Anyone own a Ruger P95

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My neighbor, a small framed woman ,wants to buy her first hand gun.
She tried quite a few of them, and even with small hands, she found she really liked the Ruger 95 to be the gun of choice. If you own one, would you recommed it to a first gun shooter? In other words, does it go bang every time? And she wont get to shoot it much, is it wise choice for a first gun?
 
I have one, and it is reliable, easy to carry, and it (at least mine has) goes bang every time I pull the trigger. My daughter, wife and a (female) friend have fired it and have no problems with it. It would be an excellent first gun.

Michael
 
I own one and would not recommend it as first gun.

Yes, it'll go bang everytime, but the DA trigger followed by the SA has an extra step (or two) to learn and master. (the long, hard first trigger pull and decocking) While not difficult, it is more for the first timer to learn.

They do offer a DAO version which would alleviate most of this concern, presuming they can reliably work the trigger.

If they are insistent on a semi-auto, I'd suggest an XD/XDm, M&P or Glock instead.
 
I own a couple and generally recommend them to "non-gunny" folks looking for a solid basic semi-auto pistol.

As with any polymer semi-auto there's a potential for limp-wrist failures, but the P95 seems to be less prone to this than many of its genre.

It's a durable, reliable, inexpensive, very "shootable" pistol from a company that will stand behind it.
 
I have owned several, and I am convinced that they will work until the day the world ends.
 
Thanks guys

Price is definitely an issue. Although a little large on top, she seems to not have any problem gripping it. She prefers a gun with safety she can manipulate.I really tried getting her to like the Glock but she shyed away from it because of no external safety. I appreciate the input, I would like her to try the SR9 because that's even slimmer and has the best of both worlds with its Glock like trigger and steel rails, but around here they want upward of $500 for one. So we will have to see. I have a lot to teach her yet.
 
I had one and loved it, I wouldn't think twice about buying another. I also have a friend that has had one for 15? years, this pistol has had so many rounds through it that now it'll almost shoot around corners.lol But it'll still go bang everytime with no problems that I can remember. It's gone through 4 or 5 friends and god only knows how many other people learned how to shoot with it. Now that I think about it I should mention to him to send it to ruger and see if they'll refurb it for a resonable price. I would think you could find one used in the 250 range in good shape.
 
I just got a p95 a couple of months ago. It goes bang every time so for a defense gun I would recommend it. Now if it was something to shoot matches with I would say there are better choices. The trigger takes a little getting use to and the accuracy is just ok but to keep loaded around the house it's perfect. If you are patient you can find them on gunbroker and auction arms for about $325 shipped new. Mark
 
I picked one up for my sister,she didnt want to spend a lot on her first hand gun,shes been at my house shooting once aweek for the last 2 months.
She is getting verry good with it.Shes had 0 failures of any kind,and loves it she just completed her carry course and is looking for a new pistol but has no intention of selling the Ruger.
Bob.
 
I have one,great gun eats any ammo,got a laser sight on it too.Good gun for a good price.
 
I have one, was my first gun, thing is tough as nails and has never failed or jammed. I would recommend it to anyone.
 
I was looking at a P95 around late 2007, it had a heavier slide and the P95 was engraved along with the origin of assembly. I asked to take a look earlier this year at one and it felt different? it was lighter, and had printed info on it? The new model felt cheap and like the slide was an aluminum alloy.
 
I would recommend the P95 based on my experiences with the Ruger P series.

Please don't take this comment as an attack on your ego or your skill level, but please make sure you have your own own affairs in order before you teach this woman anything about self defense. I've seen far to many over confident men "Teaching a woman to shoot" over the last few years, and it usually doesn't work out well. I would recommend attending a professional class together.
 
I had one during the 10 round mag years, shot IDPA with it. Traded it off, don't really miss it, but I can recommend it as a good, reliable, firearm with decent if not stellar accuracy. It shot about 3" at 25 yards off the bench, okay, but nothin' to brag about. It was under 30 ounces and carried well IWB.
 
I just picked one up last week for $350 plus tax with the stainless slide. I can assure you, it is NOT aluminum. First day out to the range, first time ever firing a p-series at all, I put 15 rounds into a 4-1/2' group at 15 yards standing. This is only the second auto auto I've ever owned, the other being a Norinco 213 9mm. I bought it for the price, for the company's reputation, the reputation for reliability I found on forums like this, and the safety features like the decocker. I feel my wife will be able to fire the pistol as well with a few trips to the range and a little instruction. I would highly recommend this pistol after putting a few hundred rounds downrange in the first hour of firing it.
 
I bought one about a week ago, black on black..and added a low profile laser extension on it. I absolutely love the gun. It comes with 2 15 round clips and a case. It is very accurate. I've fired about 100 rounds so far, no misfires. The laser makes it that much funner..as it is dead accurate as well. The low profile laser for the gun was $150. Both the gun and the laser were bought at Bass Pro. This is my first personal gun but i have fired many of my dads hand guns. I love the look of it, don't know why people hate on it.
 
WOW! thanks for all the feedback! Talk about beginner's luck. She ordered the silver over black, and when she picked it up, they made a mistake and it was all black. I store owner felt bad so he threw in 2 boxes of 9mm FMJ's and a $25 cleaning kit. All for less than $400 including tax and NICs check. As for safety, I have been shooting for 40 years and shot NRA matches 25 of those years. But if I find she is not getting what I am trying to get across, you can bet I will point her to a certified instructor. She even met a woman NRA instructor at the gun shop and that really revved her engines. SLIDES BACK, CYLINDERS OPEN, MAGAZINES OUT, MAKE ALL WEAPONS SAFE.
 
I have had one, and I have had a P89...I think everyone has had a p89 at one point or another its a law or something...Both good functional guns with a good company behind them. I would echo some of the other concerns on here and state that she needs some "professional training from a real instructor" to get her trigger pull and hand support correct. The double action will take training to make her effective on her first shot and those guns can be prone to issues having to do with the operator limp wristing it...still a good solid sidearm. For some strange reason, probably a money thing, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, my current agency, gave Ruger a contract for several thousand Ruger P95's built to their own specs of being double action only. The FBOP loves DAO sidearms, currently we have a butt load of the oddest combo ever, Beretta 92 Vertec Inox (stainless) in DAO...great guns though. The testing the FBOP did revealed that the P95, which was never designed to be a combat or service weapon like the Beretta, was prone to guide rods breaking after 10's of thousand of rounds. The Beretta kept on going. The Ruger is made for someone like her who wants a good quality gun that is carried and shot for personal defense or sport and will never see the round count a service weapon will in its lifetime, therefore it will not have to be built to the same standards. We have Berettas that I have personally fired that have upwards of 60,000 rounds shot through them and they have never failed. But, yes the Ruger would be a good gun for her, just make sure she gets some quality training on how to do the real fundamentals of shooting.
 
It's ok.

A good friend of mine owns one, and I've shot it with him, he bought it because his wife liked the price tag. The thing I don't like about it is the classic creepy Ruger trigger. I dislike their centerfire autos for this reason specifically. He doesn't like it and doesn't shoot it, because he bought the gun his wife wanted him to, not the one he liked to shoot.

I suppose it's as good as any other choice for the shooter and purposes mentioned. But I would not be surprised to see them shoot it for a while, get talked into going to the range with a friend, shooting something else and falling in love with the new gun instead. It's not a junk gun I would steer someone away from.

(BTW, I've seen more than one issued Beterra break after a few HUNDRED rounds.)
 
We have a pair, the blued, and the SS, versions. They are the older ones, without the later checkering. Both have been shot extensively without failure.

My wife used hers to run a qualifier for the County PD. She scored in the high 80s with it. At the time she had been pistol shooting less than a dozen times, and had a choice of various Berettas, Glocks, her own CZ75, and several others. The Ruger just "felt right" to her.

She was apparently unencumbered by the "blocky" looks, the "single to double action transition", "mediocre accuracy", and so on. She still picks it when shooting 9mm handguns, even over the much balleyhooed CZ75, which she has owned, and shot, since bringing it home from Germany in the 1980's.

Different people prefer different guns. That preference will usually show itself in improved performance, and is much more important than someone else's opinion as to what is "right".
 
I just bought a P95 based on the great years of service my P89 has provided me. I love the feel and weight of it. I have larger hands and it fits me perfectly. I also paid $350 for mine. My $500 budget allowed me to also buy a Blackhawk Serpa holster and 400 rounds of Blazer FMJ Ammo.

BTW, I've owned Glock, Beretta, S&W, etc. over the years and feel confident that Ruger makes a pistol that is in the same league as all the others.
 
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