I had one of these Rugers in the hand some time ago. The grip looked very small, yet was comfortable. Are magazines and other spares available?   

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Quote from: Ds J on Jun 01, 2025, 09:16 PMA new gun is always fun - congratulations!

How does it compare to the new single stack Glocks? Close to a G43?

More like a Glock 42, I'd say.

I shot one a while ago.  Being used to shooting DA revolvers, I had high hopes for the trigger.  Was not impressed.  The example I tried had a heavy and gritty trigger, making shot placement challenging.  Perceived recoil with the locked breech, short recoil system was quite pleasant, compared to the typical snappy recoil of blow-back pistols in the same caliber.

The thing to really compare it to would likely be a 5-shot 38 Spl snubby.  It is smaller, lighter, holds more ammo, has less recoil and is easier to shoot. So that's a thumbs-up.

This one's trigger is heavy but smooth and progressive so it is quite a bit like shooting a rollie DA. I shot around 50 rounds of my 1200+fps SD ammo mimicking training load through it when I bought it and was pleasantly surprised at how controllable it was. With the 9 round mags it will offer much better firepower, handling and concealabilty than a +P capable snubby. With a bit of training I expect to feel adequately armed wit it and three 9 round mags on hand.

This is an LC9 which is in 9mmP. I think you may have shot the LCP which is very similar but chambered in 380.

Quote from: Ds J on Jun 01, 2025, 09:16 PMA new gun is always fun - congratulations!

How does it compare to the new single stack Glocks? Close to a G43?

Thanks, I'm chuffed with it. Very compact and concealable and easier to shoot than a blowback 9mm short IMO while being in a more serious calibre.

I haven't shot or even handled a single stack Glock so can't compare.

Quote from: Ds J on Jun 01, 2025, 09:16 PMA new gun is always fun - congratulations!

How does it compare to the new single stack Glocks? Close to a G43?

More like a Glock 42, I'd say.

I shot one a while ago.  Being used to shooting DA revolvers, I had high hopes for the trigger.  Was not impressed.  The example I tried had a heavy and gritty trigger, making shot placement challenging.  Perceived recoil with the locked breech, short recoil system was quite pleasant, compared to the typical snappy recoil of blow-back pistols in the same caliber.

The thing to really compare it to would likely be a 5-shot 38 Spl snubby.  It is smaller, lighter, holds more ammo, has less recoil and is easier to shoot. So that's a thumbs-up.

A new gun is always fun - congratulations!

How does it compare to the new single stack Glocks? Close to a G43?

Due to CFR buggery I only picked this little blaster up yesterday. Didn't get a chance to shoot it again yet but did have some fettling time. Detail stripped it and gave it the full on spa grade clean and degrease routine. During that process I sent the mainspring retaining pin into low earth orbit when the hooked pick I was using to remove the spring parted company with it's handle. Had to stop proceedings to make up a matching one from the growing catalogue of pin stock I'm building up as a result of being pin kryptonite.



Once I had that sorted I used a small polished ball peen hammer as a burnishing tool to smooth out some of the dings and gouges in the frame and then flatted the rougher bits of the slide with 800 grit paper on a bit of glass. Put on 5 or 6 coats of cold blue with a few passes of 0000 steel wool between and reassembled. I plan to blast and gunkote it but haven't the time for that at the moment and it looks good enough now to not make my OCD kick in too hard.



I had forgotten just how small it is. While a picture doesn't really get it across it's dwarfed by a CZ P07 in all dimensions and measures but for calibre and will make a useful deep concealment gun as soon as I'm confident of it's function and my competence with it. Some 9 round extended mags are already on order and I'll be making an IWB mag carrier and a pocket insert holster for the pistol. In one of those it will have roughly the print of a wallet.         

 

That sounds correct, if no license was issued on that competency after the 9mm, and the 9mm was section 16.

Then your competency runs till the expiry of the last license issued on that competency.

If you 9mm was a 5 year license, then your DFO is short-changing you a couple of years on your competency certificate, and it's not worth making a fuss over, just apply for another one.

What does not expire is your training certificate. You apply for a new competency based on the training certificate originally received, so even though you need a new competency, you don't need to redo the training. Unless you no longer have the original training certificate.

This was the case for me when my competency needed renewing, I don't think the rules have changed yet.

We think the same, but not our DFO.  My competency was issued without an expiry date on it and within a year I was issued an S16 license for a 308, which is valid for 10 years.  A few months later the 9mm license was issued on that competency.  Now apparently the competency (which has no expiry date on it) expires together with the 9mm license.  I remain confused by the SAPS

Quote from: Treeman on May 29, 2025, 08:06 AMYa ! A guy on the Co Op group posted the whole print out, date in date approved, the actual list, not a thing he printed. There were a few guys that replied with 4 - 5 weeks as their results.

I'm assuming that it's to do with the fact that renewals aren't done at CFR but rather at provincial so there's variation by province.

Ya ! A guy on the Co Op group posted the whole print out, date in date approved, the actual list, not a thing he printed. There were a few guys that replied with 4 - 5 weeks as their results.