Ruger American pistol!?

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If this is true... what da fudge? Ruger already has the 9E, a polymer framed budget model of it's SR9 pistol. I can understand if they wanted to make a polymer framed budget .45 or the SR45c, but to come out with new model pistols entirely makes no sense. What is it these American pistols have that Ruger doesn't already offer or doesn't already exist on the market? Unless it's price and Ruger can ship these out at $375-400 MSRP, which would be a $300 street price, then I don't see much point.

It's over saturation at a time when no one is asking for new semi-automatics to come out. People are asking for revolvers from you Ruger, REVOLVERS!
 
It looks like an interesting gun. Striker fired 9mm's are my defensive pistol of choice and if they do it right and bring it in at a lower price point than what's out there now I predict those things will fly off the shelf. I just hope they not only bring the gun in at a great price, but the magazines as well. I believe in having 6 mags a piece for a defensive pistol (one in the gun, two back up x 2) and if you eat up any savings for a cheaper gun in buying expensive mags it kind of defeats the purpose. Right now Glocks are the value leader here, if they can keep the mag price in that range I'd call that a win.

The American rifle series impresses me a lot, both rimfire and centerfire. The ability to configure the rimfire version butt stock for length of pull & comb height in particular is genius. All versions have a good reputation for a very good trigger and excellent accuracy. If the target shown in the article on the pistol is representative, I'd say the American pistol is following suit.
 
I also think the SR9E is a great gun, but I suspect this new Ruger was developed to compete in the FBI and Army trials for a new handgun. Sure reminds me of a SIG 320.
 
Looks like a combination of lot of different guns in terms of it's design and features. I would be interested in it, especially in a double stack .45.
 
Looks good to me.

It looks like they got rid of the manual thumb safety. While that certainly appealed to a niche group of buyers, the majority of folks buying poly striker guns seem to prefer a gun without a manual safety. It should make the Ruger more competitive in the mainstream.
 
The SR series pistols had a lot of so-called safety features (LCI, magazine disconnect, thumb safety) that made them less desirable due to modern training techniques based around the Glock. This new pistol looks like a departure from that philosophy. We don't know about the mag disconnect yet though.

There was always something about the way the SR's functioned that seemed a little off to me. Racking the slide required a lot of force, but the last few millimeters to push it back into battery did not have much spring tension. It affected reliability.

I predict the SR's will be retired soon and we'll see compact versions of the American.
 
Options are always welcome. I just bought a full size striker gun so I have no need. But there's no harm in another party goer coming in.
 
I like it. Ruger is just keeping up with market trends... interchangeable grips, no safety. If it follows the American philosophy of low cost quality firearms, it should be a good seller.

Just hope they soon offer a .45 compact, since they are determined to NEVER create such a gun with the SR series.
 
oss117 said:
There was always something about the way the SR's functioned that seemed a little off to me. Racking the slide required a lot of force, but the last few millimeters to push it back into battery did not have much spring tension. It affected reliability.
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I've certainly never experienced such issues in several thousand rounds. Your comments fly in the face of the SR's reputation.
 
I just hope they leave out all of the lawyer features. If you are going to have a safety, it needs to be big enough to operate. If not, leave it off. Also, magazine disconnects are a bad idea.

The above are the only reasons I don't own an SR. Of the striker fired guns, it is my favorite for ergonomics.
 
It isn't the most attractive pistol I've ever seen. But, not many of the striker fired polymers are. Glad to see Ruger is still making new products. I am really hoping that Ruger brings us some new revolvers this year. Like a 5 Shot GP100 in 44 special. Or maybe another half lug like the match champion. Just not the match champion.
 
Looks good to me! I tried the SR series and could never really warm up to them. I hope they came up with a simple, striker fired pistol. Competition is a good thing.
 
My take...Ruger probably had thus in the works for some reason, army trials is a pretty fair guess. My guess is that they were mid development at some point and decided to finish it out rather than scrap the project. Yes it looks like a whole bunch of other guns and seems pretty vanilla. Yes people are asking for other guns, but markets change quickly. My guess is that they developed it for some reason other than civilian sales and now they are trying to earn some money on it rather than wave bye bye to a small pile of cash.
 
Meh. Another cookie cutter striker fire with heavy Glock influence. I really liked the SR and C models as well as the older P series guns. Would rather see improvements to those instead of following the crowd.
 
HexHead said:
Oh boy, another Glock!
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I know, right! I mean, besides the controls being different and the grip and the grip inserts and the take down method and the grip angle and the looks and the extractor and probably the style of rifling and the apparent bore axis and the slide shape and the different slide serrations, this thing is almost an exact copy of a Glock! My guess is, there might be a couple of minor differences internally that separate it just a bit from the Glock but probably not enough to make up for the obvious copy-cat exterior.
 
It would be pretty cool if Ruger's trigger mechanism was serialized and removable like the SIG 320.....probably wishful thinking....

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