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The current "Guns & Ammo" magazine has a head-to-head comparison of the new SR45 and the equally new SR1911CMD compact .45 ACP. I'm not going to spoil it for you, but the reviewer ended up liking the trigger of the SR45 over that of the SR1911CMD.

Despite weighing 4-1/2 ozs. more due to it's steel frame, he found the recoil of the SR1911CMD to be sharper than that of the SR45 with all loads tested.
But, the bore axis of the SR45 being higher, it rolled higher, taking a little more time to get back on target.

Ruger is on a roll with the SR and LC series of polymer framed guns. US made by a quality maker that stands behind their products. What's not to like?
My wife likes her SR9 so much, she bought another! I just wanted her to buy two more mags, and she did - but they came with the other gun.

Feminine logic 101 .... ;>)
 
I just bought a new stainless SR9 , haven't even fired it and was thinking of selling it and getting an SR45 instead as I have heard rave reviews about it ! Not sure who even stocks it ?
 
I knew the SR45 was coming, just a matter of time. The SR9 is a GREAT gun, lots of features and very user friendly and at just under $500 NEW you can't beat that and I highly recommended it to any new shooter...good luck finding one tho!!! I used to have one, the SR9 in OD green and it treated me well but I sold it and moved onto 45Auto pistols.
 
Ballox, you're breakin' my wife's heart ... she really wanted one with the bright slide and couldn't find one.

Lever Arms has the SR9's at $475. I've seen them elsewhere for high as $589. As for the SR45, don't hold your breath waiting for one any time soon. ALL Ruger products are back ordered and US orders will be filled first. I expect that when they are available, Lever will be among the first to have any.

Says something for the basic platform that is was so adaptable to 9mm, .40 and now .45. The SR45 is the slimmest double stacker on the market, I believe, barely thicker than the 9mm, 1/4 in higher and a tad longer in the barrel. I think it's gonna rock as a concealed weapon in the US.
 
I may have a line on an SR45 so my new SR9 stainless may end up on EE soon if all things work out.
 
SR line is a great one for sure.

they need(NEED) to make the SR22 look like the SR9/40 and have a barrel that is Canadian legal. I would buy one for sure.
 
I held an SR45 at a Cabela's in North Dakota last weekend. Can't wait till they finally get across the border up here, but I figure I'll be waiting a year at least..
 
The first time I had one of my wife's SR9's in my paw, I thought - "This gun is going to be made in calibres larger than 9mm."
I think the 9mm coming out first was to prove the basic platform before offering the .40 and .45 ACP. The .45 is said to be 1/8" thicker than the 9mm above the mag release. Should feel very familiar to a 1911 owner.

padawan said:
How is the grip compared to the SR9?
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Sharps '63 said:
The first time I had one of my wife's SR9's in my paw, I thought - "This gun is going to be made in calibres larger than 9mm."
I think the 9mm coming out first was to prove the basic platform before offering the .40 and .45 ACP. The .45 is said to be 1/8" thicker than the 9mm above the mag release. Should feel very familiar to a 1911 owner.
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I want one.

Do we have a Canadian ETA yet?
 
I've never held an SR9 but I would say its nearly as thin as a 1911 but a little longer. The model I was holding had the curved backstrap though. I'm 6'3 and I have big hands and the SR45 feels like it was custom made for my hand. I know a few of the gun rags have praised it for being small but I think that's considering it's a double stack 45.

Sharps '63 said:
The first time I had one of my wife's SR9's in my paw, I thought - "This gun is going to be made in calibres larger than 9mm."
I think the 9mm coming out first was to prove the basic platform before offering the .40 and .45 ACP. The .45 is said to be 1/8" thicker than the 9mm above the mag release. Should feel very familiar to a 1911 owner.
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I have no idea why the American military does not pick this up as their standard side arm right now.


1: .45
2: American Company and Designed and built in the U.S
3: Raving reviews
4: Cheap (probably even cheaper on a bulk order)
 
I have to admit that my lady finds it more difficult to rack the slide of her SR9 than she does my 1911's. For that matter, so do I.

Also, last night during an IPSC practice, she suffered a malfunction with factory 124 gr ammo that she could not clear. She asked me what I would have done with a 1911 and I showed her how to rack the slide against a barricade. The SR9 does not lend itself to that method, unless you use the front sight. "But," she says, "that's against the rules, "using the barricade as a tool." "Yep.", says I.

Her comment - "Well how in hell is that "practical" if I'm fighting for my life?" Like me, she sees this as a martial art form, not just a game. I've told her many times that IPSC would be a great game if they'd take the word "Practical" out of the name.

I looked up the definition of "tool": "an instrument or simple device used in doing work, especially suited or designed to make doing a particular task easier; but applies particularly to something held and worked by the hands in doing manual work; i.e. plumbers, mechanics, carpenters and shoemakers need tools."

Classifying a barricade as a tool is a bit of a stretch, n'est-ce pas? Paleolithic man used stone and bone, hand held "tools". Now thanks to IPSC, we have a new definition.

I see a 1911 in her future ..... and a possible recruit for IDPA. That is - if they allow the use of a "tool" to get back in the fight.
 
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I used to have a stainless sr9, took it twice to the range and traded it for a Remington gamemaster in 30-06 with weaver pivot scope. I didn't like the grip it was too wide and the gun is much chunkier than it looks on the pics.
 
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