yep, bought the Ruger. I liked the small RIA, but I prefer slightly bigger guns... my pinkie was hanging off the grip... wondering what to do.
The thing I really liked about the RIA was that it was just like my old Colt... manual safety, single action, and really nothing else... plain and simple...
as I said, the ruger is my first handgun in around 15 years... I never went thru the NICS stuff until tonight.
The instruction manual is unreal. The HUGE warnings splashed over almost every single page... its like its printed for a 6 year old.
WARNING: SLIDE GOES BACK FAST. HOT BRASS EJECTS !
It seems this gun is DA on the first shot, then SA, which I like. The owner was talking to me about the new DAO guns, and said he recommends DAO guns to inexperienced shooters.
It came with a fired case. I don't know what good a fired case does for anybody... LEO or not... I mean, what's the point ?