The thumb safety is partially grooved and when down or off safe, it exposes a red oval on the frame showing the pistol can be fired. The slide catch is located on the frame’s left side, centered above the grip area. A third and upper rear pin holds the semi-exposed spurless hammer. The insert is held by two cross pins at the front and rear of the frame. This metal frame insert provides a base to contain various operating parts, including slide rails. These inward curves abut matching tapered edges at the top of the frame. The slide is nicely tapered at its muzzle and along its bottom edges. Eight wide diagonal grasping grooves occupy almost all the space on the slide from the rear of the ejection port to the back of the forward angled rear of the slide. A pivoting external extractor is located at the lower right rear of the port. A passive firing pin safety is also in the slide. It’s thoughtfully marked “loaded when up” and, when so raised, displays red epoxy paint on either side.īarrel lock-up occurs via the chamber hood abutting into the large ejection-port window. A centrally-mounted loaded-chamber-indicator is at the rear of the slide. Two coil springs, one within the other, are non-captive on a polymer guide rod. Its glass-filled nylon frame is colored black. The slide is made of through-hardened alloy steel and the barrel is alloy steel both have blued finishes. ed.) The loaded-chamber indicator is up. (Note: Ruger now also offers the LC9 with the LaserMax Centerfire laser sight or the Crimson Trace Laserguard laser sight, both of which attach to the frame/trigger guard. The sights are large enough to provide a good sight picture, even for ageing eyes. The wide (1.63″) square-cut rear sight notch with two white dots on either side, when combined with the 1.25″ single-dot front sight, allows for coarse but very quick sighting, which is, more often than not, all you’re going to get when using such a handgun for self defense. The LC9 has windage-adjustable sights mounted in dovetail cuts in the slide the rear sight is further secured with an allen screw.
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The frame-stamped LC9 serial number is visible in a countersunk opening at the top of the right grip panel. Its overall appearance follows on the LCP while being slightly larger and holding one more round (7+1). The LC9 measures 6″ in length, 4.5″ in height and. It’s constructed of polymer and steel and weighs 17.1 oz. The locked-breech LC9 semi-auto is double-action-only (DAO) and hammer-fired, with its external hammer fitting into and flush with the rear of the slide. They have it now in the Ruger LC9.” The Details The LC9 slide. According to Ruger CEO Michael Fifer, “They (those responding) wanted an LCP chambered in 9mm. Ruger confirmed this line of thinking regarding the 9mm caliber through the Ruger Voice of the Customer program. They, as well as others not so strongly challenged, view the 9mm cartridge as the lowest-powered round for self-defense situations. Not everyone holds to this belief, however those so disinclined include law enforcement officers and others whose daily lives are accompanied by the quite real possibility of having to use a firearm for self defense. It’s apparent many buyers think the LCP’s caliber meets their needs. The “why” of this wellspring of demand for such a lightweight pocket pistol far exceeds the space allotted here, but suffice to say there was and still is an itch, and Ruger (along with other handgun manufacturers) is supplying the scratch. (A nice “problem” to have for any company.) No doubt this was affected by a still-contracting economy as well as still quite strong sales of the LCP pistol. Sales of the new LC9 in 9mm are also strong, and it too was well received at this year’s SHOT Show, albeit without the almost-hysterical crowd of two years ago. At its unveiling at the 2008 SHOT Show, Ruger wrote 87,000 orders on the first day of the show, exceeding the entire forthcoming year’s production. 380 ACP was a success in the pocket handgun market is, if anything, a great understatement. Saying the Ruger LCP (Lightweight Carry Pistol) chambered in. Summary: Walt Rauch’s review of and rating for the Ruger LC9 pistol, including a range report, photos, MSRP and specs, and user ratings and comments. (Click here to see all of Rauch’s handgun reviews.) Editor’s Review The LC9 from the left.