The Rohrbaugh Forum
Miscellaneous => Other Guns => Topic started by: the_skunk on May 13, 2014, 07:57:10 PM
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(http://www.ruger.com/products/lc9/images/3200.jpg)
Pros
It's fairly dependable
It's cheap
Cons
You definitely need a holster
It's not a pocket pistol
Safeties are complicated
It's strictly short range
And if you hold it loose, it will move out of your grip
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Another big con is the long hard trigger pull which takes it off of my list.
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i highly recommend the Glock 26 as a possible alternative. It is way proven. Dependable as a Glock, and surprisingly accurate. I train with mine all the way out past 100 yards. The trigger rides like a well trained pony. I've front pocket carried mine, but prefer belt holster or fanny pack. With the magazine extension, it packs 13 rounds of +p, and lets me get a full hand grip.
I like my Ruger revolvers, especially the LCR in 38. It is super light weight, durable, and has by far the best trigger i've ever felt on a double action only snubbie. The polymer frame
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I'm with you on the Glocks--love the 26 and the 36 is just one of the best and most accurate guns I own.
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I picked up a Kahr CM9. The price was $320.00
I tried the trigger of the LC9 in a gun store and knew I would never be able to fire it accurately quickly. I hadn't even tried the triggers of other guns like the Kahrs or the SIG P290 - the only thing I really had to go by at the time was the trigger on my P7M8 - but Ruger's trigger took it out of contention for me. If all the other pocket nines had triggers as bad as the LC9 than I'd be carrying a different caliber.
Thankfully the Rohrbaugh has a really nice trigger that I'm happy with :)
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I had an old jam-a-matic ruger and complained so much they gave me an LC9. About the only positive thing I can say is - it's dependable. Makes a nice 'bait box' gun (Fishing), or a trunk gun - but I would never pay $400 for it.
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Basically a throw away no heartburn loss special. I like the term, "bait box gun."
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Basically a throw away no heartburn loss special. I like the term, "bait box gun."
The gun was a ruger freebie - If I lost my seecamp, Sig 232, Kimber, etc - I would kick myself. As far as bait box, that would be a bigger loss than the Ruger
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Sorry, but have to ask a stupid question. I've heard people here and on different forums mention losing a gun in lakes, camping, etc.... and just wondered if where may people on the forum live if the state would give you a hard time for losing the gun. Up here in NY you will have HELL to pay for losing a gun. Just wondering?
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Sorry, but have to ask a stupid question. I've heard people here and on different forums mention losing a gun in lakes, camping, etc.... and just wondered if where may people on the forum live if the state would give you a hard time for losing the gun. Up here in NY you will have HELL to pay for losing a gun. Just wondering?
What the analogy is that "Who cares if you 380 lb wife left you" - Bait Box gun means it's a really junker, not a prized German Luger, that's a family heirloom.