New soon to be P95 owner

[Joker]

Hello all. I have ordered a KP95PR15 and it should be in next week. I'm bitting at the bit waiting for it to get here. So anyway I stopped by Walmart and picked up two boxs of the WWB 115gr FMJ ammo to practice with. I'm planning on using Speer Gold Dot 124gr +P HP for my defense round. It's my understanding that the P95 should not have any problem with the +P load right? I'm kind of new to auto pistols but not to guns at all, is there any thing I need to know about this gun to keep it running smoothly. As soon as it comes in I'll take it down and clean it good when it comes to oiling the pistol were should add a little oil. I have heard it's better to use gun grease on the slide but not been able to find any yet. Anyway thanks for the help.

 

[BuckJM53]

Joker ... First of all welcome to the forum and congrats on your new P95. Secondly, in answer to your questions:

1. No problem using +P ammo in your P95
2. A good cleaning and a light oiling of the slide rails and other areas of contact should do the trick (my preference is Weapons Sheild as opposed to grease, but there are many varying ideas on that issue on this and every gun forum :lol

Good luck and enjoy your new gun :wink:

 

[Mr_banjo2]

Your Ruger won't have any issues shooting +p according to the website, people say +p wears your gun out quicker but i cant comment on that. If the vast majority will be normal pressure for practice then it shouldnt be an issue.

I just got my p95 a month ago or so, has some issues with feeding and ejecting, so ill say this:

Make sure your grip & stance technique is proper, (i think that was my issue) P95 will show you if your not holding it good enough lol. I've put about 350 through mine so i think its getting broke in a bit.

today i bought a hogue handall grip for it and i love it, makes a world of difference. The gun is quite chunky in your hand and you'd think adding more bulk (which the hogue does for sure) wouldnt help but it does. Somthing you may look at.

And i hate you for finding cheap 9mm ammo at walmart, mine hasnt had any since i bought the damn thing! ohwell.

Hope you can wait, i know its hard lol.

 

[NC-P95]

BTW, what does WWB 9mm ammo usually cost at WalMart? 2 of the WalMarts that I have visited didn't have any .22 or 9mm ammo... I'm paying $14.95 for Speer Lawman, for my target shooting, is the WWB any cheaper or better than the Speer?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Joker]

Thanks for the help guys. NC-P95 the Winchester White Boxs I got were 21.00 for a 100 round box. As far as better than the Speer Lawman I would say the Speer is probably a better round but cost more per round and to shoot holes in paper I don't think you could tell a differance. Good to hear that about the +P loads that is what I had heard. As far as the cheap walmart ammo just got lucky. I was there the day before and they had no 9MM at all, whent there next morning to get some soda pop and just happened to stop by sporting goods and they had got 2 boxs in, so I grabbed them.

 

[blume357]

Your P95 should eat anything you feed it.

light oil and you should be fine.... or oil the hell out of it if you choose, you'll still be fine.. in fact my experience is run it dry and you'll still be fine.

If you have any problem at all... hold the pistol tight with both hands.... firm. That'll fix it.

Make sure when you get ready to reassemble the pistol... before you put the slide back on... push the ejector thingy back down... and make sure the guide rod is lined up under the barrel right.... it really sits on there kind of loose... note how it is when you remove the slide.

 

[dacaur]

The P95 will work with ANY 9mm luger ammo made. (including those with steel cases, which a lot of guns have issues with)

Walmart has the bulk 100 round white box winchester for $21ish, or they have federal in 50 round boxes for $9.95.... Both work great in my P95.

 

[NC-P95]

The P95 will work with ANY 9mm luger ammo made. (including those with steel cases, which a lot of guns have issues with)

Walmart has the bulk 100 round white box winchester for $21ish, or they have winchester in 50 round boxes for $9.95.... Both work great in my P95.

Wished I could find some of this cheap WalMart 9mm you guys speak of! I have not, in the past 2 months, found 2 local WalMart stores with it in stock...

 

[jbender]

was talking to a guy who is a self proclaimed "gun genius" (never trust those morons) and he told me that the winchester white box and the remington umc ammo i have been shooting the last week or so (roughly 300 rounds) is dirty ammo and dirty ammo is bad for the firing pin. Was i right to call him an idiot and walk away or does he make sense?

 

[libbylibbylibby]

My P95 has been excellent, about 700 through it now. Avoid the grease, it jsut collects powder residue and grit and makes cleaning more of a chore. Very light oil is all that is needed. I thought mine operated very smooth out of the box, but now with a few rounds downrange, "its like butta"..... :wink:

 

[dacaur]

was talking to a guy who is a self proclaimed "gun genius" (never trust those morons) and he told me that the winchester white box and the remington umc ammo i have been shooting the last week or so (roughly 300 rounds) is dirty ammo and dirty ammo is bad for the firing pin. Was i right to call him an idiot and walk away or does he make sense?

In some guns certain ammo may cause a problem, not because its dirty, simply because some guns are more picky. people assume its because cheaper ammo is "dirty" but thats just silly. Anyhow you can feed anything to the p95. I've got well over 1000 rounds of this "dirty" ammo through my gun without issue. The P95 is not at all picky about ammo.

Now, as for it being bad for the firing pin... "what?" thats just nonsense in any gun... :roll:

 

[blume357]

At least in cheap rifle ammo there are hard firing pins and really old cheap ammo had corrosive primers.... not sure about any of the cheap 9mm stuff out there....

Sportmans guide has some spam cans of Pakastani 9mm that is dirt cheap.....

My opinion is you shoot the cheapest ammo you can find for practice and load the absolute best ammo you can find for carry.

I was shooting some type of ammo (fmj) in my PC9 on Monday and I don't know what it was or where it came from but for a second there I thought I was shooting black powder, so much smoke came out of the chamber.

the problem with buying ammo (cheap) via mail order is the cost of shipping... it usually doesn't work out that cheap. I buy my ammo in bulk at the local gun show... but then I still have to pay $5.00 to park and $6.00 to get in the place.

 

[Mr_banjo2]

If you have any problem at all... hold the pistol tight with both hands.... firm. That'll fix it.

Couldn't agree more! lol

 

[tightgrouper]

yes, you must hold that new P95 correctly or it will FTE. Lock your elbow. Firm grip. All recoil should transfer to your shoulder.

I need to hit up my local Wal-Mart this morning. They should have some more $9 Federal and/or WWB. I have a pretty decent stock from the past couple wks, but ya can't have too much. and I'm going to go through a few hundred this weekend.

 

[libbylibbylibby]

I have adopted a "Weaver Stance" at the suggestion of my CCW trainer. Besides the very strong grip you have on the weapon (therefore no "limp wrist"), you also have a very short reaquire of the target after the shot. Do a few "double tap" drills (two quick shots) in the "triangle stance" vs the Weaver stance and you quickly realize that you are back on target for that second shot quicker with the Weaver style stance. For LEO's they don't like this becasue you are kind of "sideways" to the bad guy, and your body armour does not protect you as much, but for the rest of us, we're a smaller cross section so smaller target.

 

[Spikess]

Wished I could find some of this cheap WalMart 9mm you guys speak of! I have not, in the past 2 months, found 2 local WalMart stores with it in stock...

Maybe you need to relocate. LOL!!! My local Wally World usually has a good supply of 9 mm - WWB, Federal "Champion", and occasionally some Remington. I just bought 5 boxes of Federal this morning, (at $9.47 a box), from a sizable "stack", sitting next to another sizable stack of WWB 100 packs. They also keep a respectable supply of Federal and WWB .40 S&W on hand. And they even get pretty good quantities of .45 acp. But those go really fast, so you have to be on your toes to score some. Now .380 is another thing. I haven't seen a box of those since before the shortage.

 

[NC-P95]

Maybe you need to relocate. LOL!!! My local Wally World usually has a good supply of 9 mm - WWB, Federal "Champion", and occasionally some Remington. I just bought 5 boxes of Federal this morning, (at $9.47 a box), from a sizable "stack", sitting next to another sizable stack of WWB 100 packs. They also keep a respectable supply of Federal and WWB .40 S&W on hand. And they even get pretty good quantities of .45 acp. But those go really fast, so you have to be on your toes to score some. Now .380 is another thing. I haven't seen a box of those since before the shortage.

Looks like I'm gonna have to do something... I'm paying $15.95 + tax for Speer Lawman, 50 count, $14.95 + tax for Independence, when I can find them...

I called WallyWorld again today, the closest one to me, to check...again, and they're still out... No 9mm or .22LR... :x

Just went to Walmart.com and did a store search and it returned 12 stores "closest" to me, and I called all of them and none of them have any 9mm or 22LR bullets...

CRAP!

 

[NC-P95]

The P95 will work with ANY 9mm luger ammo made. (including those with steel cases, which a lot of guns have issues with)

Walmart has the bulk 100 round white box winchester for $21ish, or they have winchester in 50 round boxes for $9.95.... Both work great in my P95.

Wished I could find some of this cheap WalMart 9mm you guys speak of! I have not, in the past 2 months, found 2 local WalMart stores with it in stock...

FINALLY! Today I called a local WalMart and they had WWB 9mm! Said they had 4, 100 count boxes... It's about a 45 minute drive, one way, so I asked it they'd hold them for me until I got there, and they wouldn't, so I hurried along... When I got there, they had sold 2 boxes and had 2 left....so I bought those 2...

 

[tkarter]

The P95 will work with ANY 9mm luger ammo made. (including those with steel cases, which a lot of guns have issues with)

Walmart has the bulk 100 round white box winchester for $21ish, or they have winchester in 50 round boxes for $9.95.... Both work great in my P95.

Wished I could find some of this cheap WalMart 9mm you guys speak of! I have not, in the past 2 months, found 2 local WalMart stores with it in stock...

FINALLY! Today I called a local WalMart and they had WWB 9mm! Said they had 4, 100 count boxes... It's about a 45 minute drive, one way, so I asked it they'd hold them for me until I got there, and they wouldn't, so I hurried along... When I got there, they had sold 2 boxes and had 2 left....so I bought those 2...

After you have shot those 202 rounds you should be really happy with your P95. They always toss on extra in the box by my experience with WW whitebox 100 packs.

To the OP. I carry nothing but Double Tap 125 or 115 grain +P Gold Dots.
They make the P95 shoot more reliably faster IMHO. Although I can usually get anything to go through the P95 perfectly.

I would shoot ++PP++ out of any Ruger semi auto and know it was going to handle it.

Just like the old Single action Black Hawks will handle loads that breaks a Smith & Wesson.

Enjoy the new P95.

tk

 

[sicboy13]

I love the WWB's for target shooting.... You know, I've never actually counted the rounds tho! I am going to do that now, I just love extras!

Just like with Totino's Pizza Rolls... box always says 12-13 rolls... I always get 14-15...everytime. I feel like a winner.