![]() Though no longer in production, the Ruger P95 is a common sight on the secondary market. (Photo: Francis Borek)Ī reliable pistol in 9mm, accuracy is a matter of the shooter. The massive extractor, overbuilt in typical Ruger fashion which helps with reliable extraction. For extra insurance I suppose, the front sight blade is held in place with two pins instead of the one seen on most other handguns. The sights are a typical white three-dot sighting system, nothing too special. The slide is big and bulky, something to be expected when dealing with Ruger’s overbuilt handguns. It’s large and easy enough to hit with my thumb, though I do have to shift my grip slightly when doing so. ![]() This feature is obviously a holdover from the XM9 trials, and was quite en vogue for the era. It is a hammer-fired, double/single action design with a slide mounted safety/decocker. The P95 is rather conventional in operation. This brings us to the P95 - a design that would also be scaled up for. Ruger’s engineers would redesign the P89 to utilize a polymer frame to cut back on production costs and weight. Both the P85 and the P89/90 had a futuristic aesthetic that I have seen described as a “sci-fi blaster.” As if to drive home this point, the P89 was once featured in the sci-fi show Cowboy Bebop. A year later, Ruger unveiled a scaled up P89 chambered in. A redesign was initiated and Ruger unveiled the P89 as an improved design. Ruger would eventually discover a defect with the P85’s firing pin after complaints of the pin breaking during use. Ruger was no different and as their marketing material boasted: “Ruger’s engineers were handed a clean slate to design the ultimate service handgun.”ĭisassembly is easy and simple for the average shooter. With the US Army expressing interest in a new service handgun, nearly every major handgun manufacturer jumped at the opportunity. Ruger’s P-Series of handguns were developed in the first half of the 1980s. With a lineage stretching back to 1985 and Bill Ruger’s never-ending desire to land a major military contract, it seems tragic to me that the old P95 is now out of production, a once proud line of handguns, consigned to the history books and used gun cases around the nation. It was a sad end to a loyal soldier, one that no doubt earned Ruger quite a bit of money. Yet one piece of news was overlooked then and still is when people remember those dark days- in October of that fateful year, Ruger quietly pulled the P95 from their website and discontinued the once stalwart handgun. From proposed legislation to ammo shortages and panic buying, there was no lack of news for the average gun guy. Two-thousand thirteen was a tumultuous year for firearm owners to say the least.
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