Ruger P-95 9mm Questions

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Seeing and liking the Ruger P-95 9mm. $309 brand new...stainless slide.

1) Any love for this pistol out there?
2) Are the slide rails steel or polymer?

Went shopping with a buddy who wants his first gun and this seems like a good platform. Looking also at the very different Sigma.

The pros on the P-95 seem to be price and with the conventional DA/SA with decocking safety, he'd learn about semi-autos (plus he really wants a safety). Pros on the Sigma also price and the simple manual of arms.

At any rate, and thoughts on my two questions would be appreciated. I have done a search and there seems to be some appreciation of the P-series pistols but question 2 is pretty specific and I didn't find the info.

Thanks.

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1. I like it. I have shot my friend's quite a bit. It is a "pig" but it feels pretty good in hand. The trigger took me a little to get used to (I do not own any DA/SA) but after that I could get good groups with little effort. He paid $270 for the blued slide so $309 for stainless seems fair.

2. If I remember correctly it rides on polymer. I don't see this as an issue and he has never made a comment about it with the 1000's of rounds it has seen.
 
Great gun and for 300bux for a NEW p95, thats a good price.

The gun is a tank!... I have a fair collection and i think in the ballpark of 11 9mm's in the safe right now... the P95 is the lightest recoiling 9mm i have ever come across. Its really my g/f's gun now. Its shockingly accurate.

I like the Sigma as well, have a few because i come across great deals sometimes but i like P95 better.

I guess id have to say if i was going to carry it on my person, id go Sigma because its lighter and slimmer, If i was going to use it for home defense, car/truck gun or just a target gun... P95 hands down.

JOe
 
I no longer own a P95 (or any 9mm handgun, for that matter) but have in the past. If I were to buy a 9mm handgun and were looking for value, strength, reliability, reasonable accuracy, etc., etc., I would buy one again in a second. I think it is a very under-rated pistol. The rails are, indeed, polymer but don't worry about that. The entire frame, including the rails, is made from Ruger's version of a Dow Isoplast formulation. It is a fiberglass (I believe) impregnated resin that is extremely tough, having been used for gears in heavy machinery among other things. It is very strong, impact resistant, somewhat self-lubricating, inert to most chemicals, very UV resistant, and unaffected by any heat range you will subject the pistol to.

I think it is one of the best buys out there right now. And it really ain't all that big for a 15 round 9mm. Compare it to a Glock 19 and 17 and you will see that the P95 is about the size of a Glock 19 with the larger butt of a Glock 17. It's not a "pocket pistol" but it's bulkiness has been greatly exaggerated, IMO. Good gun.
 
I've had my P95 since 1998 and it's a great weapon. Mine has been one hundred percent reliable. I'm not in love with the trigger, but it's not bad and you can certainly get used to it. I get good offhand groups with the P95 if I try hard enough (2" or so at 20 yards) and it'll eat anything it's fed.
 
I have one.

It is reliable, and plenty accurate for defensive work.
I have not been able to get the rear sight to budge.

The stainless version is every bit as maintenance-free as a Glock.

Some cop friends have commented that it "looks like a perp gun."
 
Bought mine new in 1996 great gun never had any problems with any brand ammo did'nt find anything real diffrent with the trigger I like it
 
To me, the Ruger P95 and S&W Sigma are the "entry-level" pistols currently manufactured by American makers. They are also the minimum of gun I'd be comfortable using for self-defense. (yes, I'd use a Hi-Point, or something else, if needbe, but I wouldn't feel well equipped unless I had a Glock or S&W).

I have shot both, and owned a Ruger P95 for many years (before I went to Glock. My ol' Ruger must have had upwards of 10,000 rounds down the barrel).

My assessment is that the Ruger is the better weapon in comparison. Both are reliable, both are "good". I'd trust either in a life and death scenario. But, that being said, the Ruger is tougher, more durable, and seems to accept more types of ammo (though that's more speculation than certainty).

With your friend's insistence on an external manual safety, and his not carrying on his person, I'd say the P95 is his answer.
 
The Ruger P95 is a great pistol even when compared to others costing twice as much. It is well built, reliable, accurate and soft shooting. I own two of them and they are "keepers".
 
Sheriff Jim Wilson, IIRC, did a 5000 or 10,000 rd test on the then-new Ruger P-95 to test the polymer frame.

He was answering the concerns about the metal slide riding directly on the poly frame rails.

Conclusion: NO JAMS, NO SIGNIFICANT WEAR.

It's an often overlooked super gun deal. I bought mine (at retail) for $234 at the time. Great gun.
 
Mas Ayoob also ran over one with a truck or some other vehicle when they first came out and the gun was still functional afterwards.

But please resist any urge to run over your own P95.
 
May want to consider some lighter Wolf springs if the double action trigger pull is too long and hard. Shooting first shot DA takes some range time. Very reliable for me. Did I mention to DA trigger pull was long.
 
i had one, very reliable 100% as a matter of fact with anything i feed it. accurate enough and built tough to say the least. i got rid of it because i discovered that i am not a fan of da/sa guns.
 
A friend and coworker received a P95 for Christmas from his wife (gotta love her). I'm off this week but he emailed me about it. Does anybody know if there are adjustable sights for it? I've found them for other P series but nothing for the 95.
 
My father owns a p94 9mm. Its been a great, fun gun. The only negative I can say is that its very bulky for me. I like slimmer pistols, better control IMHO. Its gone through several hundred rounds without a hiccup. It also takes hi capacity magazines (my father has a 32 rounder!).
 
I had shot a P95 a few years ago and I thought it was pretty interesting. recently I got a chance to handle one and it seems they updated it a little. The Frame seems slimmer and the new texture makes the grip a lot nicer. It doesn't seem as bulky as the new one. At 300 bucks I'll probably get one for myself.
 
I don't have the P-95-my P-series is a P-944 but it is a good reliable gun. The DA/SA trigger is harder to learn but it is a good platform. For around 300 dollars I think these guns are hard to beat.
 
Some cop friends have commented that it "looks like a perp gun
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PERP GUN!?! PISH POSH! thats b/c they are myopic in their view of guns they probably feel that you should only carry kimbers for concealment to be taken seriously.

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