SR9 and SR9C

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Been reading some good things about these guns, but have never handled one. Is it all good or are there some negatives to them?

Do they interchange with any other Ruger pistols?

Bought my daughter a Security 9 compact for graduation. What little bit she has allowed me to play with it, I like it so far. Is the SR and Security similar?
 
The earliest models had a safety recall that fitted the gun with the current Glock-like trigger safety, and some had issues with barrel peening. I'm pretty sure those are both old news and have been corrected long ago.

The things that kept me away from them are the Loaded Chamber Indicator (LCI) and the manual thumb safety, and I'm a 1911 guy and I appreciate a good thumb safety, but the SR9 safety is rather small and not as intuitive as a 1911 thumb safety.
 
Let me add, another thing that has kept me away is they've been in and out of the Ruger line-up over the past few years, and in spite of Ruger's excellent custom service reputation, they don't seem to be supporting past semi-auto's that are no longer in production such as the P85/P89/P95/P97/P345/etc. My fear is this would end up being the case with the SR series if they were to drop out of production again.
 
The Security-9 to me.(after looking at the internals of both) appears a reduced cost version of the SR9. It appears to me that the SR9.would be more durable in the long run but I haven't seen anything that makes me think they would be unreliable within their design life. If she shoots $300 of ammo a year she will be fine. If She shoots $300 a month or more it might not be the best choice.

That's just my opinion after looking at them I could be wrong.

Am not a fan of the surprise break trigger but many people love it. I prefer a defined wall.

PS Hopefully someone with many tens of thousands of rounds will weigh in to tell me my concerns are ungrounded.
 
My oft told story about the SR9c was that one day at the range the fellow in the lane next to me had a brand new, just out of the box, Ruger SR9c. I noticed he was having a hard time just getting shots on target and during a break in the action he asked me if I would try shooting it so he could see if the problem was him or the gun. I loaded 5 rounds and at about 30 feet I proceeded to put all 5 rounds, rapid fire, in the black. Seemed good enough for me!

I have smaller size hands so the SR9 is just a bit too long in the grip for me whereas the SR9c fits me just right. I also like the ergonomics of the gun and for having the best striker fired trigger I have ever sampled along with great, easy to acquire sights. All in all a very solid, nicely engineered and built compact 9mm. The thumb safety could be a little bigger and more intuitive in it's use but it's definitely not a deal breaker when factored in with the rest of the gun.

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I own the SR9, SR40, and SR45. All 3 are great guns. The SR45 I bought I designated my "range play toy". I put some of the Galloway Precision parts in the gun, polished some internal surfaces, and now the gun is amazing.

The first thing to do with any SR pistol is to remove the stupid magazine disconnect. It takes like 5 minutes and while you're in there, clean the striker channel out real good.

People do complain about the manual safety on the pistol, but I pretty much ignore it. It is small enough that it is very unlikely to be manually actuated.

There are a lot of people (including me), that wished that Ruger would have made an SR Pro series with no mag disconnect and no manual safety. I am sure they would have had a winner on their hands.

The SR series had been discontinued, but Ruger is now producing all the SR models for Sports South.

https://www.ruger.com/products/srSeries/models.html
 
Too many lawyer gadgets for me. I bought one about 10-15 years ago early in my ccw experience and soon realized I didn’t want all those safety add ons. Plus the trigger pin would work it’s way out and Rugers for me have a tendency to rust around the mag button and even slide areas. It did shoot and feel nice though and was right size for ccw
 
I got one (SR9C) for my dad about a year ago, and I had the opportunity to shoot it too. It shot well, and even digested tula steel cased ammo.
 
Nothing wrong with the SR series at all. I had the SR9c, traded it away, not because I disliked it, but I was able to finagle a deal to trade it pretty much straight up for a 4" stainless Security Six. Between the two of us, my dad and I have had the entire lineup, he has the SR9, SR40, SR45, as well as the SR22 and I've had the SR9c and the SR1911. They're rock solid, comfortable and affordable. One thing I couldn't get over, in my hands, the SR45 recoils less than the SR1911....that one I don't get, but i like it:)
 
I got two of the compact 9s right before christmas. One is the black nitride and the other is stainless. Sportsman's Warehouse had them for one day at $199 online. I really like them. They seem very reliable with a good trigger. Easy to shoot well.
 
My son bought a SR9C years ago. He liked it. Everyone who shot it could shoot it well, including me. He got into 1911s and was planning to trade it for a kimber. I told him I would take it for the trade-in price, and he could have it back some day.

I personally like the lci. I can run my fingers over the slide in the dark and tell if a round has chambered

I like the ambidextrous controls, but agree that the safety is smallish.
 

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SR9c, my favorite pistol, period. Best striker trigger I've ever shot.

No, the safety isn't like a 1911, but doesn't need to be. I train with it and have never mishandled it. If it were bigger people would complain it's in the way.

The LCI is completely out of sight while shooting; the gun was designed to shoot, not hang on the wall like a photograph. It does nothing to affect performance.

Amazingly accurate.

Thousands of rounds through mine. Only malfunctions was when shooting some WWB ammo with hard mil-spec primers. And if you hold it really loose you'll get stove-pipes... as with almost any semi-auto.

It is one gun that will only be sold after my passing.
 
Really like my SR9c. Have run the gamut of compact polymer pistols & it has the best trigger of the bunch. Easier to shoot well than the others too, a lot of that because of the better trigger, but it also has good ergonomics & sights. Has been completely reliable with Magtech, S&B, Blazer ball ammo, & Federal HST.
Carry it with a 10 round magazine (with pinky extension). Eject that & replace with a 17 rounder for the nightstand at bed time.
 
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My oft told story about the SR9c was that one day at the range the fellow in the lane next to me had a brand new, just out of the box, Ruger SR9c. I noticed he was having a hard time just getting shots on target and during a break in the action he asked me if I would try shooting it so he could see if the problem was him or the gun. I loaded 5 rounds and at about 30 feet I proceeded to put all 5 rounds, rapid fire, in the black. Seemed good enough for me!

I have smaller size hands so the SR9 is just a bit too long in the grip for me whereas the SR9c fits me just right. I also like the ergonomics of the gun and for having the best striker fired trigger I have ever sampled along with great, easy to acquire sights. All in all a very solid, nicely engineered and built compact 9mm. The thumb safety could be a little bigger and more intuitive in it's use but it's definitely not a deal breaker when factored in with the rest of the gun.

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I also prefer mine without the pinky extension. I wish I had a tangible explanation but just feels better.
 
Good guns. Negatives included some issues with reliability at the very start, likely mostly caused by a dirty striker channel. I had two that were perfectly reliable.

Other negatives are all the lawyer features (this is a personal negative, many might not mind) like thumb safety, mag safety and ludicrously big LCI (loaded chamber indicator).

The only one of these that bothered me was the thumb safety, specifically because it was different enough from my beloved 1911s to bother me, but that's a me issue, not an issue with the gun itself.
 
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I also don't use the magazine extension as the grip length is fine for me without it. I prefer the flat back strap insert again because it feels better in my hand versus the slightly curved version. It was these little deign features that really sold me on this gun, along with everything that it had to offer.
 
I have owned my 9mm SR9C since they first were introduced. I have run countless rounds of various manufacturer’s ammunition as well as my own hand loads through it without difficulty. The only problem was that trigger pin did work loose but a dab of Loctite solved that. I reduced the height of the LCI to make it more visually appealing while keeping it high enough to see and feel. It’s size and accuracy make ideal for range and CC.
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Too many lawyer gadgets for me. I bought one about 10-15 years ago early in my ccw experience and soon realized I didn’t want all those safety add ons. Plus the trigger pin would work it’s way out and Rugers for me have a tendency to rust around the mag button and even slide areas. It did shoot and feel nice though and was right size for ccw
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What did you do to fix trigger pin on sr9c that came out?
 
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I own the SR9, SR40, and SR45. All 3 are great guns. The SR45 I bought I designated my "range play toy". I put some of the Galloway Precision parts in the gun, polished some internal surfaces, and now the gun is amazing.

The first thing to do with any SR pistol is to remove the stupid magazine disconnect. It takes like 5 minutes and while you're in there, clean the striker channel out real good.

People do complain about the manual safety on the pistol, but I pretty much ignore it. It is small enough that it is very unlikely to be manually actuated.

There are a lot of people (including me), that wished that Ruger would have made an SR Pro series with no mag disconnect and no manual safety. I am sure they would have had a winner on their hands.

The SR series had been discontinued, but Ruger is now producing all the SR models for Sports South.

https://www.ruger.com/products/srSeries/models.html
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What is sports south?
 
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