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Comment on 002 Ruger SR9 Pistol Review by Bob Garlits

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:24:38 +0000

I bought the SR9 based on glowing reviews in Handgun magazine and Guns and Ammo. I tried mine out the day I received it and it jammed from the first round, failure to eject. I sent it back and six weeks later got it back in working order. Then I sent it in for the recall after a long wait. It was upgraded and sent back in about a week. Took it to the range and now the FTE problem is back soooo, it’s on its way back to Ruger for the third time. I sure hope the 3rd time is a charm as I love the feel of the gun, very comfortable to shoot.

Comment on 002 Ruger SR9 Pistol Review by proarms

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:55:03 +0000

The model I tested was one of the original ones and I didn’t have that problem. He apparantly has one of the newer versions, which I haven’t played with.

Chris

Comment on 002 Ruger SR9 Pistol Review by proarms

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:54:14 +0000

I just tried the new SR9’s we have in stock. Here’s what I found. The slide release lever is on the small side much like the first series of the M&P pistols. When reloading if you hit the slide release with both thumbs like we teach in LFI it works fine. This is an issue that Ruger will probably need to address. If the slide release was just a little larger this would not be a problem. Like the M&P, Ruger needs to be made aware of this problem.

John

Comment on 002 Ruger SR9 Pistol Review by TexasTom

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:30:15 +0000

Just purchased a new SR9 and have one question. Any reported problems with the slide release. I have only shot approximately 25 rounds through the pistol and had trouble releasing slide with gun hand/off hand. Had to use offhand to push back on the slide to release tension before I could release the slide. And no I’m no weakling.

Comment on 002 Ruger SR9 Pistol Review by Daniel DOLAN

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:45:07 +0000

Mas; You may recall the OTHER famous striker fired pistol had a similar problem when it was new. The maker managed to keep it quiet and dealt with the repair as an UPGRADE, not a RECALL. The maker issued kits with a new drawbar, striker, firing pin safety plunger and all new springs. There are still guns out there that have not been upgraded because the owners never knew about the upgrade. Only L.E. agencies were notified. I was still seeing pistols that had not been upgraded when I retired. That is almost twenty years after the problem was first discovered. I won’t mention the name of the famous pistol. Their lawyers patrol the net for any derogatory comments about their product. More than one website has been shut down by this company for bad-mouthing their product.

Comment on 002 Ruger SR9 Pistol Review by Dan Forbey

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:34:35 +0000

The new trigger is the best thing that could’ve happened to my SR9. This is a dandy little pistol, and has everything I like about a Glock, only safer.

Comment on 002 Ruger SR9 Pistol Review by proarms

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:28:17 +0000

Hi Daniel, Mas Ayoob here. Coach Gail sent me in on this one. To the best of my knowledge, it was exhaustive in-house torture testing at Ruger that created a situation that over-rode the SR9’s safety mechanisms and led them to do the recall, out of “an abundance of caution,” as it were. I’m not aware of the product failing any government sponsored drop test.

We here all agree with you that the SR9 has great potential as a defensive pistol. We wouldn’t have said “man-killing gun,” perhaps because of too much time spent swimming in lawyer-infested waters.

Best wishes, Mas

Comment on 002 Ruger SR9 Pistol Review by DANIEL DOLAN

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:23:33 +0000

I would very interested to know whether this pistol failed a state sponsered drop test. Some states, such as California drop test guns. California carries it too far, as it does with everything else. I own an SR-9. It received mine the day after the recall was announced. Ruger fixed my gun, although it took four and a half months after purchase. I think the refurbished gun is much better, especially the trigger, which was horrible in the original form. The gun is a Glock clone with some updates. I am a Glock armorer, so I know what a Glock is about. I am a retired L.E. Rangemaster so I have some basis for saying that this is a pretty good pistol. However, it is a man-killing gun, not a target pistol or a sport pistol. For the purpose of man-killing I believe it is more than adequate.

Comment on 004 Springfield XD-M, John Farnam by proarms

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:45:58 +0000

Thanks Matt,

I don’t think any XDs come with magazine safeties, I believe John was talking about Magazine disconnects in general in this interview. Something he feels very strongly about.

Thanks for listening, Gail

Comment on 004 Springfield XD-M, John Farnam by Matt

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:37:45 +0000

I really enjoyed your podcast with John Farnam. I just wanted to mention one thing, that my XD-M has the ability to shoot without the magazine. It came to me like that straight from the factory, and I didn’t have to modify it in any way(removing a magazine safety for example). I was just wondering if your review sample was a post-production gun, and if John’s interview initiated Springfield’s removal of a post-production safety. I agree with Mr. Farnam that a gun without that ability is a deathtrap, and I was extremely happy when I test fired an XD-M and found it was able to fire without a magazine. I then ordered one and have had it for about a month, and it is by far one of the best shooters I’ve ever owned. Just wanted to know if the test gun and mine were flooks. Thanks, Matt

Comment on 000 Introductions by proarms

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:40:55 +0000

OK, Jason, here’s the thing…I would like to say yes I will do that but it is so often that I am posting the episodes on the run I am afraid that sometimes I might forget and I would hate to promise to do something and then not do it. So, I just now put a Widget for the feed on the right sidebar so it will always be there. Will this work for you? There so many different ways to subscribe to the podcast I am not sure what works for all those different methods. thanks, Gail

Comment on 000 Introductions by Jason The Saj

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:02:01 +0000

I should clarify my statement. If you can include the link at the end of the body for those using RSS readers.

Comment on 000 Introductions by proarms

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:44:52 +0000

Hi Jason,

It’s already there. Below the “Listen now” podcast player is another line that has a “Download” link, if you click on that link it will take you to a page where you can right click and do a “Save as” and download the podcast. I hope this helps and thanks for listening.

Gail