Ruger P95 input

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Hello All,

I am going to buy a stainless P 95 and was wondering if anyone could tell me how they shoot? I think they feel similar to a Beretta 96 in the hand. I have wanted one of these due to Rugers reputation and darn it, I like the looks of them!:D
 
Welcome to the minority. I like the looks of my P97 so you me and about six other guys who actually find these guns attractive should start a club or something.

Anyhow, the P95 is reliable as hell, reasonably accurate, very inexpensive and has full capacity mags available and cheap. Basically a win win kind of gun.

Davidtdm has one with thousands of rounds through it and it has never malfunctioned with a factory magazine. His recoil spring assembly did come apart and I have heard of this happening to others. Ruger sent him the parts to fix post haste. He has yet to do so and still hasn't had a malfunction with a factory magazine.

$40 factory rebate going on right now also.

Chris
 
I am of course biased!! Not sure about the Beretta analogy but ... the piece fits my hand well ..... tho some say they find them too ''chunky'' ....... I'd just say they are ''butt ugly'' :).

But I never got mine for looks......... (or the P97) ... they are well priced, very functional and reliable pieces ..... strong too. P95 will digest +P ammo, no probs.

I have the ''DC'' ..... no safety on that just decocker ... but I like it and once you get used to a D/A first shot (loads of trigger travel) and then accept that S/A follow-ups have very short trigger travel ... no probs. I carry fully loaded.

Go handle one and see ... maybe only way to be sure .. better still shoot someone else's first. I doubt tho for the money you'll be disappointed .... and Ruger may still have $40 mail-in rebate going ..not sure)

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I have a P95DC.Good gun at any price,great gun for the price I paid $270 NIB.CW
 
I like the KP95!

There is simply no better value on the market today in 9mm, expecially after the $40 rebate from Ruger.

Mine have proven to be reliable and accurate, as well as durable and easy to shoot and maintain.

Good luck...
 
Put me down as another fan of the P95. Quite apart from caliber debates, I even like the P95 better than the P97 (seems better balanced to me). I'm thinking seriously of getting another to take advantage of the rebate which is on until 9/30. I have my share of handguns but have only two kinds of 9mm handguns. P95s and Hi-Powers. Yah, I know...Beauty and the Beast...or the Beast and Beauty. I've had others, but the P95 does just about everything I would want a pistol to do at a reasonable cost and I'm another member of the club that likes the way they look. My Hi-Powers are Jaguars. My P95s are jeeps. I like jeeps.
 
P-95 is a great gun even at $400

I have had great results with my Ruger P-95 DC in stainless. I have a Hi-Viz front sight and a little grip tape on the front of the grip.

Accuracy is very good, not great, but about even with my abilities. I have never had a jam or malfunction -- ever. I have a few 15-round mags. Stay away from USA. I have some Pro-Mags I got at Cabela's a few years ago. They have been perfect.

The Ruger sits in my fast-combo electronic safe in the bedroom. Enough said.
 
I had a KP95DC for a while. The day I bought it I also picked up two 15 round mags for it. It shot really good and was absolutely reliable. Sold it in a moment of weakness, though.:(
 
I'm another odd ball I guess, in that I think the stainless P95 and P97 are really good looking guns. In fact, I could never understand why they developed the ugly label. They have smooth sleek lines with no strange protrusions. I don't own either one but am seriously considering the P97. It feels great in my average size hands and I could use a DA style .45.
 
KP95DAO

My KP95DAO has never had a FTF, FTE or any malfunction of any kind. It's a fantastic home defense gun. With the DAO it's just aim and shoot. I really like the looks, much better than most of it's Euro competition. Plus, it's U.S. made!

See the attached pic of it compared to some ugly Euro guns.
 
G'day RJ likeguns, and et al.,

I recommend you find a rental and try one out on a test run. It is a very good way to make your own mind up.

Since you asked on the forum, I'll share my experiences with my P-95. My first 9x19mm was a Ruger P-89. Good solid pistol. It shot well with almost any 9mm load that I ran through it, to include some of my early/initial attempts at reloading.

When the P-95 came out I knew I needed to save some pennies and get one. Now that I've got one, I've gone through way over 20k sucessfully launched rounds through it. There are very few changes that I've done to it over the years. One was to put a set of adjustable sights on it to play with my reloads.

The other modification was early on where I stippled the front & back strap. Interesting note on that modification. If you get a chance to look at the new P-95 or 97 you'll notice some horizontal grooves on the back strap. I added those to mine with a rat tail file back before Ruger did.

This little Ruger was instrumental in getting me to shoot in the A class. Yeah, I paid a significant sum in tuition but I was grinning the whole way there! Best of luck in your acquisition. Get out there and support the shooting sports! Cheers!
 
I have the P-94 which is the alloy framed version of the P-95 and love it to death. I in no way regret spending any money on this gun. Has been reliable and as acurate as can be expected with a novice on the good end of it.:D
 
Another fan.
If you do a search in this forum on Ruger, you should find a lot of favorable comments.

I don't really think it is a good looking gun, but that is not what I bought it for.
I've found factory 15rd mags for an average of $25 each.
I didn't think I would be able to adjust to the grip, but now it feels normal to me.
I wish the rebate had been available when I bought mine. :(
 
Let me join the chorus of praise for the Ruger autos. I have a KP-95 and a KP-97, pull the trigger and they go bang, always with factory and most reloads. They don't have the trigger of a SIG, but they are also $300 cheaper. Triggers do improve with use and dry fireing. My major complaint is the sights, should be a tad larger with a bigger rear sight notch, but also remember I have 62 year old eyes. The 95 is not a tack driver, but the 97 is and the 97 handles 45 ACP recoil better than a 1911. Also I think there is nothing wrong with their looks. I really don't think that pistols like the SIG are really that much better than the Ruger ( I am the happy owner of a 228).
 
RJ,

Let me clarify Cslingers comment on no malfuctions with the factory mags. I think I had 2. The P95 was my first gun. (and the best $320 I ever spent) and the malfunctions were due to human error - limp risted.

Last weekend was the first time I had a FTF and FTE with Maggie (my 30 rnd mag) I contribute that to not having cleaned the gun in a couple of weeks. So again human error.

I highly recomend the P95 as anyones first handgun (second, third, etc.). You can't beat the price. It's accurate as all get out, even when trying to fire 30 rnds as fast as possible. And I don't care what other folks say, it looks cool.

Just my two cents.

...Dave
 
I have a P-95 with a stainless steel slide that I bought new. It has never malfunctioned in 200 rounds of 115 gr. FMJ and Federal 115 gr. JHP. I bought it because price was reasonable and I felt it would be reliable right out of the box. 9mm's don't kick that much but I feel the muzzle jumps too much on lighter nine's like the P95. I don't want to steer you away from Ruger. I suggest you take a look at a CZ 75. It's a heavier gun, it has a nice grip, and I think you could get it back on target faster for follow-up shots.
 
I'm going to echo Theb's sentiments.

I had a P94, the alloy-framed version of the P95, and despite being heavier I can tell you it had muzzle flip all out of proportion to the caliber. It's part of the reason I got rid of it. The size of the gun is also pretty unnecessary.

What I don't understand is why everyone's P95's seem to be so accurate but my P94 got 5" groups at 25 yards. Inaccuracy was the other reason I got rid of it. IMHO, if Ruger 9mm's are all like mine they are $200 guns at best and you can do much better with a police trade-in Smith and Wesson 9mm, or their value line 915 or 908 for just a little more money.

Put differently, for another $50 or so you can get a whole lot better gun.
 
My experience with the P-95 was less than positive. I bought the blued steel version in 1997. For the first six months it was great. Cheap ammo, a bagful of 15 round mags and away I went. Shot every IPSC/IDPA/NRA action pistol match I could find. It was really good at chasing jackrabbits across the desert.
After six months, accuracy all of a sudden went to hell. Groups opened up to over six inches at 25 yards. Every shot was a keyhole. Took the barrel to a smith to have it looked at. He cleaned out the copper( wasn't bad) and slugged the bore. The bore slugged at almost .358. He said the barrel steel must have some sort of defect and to send the gun back to Ruger. This is where the fun starts.
Sent the gun back to Ruger Customer Service. Ruger said it would take about two weeks to check out the gun and get back to me. One Month went by, I called. For an entire week they wouldn't pick up the phone. Two months goes by, then three months. I finally got a CSR on the phone. After being put on hold for over an hour, I was told that there was no record of my gun being received by Ruger. I gave the CSR the number on the registered package receipt and she said they would call me back right away(yeah right). Another month goes by. Keep in mind I am calling twice a week to get some sort of answer about my gun. Finally I got an answer after almost six months. Ruger came to the conclusion that I had shot some bad handloads through my gun and they would not fix it. Bad handloads? I only shot Federal ball or UMC ball, I didn't even own a reloading press. I maintained there was a flaw in the barrel material and Ruger should replace the barrel for free. No dice. Ruger "offered" to sell me a new barrel for $130 and would install it for $50. Well you can all guess where this conversation went. I had Ruger send me the gun back and I sold it at a substantial loss. No more Rugers ever.

ZM
 
P95DC

I've had very good luck w/my P95DC, trigger for me is second only to my CZ-75B. Probably shoots about as well as anything in my safe.

I experienced some hiccups w/aftermarket mag's as well as trying the .40S&W mag's as high caps (Ruger Forum suggestion...).

Factory 9mm mag's with good ammo', it has always gone bang and shot strait.

I think it's a good value, although I went with the Hogue Hand-all slide on's because I really didn't care for the feel of the grip at all.

Good luck and safe shooting,

CZ52'
 
I've owned A KP-95DC and a KP-97DC. Both we as ugly as a can full of smashed ???????s BUT they ate everything I fed them, never jammed, and were more accurate than my ablity to shoot them. If you want a shooter, you won't go wrong with a Ruger. If you want to make a fashion statement,get something else. My $0.02 worth.
 
Another happy P-95 owner , and with the current rebate it is a great deal.
 
Love my P89 and I love the way it looks too.

Up until now, I have NEVER ever heard anything bad about Rugers customer service. But I guess every company has a horror story on that end.
 
Been good to see this thread grow .... lots of ''closet'' P series people comin in!!:)

Since I had my P97 and so having the ''twins'' I am even more pleased ... and in fact I should now be called P97Carry ... once I wear a shirt again!!:p
 
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