My P345 is one soft shooter!

[JDGray]

Ruger has at least one thing right with the P345, the thing eats recoil, and gives your hands the leftovers Dont get me wrong, my P345 is an excellent shooter, very accurate, gives me no problems at all. I got one of the later ones, without all the issues. After shooting my Ruger, I shot a friends Kimber, which has an alloy frame, and the recoil was notably harder using the same ammo. I just picked up a new Springfield loaded fullsize, and this thing is way heavier than my Ruger, yet the recoil is still more. Ruger's got a winner, and a well designed 45, except for the mag disconnect, of course

 

[def4pos8]

DISCLAIMER: I am a Sturm, Ruger (RGR) sockholder.

AGREED! Now that I am an official, AARP "Old Guy", I've enjoyed shooting many handguns, a few of which were truly weird. The 345, whether due to the grip shape or the frame's material, is a wonderfully "soft" shooter. Hornady 200gr "TAP" +P almost feels like 147gr 9mm. Of course, I could just be sort of numb after all these years. . . .

 

[das028]

My dad just picked up one of these. Excellent pistol!

 

[TC95GT]

I love mine

 

[obxned]

Recoil is pretty soft even with 230gr. +Ps. I love mine!

 

[possum]

i have one as well and you are right the recoil is very soft which was a suprise to me, but the thing i like about mine the most is the fact that it is so darn accurate, i still can't believ how accurate it is. i love the single action trigger thouh the da ain't that bad. i had to send mine to ruger to get it worked on for reliability reasons, but the gun was mailed back after i had left for the desert so it is at the house waiting on me to return to give it a go. i hope they fixed it if so this will be one of the sweetest .45's that i have ever used. especially the polymer ones.