Has Anybody Shot The New Ruger LC9S?

[bjenkins]

Just wondering if anybody has shot it and your thoughts on the trigger?

 

[venenoindy]

Plainfield shooting supply had a few when I was there Wednesday and I had the chance to handle one, I most say tha the trigger was nice but for my taste the reset was quite long but overall it is way better than the double action of the LC9. For a minute a was excited but I would rather have a Shield.

 

[8th SPS USAF]

I have one but not fired it yet. I like the trigger, but I have a Shield 9/XDs 9/45acp/Sig 290RS 9mm also to carry till then.

 

[bjenkins]

I have one but not fired it yet. I like the trigger, but I have a Shield 9/XDs 9/45acp/Sig 290RS 9mm also to carry till then.

When you shoot it let us know how it compares to the others!

 

[RND]

Very nice trigger and follow up ability. Magazine tough to release when near and at capacity.

 

[nakinate]

It seems Ruger is making small improvements to their existing guns. I like it a lot.

 

[Fordtough25]

I saw that hickok45 said he felt the trigger was much improved over the old model. No video yet though.

 

[Rickmill]

Got to handle one at a show a few weeks back and loved it. Then my friend bought it the next day.

 

[blue2golf]

I'd like to, but why torture myself? I just bought an LC9 10 months ago. Looks like I'm stuck with the hammer version. "Stuck" is a relative term considering it's been rock solid reliable.

 

[wesnellans]

Hickok's video is now up of the LC9S. I'm really liking the possibilities in my mind, I'll admit...

http://youtu.be/Opx_IFm0iQU

HOWEVER - that safety still nags me. Anyone who's got an LC9 or LC9S - is this the kind of safety you could leave off and forget (yes, I'm sure I just provoked at least half a dozen "train with the safety" people, but hear me out!) - ie, is it so easy to engage and disengage you'd best train on it like crazy, or is it like my wife's M&P Bodyguard 380, and so hard to move one direction or another that it isn't a problem?

 

[Para19]

Hickok's video is now up of the LC9S. I'm really liking the possibilities in my mind, I'll admit...

Ruger LC9s - YouTube

HOWEVER - that safety still nags me. Anyone who's got an LC9 or LC9S - is this the kind of safety you could leave off and forget (yes, I'm sure I just provoked at least half a dozen "train with the safety" people, but hear me out!) - ie, is it so easy to engage and disengage you'd best train on it like crazy, or is it like my wife's M&P Bodyguard 380, and so hard to move one direction or another that it isn't a problem?

I notice that you buy a new pistol and sell or trade it every few weeks. You have 46 ads for handguns for sale/trade in just over a year. Why worry about training on something you don't want?

Honest question.

 

[Hornett]

A) Now I want one.

B) Man that guy can shoot!

 

[wesnellans]

I notice that you buy a new pistol and sell or trade it every few weeks. You have 46 ads for handguns for sale/trade in just over a year. Why worry about training on something you don't want?

Honest question.

Well! At least I've been judged! Yay!

Honest answer:

I'm searching for "the one" for carry. Think I find it only to find something that bugs me and pushes me on. I've not had an LC9 to judge from, so it was an honest question to pose to someone, I thought. Didn't realize I'd exceeded my allotment of buying and selling. Although I don't think there is one....

FWIW, I've had some guns I've kept for quite some time, if you must know. Not that I think it's anyone's business, necessarily.

I try a gun for a bit, "training" as much as I can with it between dry fire and live fire, carrying, etc. Then I either decide it works (keep it), or it doesn't for some reason (trade or sell). Sometimes I even sell one because I need some cash, then later buy another because I liked it.

Not that ANY of this really pertains to the topic at hand. Pretty sure the question was about the safety of the LC9, not my buying and selling habits....

 

[looney2ns]

I do not have the S version of the LC9, I have the original. but it is my opinion that you could train either way with it. The safety is fairly easy to click off, but not so easy to click on due to it's size. YMMV

 

[wesnellans]

I do not have the S version of the LC9, I have the original. but it is my opinion that you could train either way with it. The safety is fairly easy to click off, but not so easy to click on due to it's size. YMMV

Thanks!

 

[Para19]

Well! At least I've been judged! Yay!

Honest answer:

I'm searching for "the one" for carry. Think I find it only to find something that bugs me and pushes me on. I've not had an LC9 to judge from, so it was an honest question to pose to someone, I thought. Didn't realize I'd exceeded my allotment of buying and selling. Although I don't think there is one....

FWIW, I've had some guns I've kept for quite some time, if you must know. Not that I think it's anyone's business, necessarily.

I try a gun for a bit, "training" as much as I can with it between dry fire and live fire, carrying, etc. Then I either decide it works (keep it), or it doesn't for some reason (trade or sell). Sometimes I even sell one because I need some cash, then later buy another because I liked it.

Not that ANY of this really pertains to the topic at hand. Pretty sure the question was about the safety of the LC9, not my buying and selling habits....

I worded that wrong. I didn't mean to offend nor was I judging you. I've only had a few handguns and ive had them for awhile now. I train with them and know them inside out, 2 are the same platform and one has similar controls. I do very much enjoy shooting different guns and I guess you get the benefit of knowing different platforms pretty well.

I do think the LC9S could be a good ccw. I have shot an LC9 many times and while i don't like it's trigger it does shoot well. I would expect the LC9S to be more enjoyable with the different trigger.

 

[bjenkins]

Yea after watching Hickoks video makes you curious? I had an LC9 but never was much on the trigger looks like striker fired was the answer!

 

[NHT3]

I had one offered to me today by a friend when I was on the way to Parabellum so I took it for a test run.. Reset IS fairly long, it has an active safety (some feel a real need for this so I would call it a plus since you can simply choose not to use it ) and recoil is what I would call "snappy" but not unpleasant. All in all I would consider it great CC piece.
IMHO Ruger can stop making the LC9 because I can't imagine why someone would prefer it to the LC9s. I'm sure a LC380s is in the works and I would imagine that it will be a very lively seller also.

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[Razer]

I always liked the lc9 minus the trigger so I'm quite liking what what the 9c9s seems to be.

Interestingly when the LC9s trademark was found by people online about a year ago freshly trademarked by Ruger there was also a trademark for a Ruger LC9XT. People guessed that the S version was for striker fired, but no one has any good guesses for what the XT version might be.

 

[jb1911]

I ordered one last night from Cheaper than Dirt for $321 with free shipping! I'll check back in when I've had a chance to check it out.