I think Ruger will lose more potential buyers than they will gain with that ski ramp of a chamber indicator, manual safety and magazine disconnect.
Indicator - one more thing to snag, not good. Peekaboo windows while more low-tech are vastly superior.
Manual safety - folks say just don't turn it on. That is all well and good, until or if it turns itself on in your pocket. You got an extra second or so in a gun fight to figure out what happened and flick it off?
Magazine disconnect - the reason I do not own a pps (backstrap safety), have you ever dropped a mag while firing on accident? Instant 9mm derringer. Not a good thing.
I am a ruger fan by the way, I have several but unless this thing has a para lda/pda trigger I think it will in most part undersell their expectations. That is unless there are more brand-name band-wagoners then we would all think.
P.S. kahr got the design right, light dao, single stack, no extra safeties or useless bells and whistles and it is way better looking. I own a PF9 and a cw9 may be on the radar unlews glock finally gets off their arse and makes the single stack and carbine. I will also be watching the p290 over the next year too. It fould be the frontrunner if there is a good mix of quality and value (ie well made/functioning without being too highly priced).
P.P.S. nice chart 9mmepiphany. I did not realize how this was exactly the size of a cw9 until seeing it that way. At least my PF9 weighs and costs less. Not sure anyone will beat it soon in price/size/weight anytime soon.
I personally hope it and the sig are successful. Competition and options are a good thing.