A little used first generation Ruger LC9 came up on my club whatsapp group for a really attractive price I bought it on a whim. On reflection I started to doubt the decision because tiny guns in real calibres (its in 9mmP) can be difficult to shoot well and can be a bit of a chore.
Well not this little powerhouse. Shot it this morning for the first time and it was a revelation. Despite being very, very small, narrow and light it chomped through 50 or so rounds of my SD equivalent training load in a most surprisingly pleasant manner. The thing is barely longer than one of my 18 round CZ Shadow mags Iin the pic for scale) and probably doubles in weight on loading but it shot out to 25m in a way that suggests I will be able to rely on it as an understudy to my more beefy carry guns without too much worry.
The very long DA trigger stroke was something I didn't love but there's a kit available from the US that eliminates the first 30% of the stroke which I will consider getting if I struggle too much to adapt to it. My worry is that I have tree other pistols with similar SA/DA triggers and I don't want to have one that's a major outlier if possible.
As soon as I get possession of it it will be stripped and deep cleaned and then I'll redo the slide in Gunkote as its beaten up to hell having been a pocket gun for years.
