Where to get a Ruger SR9?

I'll sell you mine.....hate it, cheaply made, #### trigger, groups like a shotgun for me.
I may give it one more chance at the range but so far I ain't impressed.
 
Hitzy said:
I'll sell you mine.....hate it, cheaply made, #### trigger, groups like a shotgun for me.
I may give it one more chance at the range but so far I ain't impressed.
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Is it one of the newer production ones? I've heard things about poor q.c. because of how they have ramped up production. sad to hear because I've had one on the wishlist for a while.
 
Hitzy said:
I'll sell you mine.....hate it, cheaply made, #### trigger, groups like a shotgun for me.
I may give it one more chance at the range but so far I ain't impressed.
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I had one. Same experience for myself as well. I like Ruger and I bought it to replace an 89DC that shoots great but is a bit big and clunky. The SR9 felt good in my hand and I really wanted to like it but it just wasn't accurate no matter what I fed it. I wasn't impressed with its construction either. I ended up keeping the 89DC and selling the SR9.

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I remembered your review Nestor so I went back and read the thread again. Very nice detailed review. I'm glad you like your SR9. Thank you for taking the time to share that with us.

You posted this picture of some targets you shot at 7 yards (because the target retriever wouldn't go back farther)

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I presume this is 8.5 X 11 paper. At 7 yards my SR9 targets were worse than that and my Ruger 89DC would be tighter.
 
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Clotho said:
I had one. Same experience for myself as well. I like Ruger and I bought it to replace an 89DC that shoots great but is a bit big and clunky. The SR9 felt good in my hand and I really wanted to like it but it just wasn't accurate no matter what I fed it. I wasn't impressed with its construction either. I ended up keeping the 89DC and selling the SR9.

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I remembered your review Nestor so I went back and read the thread again. Very nice detailed review. I'm glad you like your SR9. Thank you for taking the time to share that with us.

You posted this picture of some targets you shot at 7 yards (because the target retriever wouldn't go back farther)

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I presume this is 8.5 X 11 paper. At 7 yards my SR9 targets were worse than that and my Ruger 89DC would be tighter.
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Thanks. Too bad I wasn't able to finish my test past 1000 rounds. I'll try just that with my newer addition - Walther PPQ soon. Actually - You Guys may be right about Ruger not taking care of their production these days. That makes a lot of sense as I've read the relation of the member (different forum) who worked for them very lately in Arizona. CNC mechanist position. He's usually fairly credible, so I can believe him stating that Ruger is just making their products way too fast , skipping on QC and paying the workers very low wages. He left the factory after less than 6 months, mostly because the morale among the employees was so low (that what he stated anyway). Well, hard to say something for sure, since that comes just from the one person, but maybe there is a problem there...
 
Clotho said:
I had one. Same experience for myself as well. I like Ruger and I bought it to replace an 89DC that shoots great but is a bit big and clunky. The SR9 felt good in my hand and I really wanted to like it but it just wasn't accurate no matter what I fed it. I wasn't impressed with its construction either. I ended up keeping the 89DC and selling the SR9.

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I remembered your review Nestor so I went back and read the thread again. Very nice detailed review. I'm glad you like your SR9. Thank you for taking the time to share that with us.

You posted this picture of some targets you shot at 7 yards (because the target retriever wouldn't go back farther)

IMG_4855.jpg


I presume this is 8.5 X 11 paper. At 7 yards my SR9 targets were worse than that and my Ruger 89DC would be tighter.
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At 7 yards I'm use to one ragged hole for groups. Those look like my 25yrd groups with my regular pistols. My SR9 shoots along those lines like yours which I find pretty piss poor :) Just not up to my standards. It's reliable and feels decent in the hand, but even for a duty pistol (opposed to a target pistol) that kind of accuracy isn't acceptable.
 
Hitzy said:
At 7 yards I'm use to one ragged hole for groups. Those look like my 25yrd groups with my regular pistols. My SR9 shoots along those lines like yours which I find pretty piss poor :) Just not up to my standards. It's reliable and feels decent in the hand, but even for a duty pistol (opposed to a target pistol) that kind of accuracy isn't acceptable.
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That's good if You are focused on shooting for accuracy with slow and aimed fire. Most of the people out there are doing just that. Not me though. I'm usually shooting to feel the trigger and to learn how to use it fairly fast while staying focused on the front sight. I just need to preserve this skill. In my experience nearly any of the pistols out there is a bit different to operate that way - because of the bore axis, weight of the slide, different sights and trigger. Usual rate of fire is about 1-2 shots per second or...sometimes faster. In my hands with such speed accuracy suffers. Very rarely I'm trying to test accuracy just for accuracy itself as I know that nearly every pistol out there is more capable than I'm. On top of that the picture of the target that You Guys are commenting on right now was my first time out on the range in 5 months (just read the original thread, please). Best proof that regular training is a must to stay fairly proficient. Here is the picture of the target that was set at 7 meters and shoot at from the same pistol at the same speed when I had more opportunity to practice on regular basis...I would say any comment about this particular Ruger SR9 and its accuracy potential may and should base on that fact as well...
I think that I own this important comment to any of the readers here.
The pistol in question was capable of very good accuracy on level with any, other service pistol.
First picture was me to blame - not the pistol.
Cheers!

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I've found my SR9 to be accurate and reliable. It's not a bullseye gun, but easily shoots as well as any other modern duty style pistol, one you get used to it's unique trigger...it's not bad, just different..reminds me of a luger trigger, sorta mushy but easy to use once your used to it
 
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