I have sinned- Ruger P89

[Bronco89]

I stopped by my LGS the other day looking for a used, 38/357 snubbie in S&W. They didn't have one, but they did have a nice duty sized 9mm, Ruger P89, which I didn't need at all.

Somehow, it still followed me home. I'm looking forward to my first range date with it.

 

[Bronco89]

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[forindooruseonly]

Ugly, sure. Tough and reliable? That too. They're good shooters, a friend of mine had one that ate just about anything we tried to shoot through it. It was his "truck gun" and got treated as such, never cleaned, and generally abused. It impressed me.

If I found one at a good price, I'd buy it as well.

 

[Tadeus67]

I still remember the review that Mr Leroy Thompson made on the Ruger in the SOF magazine a lot of years ago.

Congratulations on your new gun....enjoy it, and post some pictures please.

 

[Collo Rosso]

Not very pretty, heavy, trigger usually terrible but tends to go bang every time. Can be used as a hammer should the need arise.

 

[Zipdog]

Not very pretty, heavy, trigger usually terrible but tends to go bang every time. Can be used as a hammer should the need arise.

I think you described a Hi Point which it looks like anyway.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

You might get a boat-
You will need a boat anchor!
Ok! A while back - I tried to trade a lens for one.
But I wouldn’t actually buy one!

 

[Harrison]

The Ruger P series are great pistols, sort of the Sherman Tanks of the semi-auto world. You can often find good buys on them, and they usually shoot very accurately. I currently have one in 45acp.

 

[BC38]

I'm a fellow sinner - x2.
P94DC in 9mm
P97DC in 45acp
The only issue I've ever had with one is some light handloads that wouldn't quite reliably cycle that big heavy slide 100% of the time.

 

[RobertJ.]

I think you described a Hi Point which it looks like anyway.

I have one. It's as close to a High Point as I'm likely to get.

It sure works, though.

 

[MAJPATT]

I don’t have one, but have fired several. Decent pistols, I like them better than any of the current Ruger autos.

 

[damienph]

The Ruger P series are great pistols, sort of the Sherman Tanks of the semi-auto world. You can often find good buys on them, and they usually shoot very accurately. I currently have one in 45acp.

The P series are very reliable handguns. I only have owned just one, an original P85 (pre MKII), but I really like it. I would buy a P90 to go with it if I run across one for a good price.

I suspect that who ever compares these to Hi-Points has no first hand experience with either.

 

[CH4]

Glad you stepped up and adopted it, ugly guns need a loving home too. I understand the concept of form and function...this gun is all function.

 

[Collo Rosso]

I think you described a Hi Point which it looks like anyway.

Oh man, tough crowd!

 

[BC38]

I have one. It's as close to a High Point as I'm likely to get.

It sure works, though.

Me too - no High Points for me

The P series are very reliable handguns. I only have owned just one, an original P85 (pre MKII), but I really like it. I would buy a P90 to go with it if I run across one for a good price.

I suspect that who ever compares these to Hi-Points has no first hand experience with either.

I concur. These old Rugers are about as much like a High Point as a 1911 would be. Their construction and operation has much more in common with the 1911 than with the High Points too.
The only thing they have in common with a High Point is that they are big, and heavy. That's pretty much where the similarity ends.

 

[inspcalahan]

Big, ugly and rattle a lot, but easily one of the most reliable pistols made. They were an economical choice for law enforcement in the 90s and stood up to the job. Many times. The are nothing like a hi point. Nothing.

 

[Harrison]

After pondering on it for many minutes and holding my Ruger P90, it came to me that 150-200 years ago, a brace of P90s would make a very good set of horse pistols.

 

[mikem]

Years ago, in the late 80s, maybe early 90s, the Chief of Campus Security of a local small college switched over from .38 revolvers to P89s. He was a good friend of mine.

The school's board of directors got wind of the change in less than a week and had a collective fit. Remember, this was way back when.

Their attitude was, "We don't need semi-auto pistols on our campus. Go back to the revolvers."

The Chief still had the revolvers and did as he was instructed. But he was very unhappy.

He got approval from the school's bean counters to sell them. They worked closely with that board of directors and the attitude was, "Just get rid of them. We don't want them on campus."

He let me buy the P89s for a song. There were 20 of them.

I gave the Chief one, kept one for myself and I sold the rest for a very nice profit.

When they were all gone, I took the Chief to dinner and, over some very nice steaks, handed him an envelope and told him to open it at home. We never really discussed it again.

I still have mine.

Yep, built like tanks and almost as reliable as Makarovs, the most reliable pistol ever made.

They are great pistols.

 

[Mack_C85]

I'm a fellow sinner - x2.
P94DC in 9mm
P97DC in 45acp
The only issue I've ever had with one is some light handloads that wouldn't quite reliably cycle that big heavy slide 100% of the time.

Me too.........

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[ISCS Yoda]

I had a P-89! What a great gun. Yes, it was a tank. It scored 246 out of 250 on my first ever Texas CHL test. I sold it to a friend just as the Clinton "assault" weapons and high capacity magazines ban was going into effect in 1994. I had recently acquired a S&W 5903 SSV so I was happy to help a friend. Funny thing is, quite a few 9mms later, I have never fired that SSV and I still have it, NIB. My only pure as driven snow safe queen. Maybe someday someone will offer me enough money and I'll sell that puppy, too. But it will be a lot of money.