The Ruger LC9 was chosen as the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence's Handgun of the Year in 2011. The gun ships with one magazine, including two interchangeable base pads-one that fits flush with the frame, and the other (fitted to the magazine from the factory) that provides a grip extension of about 0.5 inches (1 cm). It features a black polymer (glass-filled nylon) frame and blued alloy steel slide and barrel. The LC9 is 0.9 inches (2 cm) wide, and weighs 17.1 ounces (485 g) with an empty magazine.
The LC9 has a 3.12-inch (8 cm) barrel, and is 6 inches (15 cm) long and 4.5 inches (11 cm) tall. This pistol has safety features, including a loaded chamber indicator and magazine disconnect safety, that allow it to be sold in California and Massachusetts. Just realize the trade offs that must be paid for such light weight and ease of carry.The Ruger LC9 (standing for "Lightweight Compact 9mm") is a 9mm caliber, recoil-operated, locked breech, hammer fired, semi-automatic pistol announced by Sturm, Ruger & Co. If you’re a shorts and T-shirt kinda person, then these are the cat’s meow. I will say I use Cor-Bon 1050 fps XDPs for carry, and have run just enough through to make sure function is good.Īll this taken into consideration, the LCPs are very easy to carry. My practice ammo is kept down around 900 – 925 fps. The steel stop pin fits into an aluminum housing, and, trust me when I say, they won’t take a diet of much over 960 fpr for long – the pins wear in the bore and come out. These pistols will not take very hot ammo. Heed the ammo warning in the instruction manual. So, yea, I recommend them with one warning. In the standard models, the trigger pinched the finger and forget about finding the sights especially if you’ve got years on you. In the new Custom model, all of my major gripes have been taken care of. They are so small and light that it’s easy to forget you have one on you. There are a couple of the non-custom LCPs in our family.
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What do you think of the new Ruger LCP Custom? Will you give it a shot? Tell us why or why not in the comment section.Īre you indecisive about the Ruger “Elsie” series of handguns? Read more about the LCR, LCP, LC380 and LC9 in these posts Photo luminescent front, adjustable dovetail rear Extended capacity magazines are available. 380 ships with one six-round magazine and two floorplates-one flat and one with a finger rest. The trigger and sights give it an entirely new feeling when shooting it, and put it in a different class rather than just a gun to carry as back up. 380 pocket pistol the gun you would have created and has caused many who passed over the handgun to give it another consideration. These new, upgraded features on the Custom LCP made this. The Ruger LCP Custom will fit existing holsters. However, this increased height does not affect holster compatibility. The upgraded sights do add 0.2-inch more to the gun’s height. It is 0.82-inch wide and weighs 9.75 ounces unloaded. The dimensions on Ruger’s new Custom LCP are virtually the same as the original. Though the original LCP is easy to conceal, the new Custom has polished sides for a smoother draw from a holster.
The Ruger LCP Custom has the same lightweight, glass-filled nylon grip frame as the original model, with an alloy steel slide and blued finish. The sights allow for easier and quicker target acquisition while offering improved accuracy at longer distances. The rear sight is drift-adjustable and dovetailed. Sightsīoth of the sights on the Ruger LCP custom have been enlarged, with the front having a glow-in-the-dark photo luminescent dot. Those who had difficulty with the smaller trigger on the original model LCP will find this skeletonized aluminum trigger much more comfortable. This makes shooting the LCP Custom easier while wearing gloves, as well as reducing felt trigger pull by about one pound. The skeletonized aluminum trigger with red anodized finish is wider than the original LCP’s trigger.
The Ruger LCP Custom was introduced the day before SHOT Show 2015 at Media Day at the Range.