The new "Ruger American" pistol.

[Lebowski]

Pew pew.

What we know:

• 9s and .45s only so far.
• PISTOL KIT SOLVED: 3 - 9s and a .45.
• No Safety.
• Hitting stores BEFORE announcement.
• Priced slightly higher than the 9E.

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Confirmed:
LANYARD HOLE! FOR YOUR LANYARD NEEDS.

• Pretensioned Striker.
• Ambi Controls.
• Your ruger brand safety brand rugerness- NO TRIGER PULL REQ FOR TAKE DOWN. This is why they are making it!!!1one.
• 4.2" Barrel (9mm)/4.5" Barrel(.45).
• Short Takeup with positive Reset.
• 45 has a 10rd capacity with the SAME WIDTH as the 9mm. 1.4"
• Multiple backstraps. (S/M/L) and (M/L) 9 and 45.
• NO MAG DISCONECT.

More 9mms will hit the market than .45s at the start.

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Touted Features:

• Shorter takeup. (Shorter than a glock brand glock)
• Military in mind. (Maybe trying for that future contract?)
• "Low Bore Axis"/"Low Mass Slide" (Relative is sure to be king here.)

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Omnifox Brand Speculation:
Why is the width the same in 9mm and .45? Because of the interchangeable grips! S/M/L for 9mm and M/L for .45. So the measurement is likely taken from the SAME grip panel. Providing identical dimensions. Or Ruger ****ed up the spec sheet.
Why a lanyard hole? Also why "mil spec" crap in the marketing? Well... Maybe not just for marketing. Perhaps for a .mil contract? I mean, it would make sense to try it. Especially with the unified grip system.



Text and photos stolen from reddit <-- Click for link / discussion of where I saw this.

 

[Lebowski]

MORE PHOTOS AND INFO:

From: BREAKING: Ruger To Release New Polymer-Framed Striker-Fired "Ruger American" Pistol In 9mm and .45 ACP - The Firearm Blog





The more I look at it the more I don't hate it. It looks like it'd probably be pretty darn comfortable to hold.

 

[pudly]

Very interesting. A little more info here: BREAKING: Ruger To Release New Polymer-Framed Striker-Fired "Ruger American" Pistol In 9mm and .45 ACP - The Firearm Blog

The 9mm will be 17+1rds. I'm already a Ruger SR fanboy, so it will be interesting to see how it compares.

 

[Lebowski]

Never really messed with Rugers outside their 22LR offerings (10/22 and I have an old 70's model Mark 1 pistol and almostcame home with a MKIII a couple weeks ago).

From what I read people love the SR9's trigger, and even Glock fanboys with trigger kits and trigger work seem to find the Ruger stock trigger to be superb.

I may have to hold one of these. Looks a PPQ and Glock had a love child.

I'm still iffy on the apperances but it does look like it'd be comfortable. I like pistols with a good backstrap / beaver tell that lets me really get my hand up as high as possible without fear of being bit by the slide.

 

[hps]

Well follow standard protocol, buy it, shoot 100-150 rds, send it back to Ruger, wait 2 weeks, get it back, shoot it all is good! Every Ruger I have bought in the last several yrs ALL HAVE GONE BACK for somethg and not minor.
22/45 lite chipping of the ejection port
SR1911 barrel had serious chatter marks and wouldn't shoot for snot
SR9 broken spring
I'm not picky at all just seems their QC is lacking in a big way
I'll pass!!

 

[pudly]

Wow. Sorry you've had such poor luck. I've had a much better experience.

 

[wtfd661]

Wow. Sorry you've had such poor luck. I've had a much better experience.

Same for both me and my brother, we both have bought multiple Rugers over the last few years and zero issues

 

[ajeandy]

If only it took glock magazines...

 

[Lebowski]

It'd be nice if 45 had a bit higher capacity. 10rds seems low when the 9mm in the same size is 17+1.

Will be nice to see some reviews after people pick it up. It should be available tomorrow if shops have them in stock from what I understand. Retail should be around the $500 mark, give or take a Jackson either way.

 

[DanVoils]

Crap! I just bought a PPQ. Maybe they'll have one soon at the LGS or 1500 so I can compare them. I'm not against having one of each. LOL

 

[jzwhts]

Hmmmm, I do not own a 9mm...........yet

 

[Cassada]

looks like a M&P and sig2022 had a love child. No safeties!! I can't believe it's a ruger

 

[Principal Skinr]

Well follow standard protocol, buy it, shoot 100-150 rds, send it back to Ruger, wait 2 weeks, get it back, shoot it all is good! Every Ruger I have bought in the last several yrs ALL HAVE GONE BACK for somethg and not minor.
22/45 lite chipping of the ejection port
SR1911 barrel had serious chatter marks and wouldn't shoot for snot
SR9 broken spring
I'm not picky at all just seems their QC is lacking in a big way
I'll pass!!

I've bought 7 Ruger handguns since 2008, including 3 SR9's and an LCP, and I've not once had any problem with any of them. I'll buy one of these, with confidence, ass soon as I'm able.

I've also become a happy Glock owner over the last couple years, and I agree that the SR9 trigger is vastly superior. A gun with the simplicity of the Glock, as this one promises, with the Ruger trigger, would be a winner, to me.

 

[bcd007]

Looks good to me, put me down for one in .45.

 

[hps]

I've bought 7 Ruger handguns since 2008, including 3 SR9's and an LCP, and I've not once had any problem with any of them. I'll buy one of these, with confidence, ass soon as I'm able.

I've also become a happy Glock owner over the last couple years, and I agree that the SR9 trigger is vastly superior. A gun with the simplicity of the Glock, as this one promises, with the Ruger trigger, would be a winner, to me.

Revolvers? Don't get me wrong I love my Ruger 1911's and even my Lite but js they all had to go back. Their CS is great!! But if i'm in the market for a high cap 9 its NOT GONNA BE A RUGER!! Glock for sure.

 

[moosehead]

Over the past 20 years, I've had 1 Ruger go back for a problem. A couple months ago a brand new SP101 went in for a "cylinder adjustment".

 

[Principal Skinr]

Revolvers? Don't get me wrong I love my Ruger 1911's and even my Lite but js they all had to go back. Their CS is great!! But if i'm in the market for a high cap 9 its NOT GONNA BE A RUGER!! Glock for sure.

None of mine went back. 3 SR9's, 1 SR 1911, 2 LCP's, and one revolver, a Single 6. I have heard their CS is great, but I haven't had to use it. In addition, my brother and nephew have SR9's and LCP's, and theirs have been 100%, as well.

It was 2008 when they had the issues with the early LCP's and SR9's. That was a long time ago. My first SR9 was bought in mid 2008 and has thousands of flawless rounds through it. The others were post 2009. On top of that, I'm more accurate with it than any of my other handguns.

That's why I'm excited about this new Ruger.

I carry a Glock 19 mostly right now, and a 43 or 42 some of the time. I LOVE my Glocks, but they all got new sights and while I run stock triggers, they aren't even close to the the triggers on my SR9's. If this gun turns out to be great, and they produce it in a Glock 19 size, it could easily become my EDC. Time will tell.

I'm not doubting your troubles with your Rugers. I'm just saying I've had 100% good luck with them, so I have no reservations about the new one. I'll be reserving or preordering one either tomorrow or Thursday.

 

[87iroc]

My neighbor has a SR9c and the trigger on it sucks. Maybe it just hadn't been shot enough? My M&P9c trigger is much better...at least when its not full of carbon.

 

[Principal Skinr]

My neighbor has a SR9c and the trigger on it sucks. Maybe it just hadn't been shot enough? My M&P9c trigger is much better...at least when its not full of carbon.

The SR triggers do improve significantly with use, in my opinion. They're still better than Glock triggers, out of the box, though. My Glock 19 is approaching 1k rounds and the trigger hasn't improved at all.

 

[wesnellans]

Hmmm. Interesting to me, anyway..

http://youtu.be/Duih7Scp_Ho