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It's a little chunky on the front end and that extractor is going to raise some eyebrows, but I like it. In fact I really like it. In fact the front end is so large, why not put a built-in laser inside there? I guess the bottom line is: "How well does it work?" You can make it prettier...

If she doesn't like it, consider an LCR in .38. They're very good guns. This is the basic caliber and power factor that police all across America used in their duty and backup guns almost exclusively for many, many years. The only difference now is that you've got more and better ammunition...

With the Rugers I've owned, my experience has been to grasp the slide serrations tightly and then use some "snap" in your motion. Use the speed and combined mass*velocity^2 of your arm+hand in a speedy, deliberate motion to rack the slide. Then release it and let the spring bring the slide...

One other update: I don't know if everyone gets these particular holsters with their R5 ECR lasers, because I've seen different versions (including in the video above) but my R5 laser came with a very nice Kydex/leather OWB holster. I've heard people say that the holster style in the video...

This is just a preliminary review after having installed and tested the laser, but without having shot the gun+laser yet. I will follow up later. I've been waiting for a while for either the price of the Viridian Green R5 laser for the LC9/LC9s/LC380 to drop or me to be willing to spend...

Load and unload the magazine 10 times with 6 rounds. I'll bet on the 11th time the last round will go more easily. In my experience the LC9s mag. spring is stiff when new. That's actually a good thing over the long term but loading the last round can be a fight when it's all brand new. Push...

My thoughts exactly. Go out to the garage/shed and I'll guarantee most people have a little of their preferred wax somewhere. You just don't want to make the slide serrations slippery. If it protects the finish on your car/boat/what have you from all kinds of natural and man-made assaults, it...

Let's face it: sweat *is* a salt water environment. It stings people's eyes and we've had our eyes for basically as long as we've had sweat glands, and they don't like it either, which is why we have developed the stylish, absorbent "bandanna." The original Gatorade was specifically made to...

Here's a photo of my LC9s taken about 10 minutes ago, after having owned it for almost a year, holstering and unholstering it with a Remora holster. This is minus the laser to show only the firearm. You can see that the major areas of wear to the finish are the edges of the extractor and the...

I can't claim to have done any scientific measurement of humidity or airborne corrosives, but I do keep the pistol in a safe with dessicant packs when I'm not using it. I think just as importantly I try to wipe it down with Ballistol each time I put it away. I just grab one of the "Ballistol...

My $0.02. I don't know about the Crimson Trace laser option but I carry my LC9s in a Remora "Clip/Nonclip" holster with the embedded magnet for actuating the Viridian green "instant on" laser. I really like the quality of the holster, the construction (particularly with the reinforced edge) is...

I would say that for $200 new all it has to do is go "bang" and not send bullets in the wrong general direction ;).

There are a couple of YouTube videos about this, my guess is that your friend's problem is similar to Pyro's (watch both his videos, part 1 and part 2.) The slide stop lever is a "balanced" part - meaning that there is spring pressure that forces it "down" all the time, and then, when the...

According to Ruger, the new Mark IV has: An "...ambidextrous manual safety [that] positively locks the sear in the "SAFE" position when applied. Safety can be converted to left-side only with included washer." I'm not familiar with the internals of the previous Mark pistols.

Wayno posts a balanced reply! He's correct and NO the slide on an LC9s is not "hard" to rack. Like most Rugers they're stiffer when new, right out of the box. When you fire a couple of magazines through the gun and take care of it, it gets a bit easier (but not too easy.) As I said: snappy...