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Ruger LC 9 S- thoughts?

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    Thanks -splitoak. Good to know it's close.
    Just picked up a few 124gr. 9mm, new, not reman.- ball of course. 0.21 a round, seemed an OK price.
     
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    Great price B-K!!
     
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    I remember when i bought the 26..winny white box was $10 fer 100..:headbang:
     
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    When I was in college it was $10 a box I would shoot about half a box of 9 mm and those were 100 round boxes. And shot half a brick or one brick of 22 each time I went shooting
     
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    Range session tomorrow after work.
    Wife likes it and had fun dry-firing at the stacks, especially with the laser I stuck on it.
    Let you know how it does tomorrow.
     
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    Ok, only had time for 50rnds. Shot fine. First shot was "snappy" so I adjusted my grip and put most of them in the black. Would've shot better had the operator not finished off a thermos of coffee and a Red Bull 1/2 hour prior to tripping the trigger.
    0 function issues with CCI Blazer. Just need more magazines at this point.
    BTW, trigger was a vast improvement over the LCP design. The striker design is the way to go for trigger feel.
     
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    Anyone see the LC9 article in guns and ammo this month?
    I thought it was a decent review.
     
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    No. But I think they had an article in the NRA mag a month or so ago? Comparing the new S and old one​
     
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    Same thing here, compared both guns. With all the attention the new 'S' model gun rec'd you might as well call it a entirely new gun. Both are fairly similar in looks but the mechanics are all different.
    I may look for an S model at the shows this winter.
     
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    Yea from what I read in the article you want an "S" model.
     
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    I'm still liking the "S" a lot. I've had zero problems so far, and finally have enough mags. to make it fun at the range. Wife shoots it well and the external safety hasn't posed any problems.
     
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    The 'S' model has a magazine safety too, doesn't it??
     
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    Yes.
     
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    The last show I went to in late september, one vendor had an 'S' model
    and the show price was like $375, does this sound right?
     
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    Not bad, seen the same retail price at a local Murdochs. I went on Gun Broker, $335.00 buy it now- + $20.00 S/H. By the time I was done, about $390.00 including background check and stuff. I might have saved $50.00 or so going this route vs. buying locally.
     
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    $375 sounds like a decent price to me. The lcp is just a bit less than that I believe..

    I dont like an external safety on a carry gun.
     
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    Me either. My perfect carry gun would be a nice compact, DA/SA, single stack 9mm with decocker
     
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    I carry a taurus tcp. Basically taurus version of lcp.380. Its a DA striker fired pistol with a long deliberate trigger pull.
     
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    Sounds like you need a P239 BB:

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    I've gotten that suggestion before, but I prefer an ambidextrous slide mounted decocker as a lefty. The decocker isn't as much of an issue as the fact that it pushes the slide lock so far back on that sig. Don't know of I could get to it with my left fingers

    Really what I want doesn't exist. If sw made the 3913 with a decocker, that'd be it. Ideally, I'd like a px4 compact in single stack. Wish beretta would make that. My 92fs is perfect for me, so I really like that manual of arms
     
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