bohman
Active Member
I started looking for a semi-autos quite a while ago (trying to pick a 9mm good for a beginner), but the process got side-tracked by sequestration. That's the short story, let's just say that there are some issues at work right now, so I never spent the money. But with the new laws that our benevolent rulers have bestowed upon us, looks like the time is now to go get something.
To that end, I went and test drove two Rugers at On Target Sunday. I tried the P95 first, then the SR9. I wanted to try an M&P, but they didn't have one available. Since I'm on a budget, I wanted to like the P95 better, but Murphy's law applied so of course I liked the SR9 better. To a beginner like me, there wasn't much difference functionally - Load mag, rack slide, pull trigger - but the trigger pull was so much nicer on the SR9. It was smoother and more predictable, and the results on the target were noticeably better. I had a much tighter grouping with the SR9. That's not a completely fair comparison, since it had been over a year since I fired anything I wasn't exactly in the groove with the P95. Might have done a little better with it had it been the second one I tried.
Anyway, I guess the point of my rambling is that between the issues at work killing my budget and watching the GA pass awful legislation, the fun had been sucked out of the shopping process. I'm so glad I actually did some shooting this weekend, it brought the fun right back! Now let's cross our fingers that I get out there and find something to buy this weekend.
To that end, I went and test drove two Rugers at On Target Sunday. I tried the P95 first, then the SR9. I wanted to try an M&P, but they didn't have one available. Since I'm on a budget, I wanted to like the P95 better, but Murphy's law applied so of course I liked the SR9 better. To a beginner like me, there wasn't much difference functionally - Load mag, rack slide, pull trigger - but the trigger pull was so much nicer on the SR9. It was smoother and more predictable, and the results on the target were noticeably better. I had a much tighter grouping with the SR9. That's not a completely fair comparison, since it had been over a year since I fired anything I wasn't exactly in the groove with the P95. Might have done a little better with it had it been the second one I tried.
Anyway, I guess the point of my rambling is that between the issues at work killing my budget and watching the GA pass awful legislation, the fun had been sucked out of the shopping process. I'm so glad I actually did some shooting this weekend, it brought the fun right back! Now let's cross our fingers that I get out there and find something to buy this weekend.
Thanks for the heads-up on what looks like a good place to shop. If that was an SR9 instead of 9C I may have jumped on it. I'll keep an eye on that site.
