For years I've owned a P89 that I bought new.
There's much to like about it. At the top of my "like" list is its absolute reliability. Until I bought my CZs, I'd never before encountered a semi-auto that was like the kid, Mikey on TV breakfast cereal ads: "He'll eat anything!"
My P89 is like that. It has never failed to feed, failed to fire, or failed to eject properly. It's had all manner of factory ammo fed through it, not to mention all the reloads. Copper jacketed, copper plated, hard and soft lead, round nose, hollow-point, you name it. And everything from ultra-tame target reloads to full-house. +P ammo.
I also like the overall feel of the P89. My hands run to the large side and the P89 is really comfortable.
My only gripe is it's abysmal accuracy: Never better than six-inch groups at 25 yards; often far worse, and I'm an above-average shooter.
Shortly after buying it, I wrote to Ruger about the lousy accuracy. Their reply was to the effect "This is a service pistol, not intended for benchrest competition. The accuracy you describe is within our acceptable limits."
Of course, at that time, I was spoiled rotten with the accuracy of my KGP-141. That thing's always been a tack-driver.
I get it about "service" pistols - up to a point. I don't expect 2-inch groups at 25 yards, but groups that are never better than 7 or 8 inches?
Losing interest in full-size 9mm pistols, I've thought about dumping it, but...
I'd love to hear suggestions about what I might do to increase this pistol's accuracy.
Thanks in advance.
There's much to like about it. At the top of my "like" list is its absolute reliability. Until I bought my CZs, I'd never before encountered a semi-auto that was like the kid, Mikey on TV breakfast cereal ads: "He'll eat anything!"
My P89 is like that. It has never failed to feed, failed to fire, or failed to eject properly. It's had all manner of factory ammo fed through it, not to mention all the reloads. Copper jacketed, copper plated, hard and soft lead, round nose, hollow-point, you name it. And everything from ultra-tame target reloads to full-house. +P ammo.
I also like the overall feel of the P89. My hands run to the large side and the P89 is really comfortable.
My only gripe is it's abysmal accuracy: Never better than six-inch groups at 25 yards; often far worse, and I'm an above-average shooter.
Shortly after buying it, I wrote to Ruger about the lousy accuracy. Their reply was to the effect "This is a service pistol, not intended for benchrest competition. The accuracy you describe is within our acceptable limits."
Of course, at that time, I was spoiled rotten with the accuracy of my KGP-141. That thing's always been a tack-driver.
I get it about "service" pistols - up to a point. I don't expect 2-inch groups at 25 yards, but groups that are never better than 7 or 8 inches?
Losing interest in full-size 9mm pistols, I've thought about dumping it, but...
I'd love to hear suggestions about what I might do to increase this pistol's accuracy.
Thanks in advance.