Good review WT. I just picked up a SR9c...Along with a $50 credit and the %20 Memorial Day weekend discount it ended up being just over $300 shipped...just couldn't pass it up. I can't comment on performance yet as my two scheduled range sessions were unfortunately cancelled.
I actually picked this up for my wife. She's been carry either a Bersa Thunder or Kel-Tec P3AT...both .380s. She likes them for the size, but has wanted to try a larger caliber such as 9mm. She didn't like some of the semi-auto’s I own; Glock (19/26), Kahr K9, CZ compacts (75/P01) or the Sig P228. She does like my P225, so that may end up hers but she did like the Ruger SR9 that she handled in the LGS. I plan to put a couple hundred rounds through it first before she gets to try it. My only beef so far is the price of spare magazines…they are not widely available yet and quite expensive. Ruger may be making up the lower price of the SR9c with magazines double the price of others.
Still, it seems well designed. I thought the safety would be hard to manipulate, but it’s quite well done. I know it’s aesthetics, but even the brand-name and slide logo’s are subdued enough not to be too gaudy like some slide “bill-boards”. The trigger is better than my stock Glocks. It’s not quite as good as my Steyr M9A1, but it does break clean and has a pretty quick reset.
I’ll hold off on commenting on the sights until I can actually put rounds down range with them. I think Ruger did quite well on this one and I do expect it to do well. I see it more on the lines as my Glock 19, not the 26. Still, it’s well executed and I hope they figure out that one of Glock’s success was due to plenty of aftermarket parts, spare OEM parts and cheaper magazines.
ROCK6
I actually picked this up for my wife. She's been carry either a Bersa Thunder or Kel-Tec P3AT...both .380s. She likes them for the size, but has wanted to try a larger caliber such as 9mm. She didn't like some of the semi-auto’s I own; Glock (19/26), Kahr K9, CZ compacts (75/P01) or the Sig P228. She does like my P225, so that may end up hers but she did like the Ruger SR9 that she handled in the LGS. I plan to put a couple hundred rounds through it first before she gets to try it. My only beef so far is the price of spare magazines…they are not widely available yet and quite expensive. Ruger may be making up the lower price of the SR9c with magazines double the price of others.
Still, it seems well designed. I thought the safety would be hard to manipulate, but it’s quite well done. I know it’s aesthetics, but even the brand-name and slide logo’s are subdued enough not to be too gaudy like some slide “bill-boards”. The trigger is better than my stock Glocks. It’s not quite as good as my Steyr M9A1, but it does break clean and has a pretty quick reset.
I’ll hold off on commenting on the sights until I can actually put rounds down range with them. I think Ruger did quite well on this one and I do expect it to do well. I see it more on the lines as my Glock 19, not the 26. Still, it’s well executed and I hope they figure out that one of Glock’s success was due to plenty of aftermarket parts, spare OEM parts and cheaper magazines.
ROCK6