Ruger P95 - 9mm Polymer Battle Tank

Ruger P95 - 9mm Polymer Battle Tank video by Buffalo's Outdoors.

NOTE: My main defense handgun is my Ruger P95 9mm (pictured above). I bought it in 2011. I had a prior Ruger P89 pistol, but due to tight money at the time, I sold it. The P95 was discontinued in 2013.

When working armed security patrol, we were relegated to using revolvers. I still have mine.

I keep the P95 handy in my nightstand. I have never had any problems with it. It is a good semi-auto handgun at a reasonable price (at the time).

Summary:

This P95 is a very soft and straight shooting 9mm pistol. This one is more specifically a KP95PR model. Meaning it has the stainless steel slide and a Picatinny rail.

Guns.com: Remembering the Ruger P95

My main defense handgun is my Ruger P95 9mm (pictured above). I bought it in 2011. I had a prior Ruger P89 pistol, but due to tight money at the time, I sold it. 

The P95 is a fun semi-automatic handgun to shoot with a recoil that isn't too jarring. I never had any problems with it.

Guns.com posted an article on "remembering" the Ruger P95. It was produced from 1996 to 2013. 

The article begins with:

Like many of you, I have a special place in my heart for movie guns from my youth. One such gun is the Ruger P series. I was first introduced to the P series by its standout Hollywood roles in ’90s hits such as “Desperado,” “True Lies,” and “Grosse Pointe Blank.” It was often the hero’s gun, and I’ve wanted to try one ever since.

I’ve been asking to test a Ruger P for years, and Guns.com finally sent me a P95 so I could see if it lives up to my imagination.

Wonder Nine

Beyond the movie hype, there is a lot to this pistol. On the surface, it might not look like much, but the P95 and the entire series of Ruger P pistols helped usher in the era of Wonder Nines in the 1980s and ’90s.

The term “Wonder Nine” generally refers to high-capacity, double-stack 9mm pistols developed in that era using modern materials or production technologies. The Glock is most famous, but over 1 million Ruger P series pistol were also produced. This was because they were considered reliable and affordable. When the P85 was released in 1987, it sold for under $300. Today, used P series guns still sell for around the same price. 

 To read more and see a video, go here.

Shooting Day (With A Couple of Mishaps)

Above, before his mishap, Larry shooting his pistol. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Yesterday's session of target shooting at the shooting area of the Cibola National Forest was an enjoyable time for Larry Lucier and myself. 

It was reasonably warm outside with very little wind. 

I started out shooting my Winchester 62A .22 pump action rifle and Larry started out with his .22 Henry lever-action rifle. Neither of us could hit the broadside of a barn when we had the targets set at 50 yards, so we moved them in to 25 yards. We did much better then.

After that, I switched to shooting eight one-gallon jugs of water with my Winchester 94 .30-30. It was fun watching them explode. Larry switched to a .22 cal. pistol.

That's when we started having a couple of mishaps.

Above, yours truly holding the Winchester 94 and the shredded shooting bag. Photo by Larry Lucier.

It started with me shooting the Winchester 94 from my table with my shooting bags. Somehow, the barrel of the rifle slipped off right when I was firing and it blasted the larger of the two bags to pieces. I thought for sure that I would thereafter be the butt of jokes over this. But, something a bit worse happened.

Above, Larry showing his wounded index finger. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Larry was shooting his .22 pistol and somehow his left index finger went over the gun's muzzle and the round grazed his finger. It was a small cut with powder burns around it. It was a good thing that it was a .22 and not a larger caliber. 

We continued shooting for a little while more and then packed up and later met up with "Uncle Bob" at Jerry Cafe for dinner. Naturally, we had a good conversation about our shooting mishaps. 

As it is said, sh*t happens!