Quoheleth
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This is one of those weeks where every day is a full+ day at the office, so I ducked out early today for a range trip with my new-to-me SR9c, 100 rounds of my reloads (Missouri Bullet 125gr Smallball LRN, mixed brass, 5.5gr AA#5, and CCI SPP crimped to OAL of 1.025").
I broke the gun down the other evening and gave it a quick wipe-down and schmeer of grease on the rails. The gentleman I bought it from had previously fired 175 rounds through it, so it is practically brand new and was spotless inside and out. Not anymore
It was a pleasant day in SE Texas - mid 70s, a good south breeze, and enough cloud cover that it was comfortable.
I set up initially at 5 yards with a standard rifle sight-in target (see pic below). My first mag was at the center bullseye. My first bullet just missed dead center, and the next five followed closely nearby with several touching the first shot. I was shooting so unexpectly well I got excited and jerked the last two shots to the far left. Now, folks, I know you're going to think me full of condensed apple pie, but if you count the holes in the center circle you see nine holes. I fired ten rounds - that means two rounds went through the same hole, or four tucked into that little group of three just to right of center. This gun will shoot!
The trigger on this gun is exceptionally smooth. You can feel the initial stacking of the trigger which is completing the cocking action of the gun. You can also see the little cocking indicator at the rear of the slide as it moves rearward - a bit distracting when trying to focus on the sights to see something moving. After that initial stack-up, the trigger breaks nice and clean - the website says 5.5lbs, and I belive it. It's no tuned 1911 trigger, but for a striker-fired gun, this is NICE. I much prefer it to the snappy feel of the M&P I sold last summer. Whatever Ruger did to tune this trigger, they deserve an attaboy. Maybe two!
A second mag at 5 yards (top left) confirms this gun shoots well. The trigger resets quickly and smoothly. The glock-esque trigger will take a little getting used to for me, but it's not unmanagable. Recoil is very, very minimal - I suspect in large part to it's low bore-to-hand axis. The sights are low profile and with its three-dot system are easy to pick up and get on-target quickly.
I backed up to ten yards and tried a rapid fire mag - basically, as quick as I could acquire the sights on target, I would fire. This included a tactical reload. You see 18 of the twenty rounds in the circle - one just clipped the bottom of the target, and one was under the gun - I forgot to circle those, so this is my full disclosure statement. A comment about the slide release and cocking serrations: the slide release is worthless, IMHO. It's too short to give good finger purchase, and it's so stiff that even with heavy pressure I could not release the slide with it. I had to slingshot the slide. Sadly, the slide serrations are quite sharp and scraped off a little hide on the inside of my thumb. Will have to work on this with a fine file.
Settling down a bit, I then fired the bottom right target slow-fire. Although I did produce a few fliers (my trademark pistol work), you will note some nice grouping.
Finally, one more rapid fire/tac reload was done in the top right corner. This wasn't quite as quick as the bottom left but still faster than the bottom right. Again, due to the gun's quick reaquisiton on-target, it's a breeze to shoot and shoot well. For grins, I fired the remaining rounds at various objects on the 50 yard berm (I was about 40 yards away) from soda can to clay pidgeon size. I didn't hit 'em all, but I hit many of them. The ones I missed, I was so close I scared them pretty badly.
I am grateful Ruger included the mag loader. These little 10-round mags are stiff and tough to cram the cartridges in. The pinky extension makes the grip fit the hand very well, though even without it the gun feels good. The SR9c might - MIGHT - make a pocket gun with voluminous cargo-style pants, but I see this as a good IWB piece. It's thin, discreet, and has plenty of firepower. I did not use the extended, 17-round mag but when dry-firing the past few days, it feels like it was an afterthought by Ruger - it just isn't right.
So, here's the pic so you can see what I've described. If you are looking for a good CCW, so far this Ruger gets my two-thumbs up. I'll try to update as more rounds go through it.
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I broke the gun down the other evening and gave it a quick wipe-down and schmeer of grease on the rails. The gentleman I bought it from had previously fired 175 rounds through it, so it is practically brand new and was spotless inside and out. Not anymore
It was a pleasant day in SE Texas - mid 70s, a good south breeze, and enough cloud cover that it was comfortable.
I set up initially at 5 yards with a standard rifle sight-in target (see pic below). My first mag was at the center bullseye. My first bullet just missed dead center, and the next five followed closely nearby with several touching the first shot. I was shooting so unexpectly well I got excited and jerked the last two shots to the far left. Now, folks, I know you're going to think me full of condensed apple pie, but if you count the holes in the center circle you see nine holes. I fired ten rounds - that means two rounds went through the same hole, or four tucked into that little group of three just to right of center. This gun will shoot!
The trigger on this gun is exceptionally smooth. You can feel the initial stacking of the trigger which is completing the cocking action of the gun. You can also see the little cocking indicator at the rear of the slide as it moves rearward - a bit distracting when trying to focus on the sights to see something moving. After that initial stack-up, the trigger breaks nice and clean - the website says 5.5lbs, and I belive it. It's no tuned 1911 trigger, but for a striker-fired gun, this is NICE. I much prefer it to the snappy feel of the M&P I sold last summer. Whatever Ruger did to tune this trigger, they deserve an attaboy. Maybe two!
A second mag at 5 yards (top left) confirms this gun shoots well. The trigger resets quickly and smoothly. The glock-esque trigger will take a little getting used to for me, but it's not unmanagable. Recoil is very, very minimal - I suspect in large part to it's low bore-to-hand axis. The sights are low profile and with its three-dot system are easy to pick up and get on-target quickly.
I backed up to ten yards and tried a rapid fire mag - basically, as quick as I could acquire the sights on target, I would fire. This included a tactical reload. You see 18 of the twenty rounds in the circle - one just clipped the bottom of the target, and one was under the gun - I forgot to circle those, so this is my full disclosure statement. A comment about the slide release and cocking serrations: the slide release is worthless, IMHO. It's too short to give good finger purchase, and it's so stiff that even with heavy pressure I could not release the slide with it. I had to slingshot the slide. Sadly, the slide serrations are quite sharp and scraped off a little hide on the inside of my thumb. Will have to work on this with a fine file.
Settling down a bit, I then fired the bottom right target slow-fire. Although I did produce a few fliers (my trademark pistol work), you will note some nice grouping.
Finally, one more rapid fire/tac reload was done in the top right corner. This wasn't quite as quick as the bottom left but still faster than the bottom right. Again, due to the gun's quick reaquisiton on-target, it's a breeze to shoot and shoot well. For grins, I fired the remaining rounds at various objects on the 50 yard berm (I was about 40 yards away) from soda can to clay pidgeon size. I didn't hit 'em all, but I hit many of them. The ones I missed, I was so close I scared them pretty badly.
I am grateful Ruger included the mag loader. These little 10-round mags are stiff and tough to cram the cartridges in. The pinky extension makes the grip fit the hand very well, though even without it the gun feels good. The SR9c might - MIGHT - make a pocket gun with voluminous cargo-style pants, but I see this as a good IWB piece. It's thin, discreet, and has plenty of firepower. I did not use the extended, 17-round mag but when dry-firing the past few days, it feels like it was an afterthought by Ruger - it just isn't right.
So, here's the pic so you can see what I've described. If you are looking for a good CCW, so far this Ruger gets my two-thumbs up. I'll try to update as more rounds go through it.
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