- Location
- West coast of Vancouver Island
Nestor, Great photos and commentary. I will follow this thread with interest
365 days with Ruger SR9
- Thread starter Nestor
- Start date
Thanks Kevin!
Cleaning day. No excessive wear noticed, pistol was fairly clean actually.
200 rounds in and the very first, quite sophisticated modification was done. With my long fingers the grip was just a bit too thin for my liking. Slip-on Pachmayr grips with the price tag of $8.99 fixed that. Jeeezzz...I almost passed out trying to put that thing on. Quality rubber feels good though...You know
Cleaning day. No excessive wear noticed, pistol was fairly clean actually.
200 rounds in and the very first, quite sophisticated modification was done. With my long fingers the grip was just a bit too thin for my liking. Slip-on Pachmayr grips with the price tag of $8.99 fixed that. Jeeezzz...I almost passed out trying to put that thing on. Quality rubber feels good though...You know
Nice report Nestor!!!! Really liking the SR9. I almost bought two off of CGN. They have been back ordered at Epps since almost last year Anyways I was having problems with the shell not going in all the way and i think i figured out the problem. OIL !!!! Put a dab or two on the slides and one on the front of the barrel and it slides right in. Who knew?lol. For the price this thing is a champion!!! Keep up the reports Nestor
Anyways I was having problems with the shell not going in all the way and i think i figured out the problem. OIL !!!! Put a dab or two on the slides and one on the front of the barrel and it slides right in. Who knew?lol. For the price this thing is a champion!!! Keep up the reports NestorNice report Nestor!!!! Really liking the SR9. I almost bought two off of CGN. They have been back ordered at Epps since almost last year
Cool, I'm trying to keep the barrel oiled. Learned that trick with my Glock 17 few years ago. I'm glad to hear that You are happy with the pistol. For the price (depends on the location I've seen the prices ranging between $469 and $515) it's hard to beat. I'll keep You all up to date here.
I was wondering about the reason behind controllability of this pistol during the range session. There was nearly no recoil and very little muzzle rise (having both arms injured with the left elbow badly hurting in nearly any position I'm more recoil sensitive those days than usual). I did measure the bore axis position and it seems that my initial observation was correct. It's low. Actually the web of the hand is only 0.75 of an inch below the centerline of the bore. That explains a lot.
To give You an idea how low it really is, here is my 1911 in comparison. The same measurement shows 1.70 of an inch.
Speaking of the web of my hand. For some reason the pistol scratched it during the last shooting session. It's not really typical thing for 9mm, so I inspected the frame closely.
Here is what I found...
There was a small, sharp piece of plastic sticking out from the frame and cutting into my hand. Leftover from the frame molding process I guess. Sandpaper corrected the problem.
To give You an idea how low it really is, here is my 1911 in comparison. The same measurement shows 1.70 of an inch.
Speaking of the web of my hand. For some reason the pistol scratched it during the last shooting session. It's not really typical thing for 9mm, so I inspected the frame closely.
Here is what I found...
There was a small, sharp piece of plastic sticking out from the frame and cutting into my hand. Leftover from the frame molding process I guess. Sandpaper corrected the problem.
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Back from the range.
270 rounds total today:
50 of American Eagle 147 grain TMJ
50 of American Eagle 124 grain FMJ
10 of Remington Golden Sabre 124 grain JHP
10 of Federal Guardian Dog 105 grain EFMJ
100 of Winchester White Box 115 grain FMJ
50 of reloads 115 grain FMJ
Zero problems to report. 100% reliable. Trigger is smoothing up and I'm starting to have better feel for it. Only one in five - six empty casings were ejected at my forehead this time, so big improvement there. I like the slip-on grip a lot. Having much better control of the pistol is always nice. It seems that the pistol has slight preference for 124 grain loads with most consistent accuracy noticed. Those two 10 round groups were fired from 7 meters away using 124 grain ammo. 1 round fired every 1-1.5 seconds. I'm sure that the pistol is far more accurate than I'll ever be. So far so good.
270 rounds total today:
50 of American Eagle 147 grain TMJ
50 of American Eagle 124 grain FMJ
10 of Remington Golden Sabre 124 grain JHP
10 of Federal Guardian Dog 105 grain EFMJ
100 of Winchester White Box 115 grain FMJ
50 of reloads 115 grain FMJ
Zero problems to report. 100% reliable. Trigger is smoothing up and I'm starting to have better feel for it. Only one in five - six empty casings were ejected at my forehead this time, so big improvement there. I like the slip-on grip a lot. Having much better control of the pistol is always nice. It seems that the pistol has slight preference for 124 grain loads with most consistent accuracy noticed. Those two 10 round groups were fired from 7 meters away using 124 grain ammo. 1 round fired every 1-1.5 seconds. I'm sure that the pistol is far more accurate than I'll ever be. So far so good.
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JDCSigP226
CGN Regular
- Location
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nice Pics! Well taken care of!
Thanks Guys!
Since it's time for cleaning I decided to touch the base on disassembly of the pistol.
Step one: remove the magazine...
Step two: lock slide back...
Step three: press the ejector down...
Step four: press takedown pin and pull it out...
Step five: remove slide assembly....
Step six: remove recoil spring and the barrel...
Pistol is field stripped now...
Again, no unusual wear was noticed. So far, so good.
Since it's time for cleaning I decided to touch the base on disassembly of the pistol.
Step one: remove the magazine...
Step two: lock slide back...
Step three: press the ejector down...
Step four: press takedown pin and pull it out...
Step five: remove slide assembly....
Step six: remove recoil spring and the barrel...
Pistol is field stripped now...
Again, no unusual wear was noticed. So far, so good.
I'm loving this report Nestor, Glad you're enjoying the pistol...I'm still waiting for my LTATT at the club I'm in so I've got a week or two to go before I can start shooting my handgun. In the meantime I've been using my rifles...Lotsa fun lol.
the trigger is better then Glock as well. Thats what i noticed, its lighter or seems to break much better.
Good luck and thanks again! I'm sure that You'll be happy with your G17 as well.
It's probably too early for me to comment on the trigger as it's still in process of smooting up after just 470 rounds, but I think that You may be onto something here... I've heard some good things about the Ghost connector for this pistol, but my intention is to keep it stock for this coming year. It's definietely getting lighter and cleaner after just two trips to the range though.
Here is what I don't like. I already mentioned about the huge loaded chamber indicator. Overkill, but look at the barrel here:
This is the spot where the indicator is resting between the two small, lugs. It's real pain trying to clean that spot. I wish to see the indicator to be smaller and located somewhere else really.
On the positive side. Case is fully supported in the chamber.
I also like the design of the magazine. Look at that:
It's very easy to grab the magazine and pull it down if for whatever reason it will stuck inside the grip. Ejection of the magazine is very positive though with the both release buttons working very well so far.
This is the spot where the indicator is resting between the two small, lugs. It's real pain trying to clean that spot. I wish to see the indicator to be smaller and located somewhere else really.
On the positive side. Case is fully supported in the chamber.
I also like the design of the magazine. Look at that:
It's very easy to grab the magazine and pull it down if for whatever reason it will stuck inside the grip. Ejection of the magazine is very positive though with the both release buttons working very well so far.
The chamber indicator is a bit over kill for sure....using the extractor shape like on a glock does the job with less parts.
If you look closely the extractor on the SR9 will tell you if there is one in the chamber.
Somone make s blank to replace the indicator and a guy could file down the part that engages the case if he wanted the indicator to be less obtrusive.
If you look closely the extractor on the SR9 will tell you if there is one in the chamber.
Somone make s blank to replace the indicator and a guy could file down the part that engages the case if he wanted the indicator to be less obtrusive.
250 rounds of 115 grain FMJ today.
That wasn't my day as I was only able to squeeze maybe 3 decent groups during the whole session.
On the positive side the pistol functioned without a single problem.
It's funny how the trajectory of the empty casings was changing during this month. When the pistol was new (as You can remember) my forehead was constantly bombarded by the ejected empties.
Later only 1 out of 5 was landing on my head.
Now all the empties were ejected just over my head and usually landed...in the hood of my hoodie. I need to change the outfit going there next time.
Round count so far is 720 without single malfunction of any kind.
That wasn't my day as I was only able to squeeze maybe 3 decent groups during the whole session.
On the positive side the pistol functioned without a single problem.
It's funny how the trajectory of the empty casings was changing during this month. When the pistol was new (as You can remember) my forehead was constantly bombarded by the ejected empties.
Later only 1 out of 5 was landing on my head.
Now all the empties were ejected just over my head and usually landed...in the hood of my hoodie. I need to change the outfit going there next time.
Round count so far is 720 without single malfunction of any kind.
