In 2005 I bought a used P90 and it was my first venture into the Ruger P Series family. It was 100% reliable and accurate, but for some reason I just didn't like it. (Probably didn't shoot it enough.) In February of 2006 I bought a KP345PR. I had read quite a bit about it in the gun rags and really liked the looks of it. I picked one up a a local pawn shop and loved the looks and the way it fit my hand. I walked out with it that day and started shooting it. Function was flawless - it fed JHP's, FMJ's, cast SWC's and even Speer swaged SWC's without a hitch. I put 500 rounds through it.
Shortly after buying the 345, I picked up the new version of the KP95D and fell in love with it. It's 100% reliable, accurate and a joy to shoot. I shot it exclusively for a while until I ran it up to 500 rounds.
Everyone said the P97 was the greatest thing since sliced bread, so I found a NIB KP97D and quickly put 550 rounds through it. Nice gun -accurate, 100% reliable but mine has a terrible single action trigger pull. Double action pull is fine.
Then I bought a new KP90D - supposed to be maybe even better than sliced bread. It's an accurate gun and functions well with FMJ's, but has feeding problems with my cast SWC loads. They feed but don't quite chamber completely, although they work great in my other Ruger .45's and a Taurus PT1911. I only have about 250 rounds through it.
During this period I also was shooting a Springfield XD-40, a Taurus PT1911, a P944D, a KP944D, a KP93D, a P93D, a Kel-Tec PF-9 and a KT3AT. These all total up to about 3K rounds fired.
Last week I dug the KP345 out of the safe again and took it to the range with a box of Blazer Brass FMJ, a box of my reloads - W231 and 200 gr LC SWC, and another box of my reloads - Unique and Hornady 185 gr HP. The HP reloads shot nearly one hole groups at 10 yards. You can cover 5 shots with a nickel. This thing ate them all and I had forgotten how accurate and easy to shoot this thing is. It is by far the easiest shooting most accurate Ruger P Series auto that I own or have owned. It's had a lot of bad press due to magazine safety problems and some have said it is the worst designed Ruger ever. Maybe so - I just don't know. All I can tell you is, that out of all of the semi-autos I own or have owned over the years, it is my all-time favorite. I haven't cleaned the rear sight, but will if I have problems with the magazine safety. I don't carry it CCW (at least not yet) so a click-no bang wouldn't be anything but aggravating.
I guess the moral of this story is, I have purchased a lot of Rugers in the last 2 years to try to find what I like the best. Strangely enough, my 2 favorites are among the first I bought. That would be the KP345 and KP95D. I also am extremely pleased with my KP944D. These 3 are going to be my keepers and the others - KP90D, KP97D, KP93D, KP94 9mm (NIB) and P93D are going to become trading stock or for sale.
Shortly after buying the 345, I picked up the new version of the KP95D and fell in love with it. It's 100% reliable, accurate and a joy to shoot. I shot it exclusively for a while until I ran it up to 500 rounds.
Everyone said the P97 was the greatest thing since sliced bread, so I found a NIB KP97D and quickly put 550 rounds through it. Nice gun -accurate, 100% reliable but mine has a terrible single action trigger pull. Double action pull is fine.
Then I bought a new KP90D - supposed to be maybe even better than sliced bread. It's an accurate gun and functions well with FMJ's, but has feeding problems with my cast SWC loads. They feed but don't quite chamber completely, although they work great in my other Ruger .45's and a Taurus PT1911. I only have about 250 rounds through it.
During this period I also was shooting a Springfield XD-40, a Taurus PT1911, a P944D, a KP944D, a KP93D, a P93D, a Kel-Tec PF-9 and a KT3AT. These all total up to about 3K rounds fired.
Last week I dug the KP345 out of the safe again and took it to the range with a box of Blazer Brass FMJ, a box of my reloads - W231 and 200 gr LC SWC, and another box of my reloads - Unique and Hornady 185 gr HP. The HP reloads shot nearly one hole groups at 10 yards. You can cover 5 shots with a nickel. This thing ate them all and I had forgotten how accurate and easy to shoot this thing is. It is by far the easiest shooting most accurate Ruger P Series auto that I own or have owned. It's had a lot of bad press due to magazine safety problems and some have said it is the worst designed Ruger ever. Maybe so - I just don't know. All I can tell you is, that out of all of the semi-autos I own or have owned over the years, it is my all-time favorite. I haven't cleaned the rear sight, but will if I have problems with the magazine safety. I don't carry it CCW (at least not yet) so a click-no bang wouldn't be anything but aggravating.
I guess the moral of this story is, I have purchased a lot of Rugers in the last 2 years to try to find what I like the best. Strangely enough, my 2 favorites are among the first I bought. That would be the KP345 and KP95D. I also am extremely pleased with my KP944D. These 3 are going to be my keepers and the others - KP90D, KP97D, KP93D, KP94 9mm (NIB) and P93D are going to become trading stock or for sale.
I hope the gun dealer has one in stock. I'm going to go see him tomorrow afternoon.
