Mel Gibson wrote: ↑August 25th, 2022, 1:47 am
Ya, Ruger's are defo overbuilt, which is OK depending on usage... If you want to blast through full house .357 Magnum rounds at the range all day, the Ruger will handle it with ease.
I owned a P90 also, interestingly enough... Decock only version. Bulky, but again a full sized pistol that will handle any .45 ACP ammo reliably. I sold that also, as .45 ACP rounds become quite expensive just punching holes into paper targets. That's why I now own a 9mm pistol... I know you don't like that round, but it saves me money at the range.
Can't conceal carry here, but if I could I'd probably CC a compact or subcompact Glock in 9mm. I know, I know, but they work well and can conceal well.
But ya, lefty politicians have always caused panic buying. And here's the silly thing... If the Cons get voted into power here next election, they can reverse every restriction and ban with the stroke of a pen, so all this BS was all for nothing.
Yeah, but what are the chances of reversal? The pain in the ass thing about gun restrictions is they never go away unless they are put to the long process of a court challenge. We have our 2nd Amendment on our side and we generally win most of the court challenges but it's a lengthy and very expensive process. Many politicians and municipalities think they can just flout the law and pass unconstitutional regulations and get away with it because the average American is stupid and unconcerned with things that they feel don't affect them. Unfortunately that attitude is what fuels these attacks on our rights and we have only ourselves to blame.
The other problem are the authoritarian little shit bags who think they have the moral right or obligation to support government policies which intrude upon the rights of their fellow citizens... We both know the type or self important creep of which I speak. In fact their is a commonwealth country in the southern hemisphere just chocked full of them.
My P90 is not the decocker version. It wears Hogue grips, has a 14lb Wolf recoil spring, a black nitrite coated, stainless steel guide rod and tritium night sights. It's about as tricked out as a P90 can get.
What I really like about it is the damn thing shoots match quality groups with just about any ammo I put through it and the recoil is more than manageable because of the size and weight of the gun...Most who have any kind of experience with the Ruger P series know that the P90 is the most accurate of the bunch. The P90 was the duty weapon of RI. State Police officer and legal firearms expert Massad Ayoob and he used to use his P90 in state match competition and win because it shot groups just as well as any custom 1911. In fact back in 1985 the 9mm Ruger P85 prototype which was the basis for the P series guns, was almost selected as the US Army's new side arm but unfortunately it wasn't ready for full large scale production and the contract went to Berretta for the M9.
I don't necessarily hate the 9mm. I hate the hype that surrounds it. It's just another pistol class cartridge and not the supernatural wonder bullet that every neophyte gun owner thinks it is. Yes it's accurate, it's been around for over 100 years, yes it has a decent history of effectiveness but so do other cartridges. Where I do think the 9mm shines is in something like Ruger's PC carbine chassis model or the SIG MPX or the Wilson AR9. They make really nice home defense and pest control guns and the 9mm fired from a 16" barrel develops great velocity and shoots relatively flat. It actually makes the 9mm an effective 100 yard cartridge. And yes the ammo is cheap in comparison to other cartridges but like in all things, you get what you pay for.