Best used Value in 9mm Dbl Action?

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As Judged by reliability, fun to shoot, bang for the buck? (No pun intended.)

I have a Ruger P95DC, but just spent money on a 357. I'm wondering of I can sell my mint P95, and go to a value 9mm auto.

- Woody
 
Pick up one of those trade-in Sig P226 or P228 from www.cdnninvestments.com

The $360 price is more than new Rugers cost, but the Sigs are first class firearms in terms of reliability and accuracy. I remember a couple months ago they had some with slightly blemished slides for just $269.
 
I may do that. I'll have to see how she shots, but I like the feel, and finish. I don't stay on top of the new guns. So I thought I would throw the question out, see what I got back. The Ruger costs less than the Sig.

- Woody
 
I have a p-95 also. I personally think it is one of the best values in a 9mm out there. Unless you are specifically looking for something to carry concealed. I Bought mine over a year ago NIB for $309.00. I was in a gun store the other day and they had a used one for $299.00. I would say keep it. I allways have fun shooting my P95 it shoots anything with a quality magazine. I have one cheap high cap mag that I use for practice, it will occasionally jam but all the factory mags and Mec Gars feed anything I put in them as fast as I can pull the trigger.
 
Woody, I was one of your interested buyers. I'm seriously interested in getting a Ruger KP/P95, but I haven't had the opportunity to shoot one yet. Is there a reason you don't like yours?

jmm
 
I have a 2 .357 revolvers, 2 .38 revolvers, 1 .22 SA revolver, 2 9x18/1 .380 Makarovs, and 1 semi-auto .22 pistol, and still want a 9x19. I didn't know you were a one caliber man. ;)

I wanted to know if you didn't like the Ruger for some reason. I was going to get your opinion on it. Thought your experience with it would help the rest of us.

jmm
 
Jim - I apoligize. Didn't mean to come off like a dick.

Anyway. Like I say. I never shot the P95. I like the feel, and finish. I was doing some wishful thinking that maybe I could get top dollar for my P95 - and look for a sweet deal on a used 9mm at some point. But I may just keep th P95.

I do like Rugers.

- W
 
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In a private sale, you'd might get as high as within $50 of what you paid for it (provided you paid a good price for it to start with). It gets worse from there. Doesn't make a bit of difference if you've never fired it, it's still used. Trading at a shop will get you hosed. Expect sob stories about how these never move and how they've got dozens in the back, but they'd be willing to give you $150-175 credit on anything they have in the shop.

I think you're better off keeping it unless the gun just doesn't fit you. And yes, they are just about the best value in 9mm to be had today. I used to want one of these, but I have so many 9s right now that I just don't want another unless it's an HK P2000.
 
Woody, no offense taken. It's easy to mistake my meaning if I'm not explicit, in my experience.

You've never fired it?!? :eek:

Perhaps you'd like to send it to me for safekeeping until such time that you have a need for it again . . .

jmm
 
SPaw,

Funny you should say that. At the hole in the wall were I got my Security Six, I asked them to appraise my P95. They said, "not interested...they don't move". But the used ones they had were marked around $300. Go figure.

- W
 
Like others have said, the P-95 is a good 9mm for the money. If you had asked the same question but didn't say you already had a P-95, I think the P-95 would have got many votes anyway.

If you are just bored with the P-95 and want a slightly better gun and don't mind if it is used, there are some nice ones for about the same price as a new P-95. Used Sigs are great guns and the CDNN price is the best I have seen. Used S&Ws esp the 5906 can be had for a song and the are nice guns. New Springfield Armory XD-9s don't go for much more than a new Ruger P-95 but I think they are much better guns. The Rugers are tops in reliabilty but some of the others may have advantages that the Rugers don't. Going with a higher dollar gun but buying it used may get you more bang for the buck. I have bought some nice used guns that were every bit as good as new but since they were slightly used, I got some of them for about half what i would have paid if new. I got a nice Beretta 92fs with night sights for $350. I got a S&W 3913 for $275. I got a used SIG 220 for about $500 IIRC and it has night sights, W. german made, that special black finish and it looked NIB.
 
I think I will keep the P95. The more I research, the more I think the P95 is one of the best bang for buck 9mm autos.

I also have an Argentine 1911 45 acp. Cosmetically it is about 70%, but that is the gun I trust my life with. Once I get my permit renewal, I'll pick up the Ruger Security Six 357, which is like 90 to 95%.

- W
 
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