A Ruger $200 Back Pocket Glock

[Briar Lee]

My favorite carry pistol is the Ruger LCP but I’ve never liked several things about it. First, it has no manual safety. If I loose control of it for a split second,,,that’s very bad. And the sights suck. I know it’s a defensive pistol but I like good sights. And, the 380 is the minimum defensive round, and you can’t buy cheap NATO 9 to go shoot up the range with. And the LCP has a bad trigger pull, it’s not a striker fired Glock.

I didn’t know it, but Ruger made a 9mm LCP that is a Glock with a safety and made in factories in the United States of America by the heirs of Bill Ruger.

It was called the LC9 S

Good white dot adjustable sights

Flat as they get 7 round single stack mag

Manual safety on LC9 S

Dongle on trigger

Good Glock striker fired trigger pull

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This as new 2016 date example was only $200 cash out the door at my favorite gun shop.

Anybody interested in an LCP .380?.



You can buy 9, 10 and even extended magazines for these, but why?


If 8 rounds of 9mm doesn’t solve the problem it’s likely all over anyway.

We are living in a golden age of cheap plastic pocket nine pistols.

 

[condorlover1]

That's really nice. But I much prefer the ultimate 'pocket rocket' with the stopping power of a Cruise Missile, cheap acquisition cost, cheap to reload and if you run out of shots you can club your opponent to death with it. I must admit it is a little challenging in the 'Conceal Carry' department!

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

My favorite carry pistol is the Ruger LCP but I’ve never liked several things about it. First, it has no manual safety. If I loose control of it for a split second,,,that’s very bad. And the sights suck. I know it’s a defensive pistol but I like good sights. And, the 380 is the minimum defensive round, and you can’t buy cheap NATO 9 to go shoot up the range with. And the LCP has a bad trigger pull, it’s not a striker fired Glock.

I didn’t know it, but Ruger made a 9mm LCP that is a Glock with a safety and made in factories in the United States of America by the heirs of Bill Ruger.

It was called the LC9 S

Good white dot adjustable sights

Flat as they get 7 round single stack mag

Manual safety on LC9 S

Dongle on trigger

Good Glock striker fired trigger pull

—

This as new 2016 date example was only $200 cash out the door at my favorite gun shop.

Anybody interested in an LCP .380?.

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You can buy 9, 10 and even extended magazines for these, but why?


If 8 rounds of 9mm doesn’t solve the problem it’s likely all over anyway.

We are living in a golden age of cheap plastic pocket nine pistols.

That looks like one of them there women's guns lol

 

[Sig]

The only 380acp I own are a few Walther PPK. I don't care about the James Bond link, they are just great looking and shooting guns.
We sell a ton of LCRs and LCPs at the shop. The LCP MAX is just a tiny bit bigger but holds 10+1 versus the 6+1 in the LCP or 7+1 in the LCP2.
But, for just a tiny bit more size, you can get the Ruger Max 9. It holds 10+1 or 12+1.....9mm depending on magazine.
We currently have the Max 9 for $299.00 or $310 for the optic ready version. They are both available with thumb safety and Tridium sites. For another $25 you get Houge rubber grips.
Ruger are always a best seller. In my opinion they are the best budget firearms on the market.
This is NOT a sales add....just for entertainment.

 

[Briar Lee]

That looks like one of them there women's guns lol

Indeed-

Ruger made two LC9 S pistols

The sensible one with a purse friendly safety and-

Then an LC9 S Pro minus the safety for the he man hairy legged boys who are professionals, you know?

And today it’s called an EC9s with fixed sights and manual safety and disconnect.

Ruger® EC9s® Centerfire Pistol Models

www.ruger.com

 

[troutface]

Had me an LCP II once. Snappiest, barkiest little piece of shit I ever owned. Jammed constantly if it wasn't squeaky clean. COVID came along and I sold it for what it cost me new. Shoot a Shield Plus now and yes, it's not a pocket gun, but at least I can hit the broad side of a barn.

 

[Chasing Embers]

A Ruger is my copilot.

 

[Joe H]

I normally don't post on non-pipe topics here, but since you guys were nice enough to post pictures (I love threads with pictures) I'll add to the mix. Thanks especially to @Briar Lee for starting this thread, and @condorlover1 for a black powder and a revolver all in one. I'm not an auto vs. wheelgun guy, just up in Alaska I feel like a .44 is nice to have out in the woods, and a hot solid point .357 for when the .44 is too large to carry.

 

[Peter Turbo]

Ruger HQ is a mile from my house, I still prefer my Austrian and Italian made firearms however.

 

[Sig]

I normally don't post on non-pipe topics here, but since you guys were nice enough to post pictures (I love threads with pictures) I'll add to the mix. Thanks especially to @Briar Lee for starting this thread, and @condorlover1 for a black powder and a revolver all in one. I'm not an auto vs. wheelgun guy, just up in Alaska I feel like a .44 is nice to have out in the woods, and a hot solid point .357 for when the .44 is too large to carry.
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Ruger GP100 357 Magnum 3 inch
Dan Wesson 357 Mag 7.5 inch
Ruger Ultralight 44 Mag
That's the only picture of the 44 I have in my phone apparently.
When we are at our property in Alaska I prefer 10mm these days.
We are WAY away from any hospitals....over 100 miles....and I gotta be sure if a grizzly or a moose needs a reeducation.
I carried a 44 for years, then 454 Casull, now glock 20 10mm........and a Marlin 45-70 and a 12 gauge......and a 375 H&H.

 

[Briar Lee]

Nobody ever complains more about the dad blasted oppressive gubbermint than me, but my kids laugh when I tell them I’m not only older than Glocks I’m older than concealed carry.

There wudn’t none of that there concealed carry allowed when I was a kid.

Only thugs and bad men concealed their pistol guns.

My first love, Pretty Miss Norma Jean

Until about twenty years ago every handgun transfer in Missouri required the local sheriff’s approval and a five dollar permit fee AND to carry concealed the sheriff had to deputize you.

Plus if there’d been such a thing as Glocks my pious, churchgoing, God fearing parents would have not allowed one in the house any more than they would a bottle of whiskey or six pack of beer.

I’m older than one shot plastic bottles of Fireball candy flavored imitation whiskey and 30 packs of light beer, too.


I’ve not shot the Taurus G2 my wife had me buy in Collins because rural decay has made all the little Humansvilles look like war zones from a dystopian Escape from New York future world type movie.

Now I’ll have to try out my LC9 S when I burn through a few boxes of nines so cheap not even Elmer Keith would have stooped over to pick up the brass.


My next Glock type pistol will be a full sized service model like all the cops and soldiers use.

One with lasers and flashlights and such hung all over it.

But all those old ballads I learned long ago were all against pistol guns, you know?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Until about twenty years ago every handgun transfer in Missouri required the local sheriff’s approval and a five dollar permit fee AND to carry concealed the sheriff had to deputize you.

No concealed carry laws in Kentucky.

 

[condorlover1]

@Joe H : There is something about the Colt Walker that says 'I may need a fence post to fire the thing but hell you are going down if I hit you!'. It is a fabulous weapon and it can blow up a pumpkin or anything else you hit with it. You just have to remember to take it apart and wash it in hot water or put it in the dish washer after firing and then oil well!

 

[ssjones]

I bought the LCP Custom, thru my ex son-in-law's shop. Their shop gunsmith "tuned it" a bit and I guess it worked as I've never had jam or misfire. With some Hogue grips, its fun to plink with.

https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/ruger-lcp-custom-review/77855#replay

 

[SmokingInTheWind]

I like Ruger. Here is my latest. It has had action work and tritium night sights installed. Sorry for the bad pic. It’s all I had on my phone.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I have a Phoenix HP22 for a pocket pistol, should I carry one.

I wouldn't fool with a .380, it's fine if that's what you want. I'd carry a small 9mm if I wanted something like that.

The real riddle is whether or not these post are pro or anti gun ownership.

It may just be that our lawyer likes to carry guns, but he'd really rather that other citizens did not.

 

[Briar Lee]

I have a Phoenix HP22 for a pocket pistol, should I carry one.

I wouldn't fool with a .380, it's fine if that's what you want. I'd carry a small 9mm if I wanted something like that.

The real riddle is whether or not these post are pro or anti gun ownership.

It may just be that our lawyer likes to carry guns, but he'd really rather that other citizens did not.

During the first ever true gun panic in 1994, when I bought so many small pistol primers I used them until quite recently, my mother and I were eating at the Shady Nook Cafe in Humansville.

The topic of assault rifles was current that day.

Mama glared at me and said please tell me you don’t own one of those things where my grandson could get ahold of it.

I said Mama, I don’t have one yet (forgetting to tell her I had a Chinese M1A on order with a thousand rounds of NATO 7.62).

She licked her lips, and said good.

But she said, it might be just the thing for old widows who lived alone.

I replied Daddy’s Sweet Sixteen is a good weapon, and you do know how to operate it.

 

[Joe H]

I do enjoy the nice gear on display here. I always wanted a black powder revolver as a kid (back in the ‘70s) but never got one. A couple of my buddies got the new (in those days) Ruger Army black powder pistol in stainless steel. It was a really fun gun to shoot. Hell, it was fun to load! I mean, we were bringing Crisco from the kitchen to the range. But alas, time marches on and I’m no longer in the gun buying stage of my life, so it’s nice to vicariously enjoy yours!

 

[Sobrbiker]

Calling an LCP a Glock is an insult up Glocks (and I’m no Glock Fan).
I trust a striker fired 9mm pocket pistol made by an airboat company over a LCP.
Bill Ruger spinning in his grave for all the market driven crap that’s been put out with his name on it. As far as handguns, they should’ve stuck with what they’re good at-revos and the Mark/22:45 pistols.
I feel like this conversation has been had here before…

I keep telling myself not go get involved in fun topics on a pipe forum, but here I am again.

And for @Joe H: the Old Army is f’in awesome!!

 

[alaskanpiper]

Never owned a pistol aside from “The Judge” that was a hand me down. Weird ass gigantic .45/.410 revolver thing. Only ever shot it once just to make myself aware of what it felt like in case I ever had to shoot it for some reason.

Never really had a need for pistols. Long guns are all I ever use, purely for harvesting food.

I see so many folks post pistols. Is the allure just shooting as hobby? Or is the lower 48 really gotten so bad you have ti be ready to shoot people?