Today, I made a stop at the Turner's Outdoorsman store in Reseda.
Fortunately, they were in the midst of a Black Friday weekend sale and I picked up my Christmas present to myself: a Ruger P95 9mm pistol. Due to the 10-day waiting period, I pick it up on December 8.
According to Wikipedia:
Introduced in 1996, the P95 replaced the original P90 in production. The barrel length was reduced from 4.5" to 3.9", making it more compact than the earlier P series pistols. New models had changed from an aluminum frame to one made of fiberglass-reinforced polyurethane based on Dow Chemical's "Isoplast". This reduced the weight of the pistol by 4 ounces (110 g) and reduced manufacturing costs. Unlike other polymer framed handguns on the market at the time of design, the P95 had no metal inserts in the frame. The high strength polymer allowed the slide to ride directly on the polymer frame rails which simplified manufacturing and further reduced production costs.
In December 2004, Ruger was awarded a contract for 5,000 KP95D pistols by the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.
I'm looking forward to shooting this one!
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