger and it shot incredibly small groups. As with most Ruger firearms, it is "over-built", but when it shoots like that who's to complain.

 

[deanodog]

I have always loved Ruger single actions and their 22 autos. I now have a 10/22 rifle and a 1911 and like them fine. I recently sold a model 77 in 308 that I wish I had kept. I have often wished S&W had made single action revolvers.