I had one for a while back in the mid-80s, and decided to take a fling nearly 20 years later. NICER than i remember. the fit and finish are absolutely perfect; a little jewel.
took it out this morning to execute some tin cans . . . ended up just scaring them. (i swear they were quaking when i left --- i hate those cans). no malfunctions of any kind in a 50 pack of winchester silvertips.
accuracy. there's just not much pistol there, barrel or butt. it's a point shooter for sure and, like i said, i mostly just scared them cans. i guess if they had been as big as a mugger's body i probably would have been "center mass" okay, so i'm not going to beat it up over not being a target pistol. it shoots right where it points, you just have to figure out where you're pointing. 'nuff said.
recoil & controlability. very controllable. i always felt like i was in charge. no untoward leaping about or anything. on the other hand, the recoil is very snappy. not painful by any means, but sharp, and without much to hold on to. as normal, the trigger guard wants to hammer the underside of the trigger finger. after a couple magazines i stopped and put on a spot of grip tape. on the R9, the tape completely prevented the trigger guard problem for me. on the LWS, for me, there just isn't enough to hold on to to completely cure it. i shot 5 or 6 more magazines and felt quite happy to quit at 50.
as i said, no functional problems at all. sweet little pistol. if i only had the two guns in the house (R9 and LWS), and was forced to choose one to go out and shoot 50 rounds, i think i would gravitate to the R9 -- more pistol there and just a little more comfortable overall.
all subjective. your mileage may vary.
