Ruger p89... should I?

[Gunslinger808]

Built like a brick, shoot great, and double as boat anchors.
I like them.
If the Mossberg is in the same price range, make the trade.

 

[DurdyBert45]

I only ever had one P89 apart. A friends very used and somewhat abused pistol that I took and stripped completely & cleaned for him.
It was giving a few fail to feed problems but after a cleaning worked fine. That was some years ago and probably hasn't been cleaned again since if he still has it. The hi-cap mag is a no-no here anyway since the SAFE Act.

I kidded him about the pistol being made for Ruger at a small factory in the Balkans. Kind of has that look and feel both inside and out.

Not something I'd be interested in, but that particular pistol functioned well with little care. Just needed a good cleaning which it never got. No beauty contest winner but they weren't made with that in mind.

What caliber is the 800 in?

It's a sporter model with the whitetail deer scenes on the grips and forend. It's in .243 winchester.

 

[ColbyBruce]

I owned one a while back, a Mossberg 800 varmint in .222 Remington. It wore a Weaver K8 scope. On a good day, I could keep an entire box of ammo (20 rounds) on a golf ball. I removed the scope and traded the rifle for a Ruger Blackhawk in .30 carbine. To me, the Mossberg rifle would be more useful than a Ruger pistol.

 

[DurdyBert45]

I owned a P-89. The best day with it was when I sold it the second best was the day i brought it home. DA trigger pull was in excess of 30 lbs maybe 25. SA pull was over 10. Factory ammo with it's best group was 4" @ 25 yards, best reloads were 6". This was with 5 or 6 different powders and bullet weights from 115-147 gr. Kimber 45 put things into 2" @ 50 so it might not all have been the shooter. I finally shot the trigger enough it had a 6 lb pull with SA and a 15 W DA. Boat anchors weigh less than this did.
OTOH, it had no feed issues or stovepipes just a failure to hit where it was pointed. I would not trade an old H&R single shot 12 gauge for two, let alone one. Look at a BHP, a CZ or Tanfaglio, even an LCP 9mm ruger if you like them.

Not a fan of heavy triggers of any type, I sold off a sccy cpx2 because of a long heavy dao trigger. This would prob def steer me away. I was hoping they would be a bit more like the beretta 92/m9 triggers

 

[ColbyBruce]

What could you sell the Mossberg for? I could look for you something nicer than a Ruger.

 

[quneur]

Personally, I would keep the Mossberg and forgo the Ruger trade. If you look around, you may find a 3rd generation S&W at the same price point.

 

[W.E.G.]

Buy a Smith & Wesson.

Well, there is that.

I semi-retired the P-95's from I-don't-care-if-I-drop-it service when the wave of where-did-they-come-from 915's hit a few years ago.

 

[DurdyBert45]

Well, there is that.

I semi-retired the P-95's from I-don't-care-if-I-drop-it service when the wave of where-did-they-come-from 915's hit a few years ago.

This is probably a better choice. I own 2 smiths and I cant complain so I may hold out until one comes along.

 

[cmort666]

I really dislike DA/SA or DA only autos as anything but collector's pieces, eg. the Walther P-38. I make exceptions for true POCKET guns, like PPKs and Kahrs. I have no use for a full size gun with that type of trigger.

So, if it were me, I'd pass.

 

[ancient-one]

If your Mossberg 800B is in good condition it is worth more than the Ruger.
They come up on GB once in a while and usually sell pretty quick. I have had one for years and it is a good, accurate rifle.

 

[Arik]

I really dislike DA/SA or DA only autos as anything but collector's pieces, eg. the Walther P-38. I make exceptions for true POCKET guns, like PPKs and Kahrs. I have no use for a full size gun with that type of trigger.

So, if it were me, I'd pass.

I'm lost. You don't like DA/SA or DA/striker. So what do you like? Just revolvers? Wouldn't they still be DA?

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[Rick_A]

They are big, clunky, and ugly. The double action trigger is nothing to write home about. That said it is the smoothest shooting 9mm I've come across and it's been flawlessly reliable even with a tighter tolerance match barrel thrown in it. I lost mine to my wife who shoots it almost impossibly well.

I replaced it with a CZ, but I'm glad it's still in the family.

 

[alwslate]

I would advise you to make the trade. I've got a P89 DC that I bought
new several years ago and while it's not my favorite nine it is a very
strong reliable gun. I have fired several hundred rounds of a variety of
9mm ammo without a single malfunction. Too big and heavy for CC it's
a good house, car or holster gun for open carry when woods walking.
No offense to S&W but take a 915 and a P89 and start shooting them
side by side with hot ammo and see which one breaks first. Ruger ran
a test with the P89 by cutting the slide completely through on the
side of the ejection port and with only the other side holding the
slide together they fired 7,000 rds through it. A Mossberg 800 rifle
isn't something to regret trading for a good solid 9 mm.

 

[Brian41]

I think it a good trade if you don't want to keep the rifle which you say you haven't used in a long time. I have the .40 S&W version and it's a good gun I think. I bought mine as a companion to my Ruger carbine in .40 S&W as they share the same mags. It was a good price and wasn't expecting too much but it turned out to be a good shooter and built like a tank.