Bought a Ruger Sr9c (Pictures)

For those of you who love me and want to know what happened I thought I would let you know.

I went into another gun shop that was literally across the street from woodlands world. I went in to see if they had a Smith and Wesson Sd40Ve but they didn't, they said they could get one though.

I noticed they also had a Ruger Sr9c just like woodlands world did.
So I decided I would just get that since its a decent gun for the money.

The price tag was $350 not including tax ect.
So I said is that new? He said no, I said oh because I was going to say that is cheap. He said its used and showed me the Ruger box it came with.

I asked if I could hold it he let me of course didn't even ask for ID which is nice because others ask for ID well not to me but I hear about it happening to others.

The Ruger Sr9c Used Came with 2 Magazines. One is 17 rounds +1 in the chamber for a total of 18 rounds and the other is 10 rounds with 1 in the chamber for 11. The 17 round mag has a grip extension while the 10 round mag is smaller. The gun looks good has no major wear or scratches other than a little oil looking spot on the rear sights but thats nothing big.

I asked him what if the gun doesn't work, he said they have a warranty and I can bring it back. The total price I paid was about $378 out the door.
Who ever said OUT THE DOOR price was right because that was what he said, he said the "out the door price" is ect.

The paper work/check was only $5 and I feel better buying the gun from that place then woodlands world because woodlands world has many more guns and looked like they had much more money anyways. So here is what I got

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The gun is safety checked before I took those

Oh also me and the people in the shop was laughing and cracking jokes so I doubt I am a bad customer to deal with :D

very nice buy! i paid 440 for my sr9 otd , it is a good gun for the money!

Nice
Two of my sons haveeSR9's.

Nice purchase. I've fired my friend's SR9c and was quite impressed.

Good luck with it.

I love my SR9c. They're a great little gun.

Not that it would be a deal breaker, but I think the short magazines are 10 round capacity and not 11 as you mentioned.

I just had mine out to the range yesterday. Such a great shooter. I was getting half dollar sized groups @ about 7 yards. You will be happy with the purchase (or should I say steal).

A question for those of you who have this gun.
Is the slide release suppose to be useable as a slide release or is it ment for a slide stop as in just keeping it locked back.

Because when I press down on the slide release/stop, its very hard to push down and seems like it doesn't want to go down, instead I have to hold the slide back then release the button.

I have the manual I don't know if its in their I'll check but I was wondering from those who have this gun if its ment as a slide stop or an actual slide release.

Oh and I tried to take the slide off which was funny because I didn't know that I had to press the slide stop up which will keep the slide open :O. for some reason in the manual they made it seem as if you just keep the slide open with one hand :D he he he

I will buy some ammo today or tomorrow then see how it shoots.
Hopefully it works well.

Do gun shops actually check if the guns work before hand ? Either way he said I could bring it back if it has problems.

Also is there any certain 9mm ammo/grain I should specifically look at because I myself did not look up alot about the 9mm simply because I was expecting to get a .40, 357 sig or 10mm.... who would have thought I got a 9mm instead :D

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Originally Posted by ICEN

A question for those of you who have this gun.
Is the slide release suppose to be useable as a slide release or is it ment for a slide stop as in just keeping it locked back.

Because when I press down on the slide release/stop, its very hard to push down and seems like it doesn't want to go down, instead I have to hold the slide back then release the button.

I have the manual I don't know if its in their I'll check but I was wondering from those who have this gun if its ment as a slide stop or an actual slide release.

Oh and I tried to take the slide off which was funny because I didn't know that I had to press the slide stop up which will keep the slide open :O. for some reason in the manual they made it seem as if you just keep the slide open with one hand :D he he he

I will buy some ammo today or tomorrow then see how it shoots.
Hopefully it works well.

Do gun shops actually check if the guns work before hand ? Either way he said I could bring it back if it has problems.

Also is there any certain 9mm ammo/grain I should specifically look at because I myself did not look up alot about the 9mm simply because I was expecting to get a .40, 357 sig or 10mm.... who would have thought I got a 9mm instead :D

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If it's anything like my LC9, then the slide stop is pretty much to hold it open only. I just rack the slide back to release, as the acutal slide stop is way to small to be a functional release.

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Originally Posted by PSUWaz00

If it's anything like my LC9, then the slide stop is pretty much to hold it open only. I just rack the slide back to release, as the acutal slide stop is way to small to be a functional release.

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Ya I assume its a slide stop as in the manual thats all its talked about for.

Also I looked it up on google and all the other people say its suppose to be intended for a slide stop not release :D Its no big deal since I have 18 Rounds before I have to worry about that anyways.

Lock the slide back then drop the mag out and see if it is any easier. This more closely resembles how it will act with a loaded magazine.

I wish you the best with this. They are rather well thought of in reviews and certainly cost effective without being a cheap one. Ruger is a good company.

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Originally Posted by ICEN

Do gun shops actually check if the guns work before hand ? Either way he said I could bring it back if it has problems.

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lol hahaha

Whats funny :X

Everything. All jokes aside though, I would get your LTCF as soon as you can save up the $20. It will probably save you trouble in the long run.

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Originally Posted by bripro

Lock the slide back then drop the mag out and see if it is any easier. This more closely resembles how it will act with a loaded magazine.

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To elaborate on this:

When an empty magazine is in the firearm the spring in the magazine pushes up the magazine follower into the slide stop and pushes the slide stop up to have the slide stop catch the slide as it is coming forward by the action of the recoil spring.

With an empty mag you have to overcome the friction of the slide being pushed up against the slide stop by the recoil spring AND the force of the magazine spring pushing the follower against the slide stop.

With at least one round in the magazine to push the follower down far enough where it does not contact the slide stop or no magazine inserted you only have to overcome the friction of the recoil spring pushing the slide against the slide stop.

Also the firearm can come from the factory with manufacturing residue and preservatives. These are not necessary lubricants and should be cleans out and the firearm properly lubed tp achieve optimal operation.

Allot of firearms benefit from the break in of being shot a few hundred times and/or dry fired. Some have a specific and documented break in before reliable operation is achieved. Usually the controls will loosen up a bit after this break in period.

My recently purchased Kahr was like this. All the controls where very stiff until I dry fired it and put some rounds down range. It had a documented break in period of 200 rounds. Although I did not have any failures during this time.

However because your firearm was purchased used issues with lubrication and break in are probably not an issue.

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Originally Posted by tcc722

Everything. All jokes aside though, I would get your LTCF as soon as you can save up the $20. It will probably save you trouble in the long run.

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A cleaning kit should be high on the list ,then get some snap caps to practice with. Snap caps are nice to practice magazine drills and cuts down on potential firing pin wear from dry firing. On most modern firearms this is not an issue but it cant hurt.

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Originally Posted by ICEN

I will buy some ammo today or tomorrow then see how it shoots.
Hopefully it works well.

Do gun shops actually check if the guns work before hand ? Either way he said I could bring it back if it has problems.

Also is there any certain 9mm ammo/grain I should specifically look at because I myself did not look up alot about the 9mm simply because I was expecting to get a .40, 357 sig or 10mm.... who would have thought I got a 9mm instead :D

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Not in my experience do any gun shops do a range check of a used firearm or a new firearm. Generally only a visual check is performed and maybe a dry fire at most. So you will have to rely on your factory warranty.

As far as ammo 115 or 124 gr FMJ standard pressure is good for plinking or training at the range. The SR9c is perfectly capable of handling +P loads and I do use that load for all carry ammo. If I am loading a JHP I generally use Speer Gold Dot 124gr +P. I also frequently load CorBon DPX 115gr. Hornady, Winchester, and Federal produce equally as good defensive ammo. Whatever carry ammo you choose make sure you run adequate rounds through to be assured of reliable function.

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Originally Posted by Roberto21

Not in my experience do any gun shops do a range check of a used firearm or a new firearm. Generally only a visual check is performed and maybe a dry fire at most. So you will have to rely on your factory warranty.

As far as ammo 115 or 124 gr FMJ standard pressure is good for plinking or training at the range. The SR9c is perfectly capable of handling +P loads and I do use that load for all carry ammo. If I am loading a JHP I generally use Speer Gold Dot 124gr +P. I also frequently load CorBon DPX 115gr. Hornady, Winchester, and Federal produce equally as good defensive ammo. Whatever carry ammo you choose make sure you run adequate rounds through to be assured of reliable function.

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I was watching a video of Underwood ammo that looked pretty amazing. I can't remember if it was 115g or something else but I think it was 115g and it was around 1450fps.

It was tnoutdoors9 or whatever his channel is called, I usually watch him for test on ammo since he does the best test and the gel test looked like that ammo was great. I know another thing to consider is the penetration and what people wear but the gel looked pretty messed up from that ammo.

Also another thing is that ammo is coming close to .357 sig balistics and lower .357 magnum balistics. Of course not the same but its close.
If I remember right 9mm and .357 sig are both the same diameter, but that underwood +p+ puts you up in .357 sig ranges and most of us should know the .357 sig is ment to duplicate that one .357 magnum load.

Thats why I personally would like to carry something like that because the fact that its coming close to that load interest me and the test looked good as well.

Also I know you are not suppose to shoot +p+ On a regular basis, I thought maybe just as carry rounds with some shooting before hand to see if the rounds work right. Also if I read the Ruger manual right it says it can handle it.

Actually it may have been the underwood 124g that I liked, or maybe it was the 115g I forgot :D either those rounds look sweet.
The 115g Underwood opened up to .889 Cal but some may one more penetration than 10inch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ7ri9wa728

You are right about the bullets being the same diameter between 9mm and .357 sig, the big difference is the extra case capacity you get from the .40 case which gives it more velocity. Due to the lower case capacity, I doubt you'll ever actually get to .357 levels with a 9mm, but its still a decent self defense caliber as far as I'm concerned. Although the Ruger probably can handle +p+ loads, I certainly wouldn't fire it on a regular basis, honestly you'd probably be fine with regular SD ammo, but whatever floats your boat. Congrats on the new pistol, and enjoy

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Originally Posted by ICEN

A question for those of you who have this gun.
Is the slide release suppose to be useable as a slide release or is it ment for a slide stop as in just keeping it locked back.

Because when I press down on the slide release/stop, its very hard to push down and seems like it doesn't want to go down, instead I have to hold the slide back then release the button.

I have the manual I don't know if its in their I'll check but I was wondering from those who have this gun if its ment as a slide stop or an actual slide release.

Oh and I tried to take the slide off which was funny because I didn't know that I had to press the slide stop up which will keep the slide open :O. for some reason in the manual they made it seem as if you just keep the slide open with one hand :D he he he

I will buy some ammo today or tomorrow then see how it shoots.
Hopefully it works well.

Do gun shops actually check if the guns work before hand ? Either way he said I could bring it back if it has problems.

Also is there any certain 9mm ammo/grain I should specifically look at because I myself did not look up alot about the 9mm simply because I was expecting to get a .40, 357 sig or 10mm.... who would have thought I got a 9mm instead :D

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My slide lock does work as a release, but it is a little tight. It is much easier when it is loaded or when there is no magazine inserted. I guess I have a strong right thumb. :D

As for ammo, I have had no problem with any brand. I did have a few FTE when I tried some subsonic round in it just for the Hell of it, but I don't really count that because I don't blame the gun for them.

Do any of you find the slide groves sharp on your fingers?
If you do it a few times its not that much of a big deal but if you keep messing with the slide I noticed that the engraved groves on the slide feel like a dull knife pressing up against my fingers.

Yes those grooves act as grip but its because it feels like a blade gripping my skin! No seriously though if I keep messing with the slide I noticed my fingers hurt. Of course if you are shooting on the range and only racking the slide 1-5 times it may not bother you, but I am just saying for those grooves I did not expect them to be so sharp feeling after a while of messing with the slide.

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Originally Posted by ICEN

I was watching a video of Underwood ammo that looked pretty amazing. I can't remember if it was 115g or something else but I think it was 115g and it was around 1450fps.



Thats why I personally would like to carry something like that because the fact that its coming close to that load interest me and the test looked good as well.

The 115g Underwood opened up to .889 Cal but some may one more penetration than 10inch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ7ri9wa728

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I was impressed with the fact that they use Speer Gold Dot bonded HPs which I use in 124gr as I mentioned and the expansion is a crazy .887. But then again the penetration was only 9in. That may be adequate for a direct frontal shot but I have my concerns about that penetration on an oblique shot that frequently occurs in self-defense situations.

Secondly, as mentioned in the video you have to make absolutely sure that your firearm is rated +P+. If not the results can be ugly and usage of hot ammo may void your warranty. I have several 9mm handguns and want commonality of my carry rounds. I don't want +P in some and +P+ in another. I think that I'll stay put with my 124gr +Ps or my DPXs.