LC9 owners: How many rounds have you sent down the pipe?

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I recently purchased an LC9 and I was pleased with a number of aspects: It's concealability, it's cost, and the way it handled shooting.

We all know about opinions, but I came across someone who has taken a bunch of these LC9's apart, and he suggested it really was not built as well as it could have been.

So my question is for the longtime LC9 owners: How many rounds have you put down the pipe with this gun?
 
About 800.

The first 400 sucked. Failures all over the place.

After a trip to Ruger for a complete slide replacement, the next 400 have been 100% problem-free.
 
I bought mine used this week, and have fired around 40 rounds without issue. But I've heard others complain of issues on the interwebz a lot.
 
3000 without a failure,I replaced the guide rod with a steel one. Not because the plastic one broke,I feel more comfortable with the steel. I have tightened the rear sight screw twice.I shoot ww white box 115gr fmj and remington umc 115gr jhp mostly and carry hornady 124gr tap.It shares carry duty with a Colt new agent 45.
 
I've run a couple hundred through it, and it's very accurate and reliable. It's just not much fun to shoot...
 
I just happened to be in the gun store when they received their first LC9. I impulse bought the gun.
In the first 8 days myself and other shooters fired over 1,000 mixed load trouble free rounds. (home range)

At 1,700 rounds I stopped counting but now the gun has fired something over 1,800 trouble free rounds.
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I like the gun so much I bought a second one for a spare.:)

And it's not a bad shooting little gun.
52 yards, standing, two hands.
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The LC9 has the longest trigger pull I have ever felt. And in MA it's even worse. I am glad you all found your LC9's to be great guns, and after a trigger job they can become great shooters. I am a huge Ruger fan but never made the leap to the LC9.
 
The LC9 has the longest trigger pull I have ever felt.
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It took me a couple hundred rounds to get used to it but a lady I'm teaching to shoot got the hang of it in two magazines and shoots the gun very welI.

I do wish the trigger was more like the Ruger SR9C's and SR40C I have.


A while back I measured the LC9 trigger against the S&W Model 36 and Makarov.
The LC9 trigger is actually better than those two guns.

#1 LC9 = 6 pounds, 9 ounces
#2 LC9 = 6 lbs, 7 oz

#1 S&W Mod 36 (DA) = over 12 lbs (my trigger scale only goes to 12 pounds).
#2 S&W Mod 36 (DA) = 10 lbs, 13 oz.

Makarov (DA) = 10 lbs, 9 oz

People mostly take the long hard trigger pull of other guns in stride but complain about the actually easier (but long) LC9 trigger.
 
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It took me a couple hundred rounds to get used to it but a lady I'm teaching to shoot got the hang of it in two magazines and shoots the gun very welI.

I do wish the trigger was more like the Ruger SR9C's and SR40C I have.


A while back I measured the LC9 trigger against the S&W Model 36 and Makarov.
The LC9 trigger is actually better than those two guns.

#1 LC9 = 6 pounds, 9 ounces
#2 LC9 = 6 lbs, 7 oz

#1 S&W Mod 36 (DA) = over 12 lbs (my trigger scale only goes to 12 pounds).
#2 S&W Mod 36 (DA) = 10 lbs, 13 oz.

Makarov (DA) = 10 lbs, 9 oz

People mostly take the long hard trigger pull of other guns in stride but complain about the actually easier (but long) LC9 trigger.
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Oh yeah, my SR9c has one of the best OOB triggers I've ever felt. I simply love this gun and carry it often. I polished the trigger components on the SR9c and it is far less gritty now. Highly recommend you doing the same.


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