If the stippling is too smooth, it is comfortable inside the waistband but is more likely to slip around in your hand at the gun range. That works fine at the gun range but it doesn’t work well when it’s been against your bare hip skin for 12 hours. Sometimes guns feel as if they have sandpaper for texture. Ruger struck the perfect balance on the stippling. In addition, the beavertail is very well-rounded and smooth. Plus the beavertail comes back over my hand than most pistols. The backstrap and trigger guard allows for a very high grip. The only thing I can come up with is how high I can grip it thanks to the undercut trigger guard and high-cut backstrap. I’m not even 100% sure why it feels so good in my hand. I’ve compared the ergonomics of this little heater to the P365, Shield, Hellcat, and GX4. This pistol just feels perfect in my hand. No Ruger Max-9 review would be complete without talking about its ergonomics. The level of comfort will blow your mind. Speaking of build quality, check out this comfortable Ruger Max-9 holster. I really, really like take-down levers for field stripping my pistols. Manufacturers like Springfield and Sig Sauer have spoiled me though. If that’s the case then I’ll put up with it because the rest of the gun rocks. I guess they had to do it this way to make the design work. Of the design is the lack of a takedown lever. The good news is that Ruger used a striker-fired trigger rather than a hammer-fired trigger like they used when they first introduced the LC9. This pistol’s fire-control chassis is a one-piece anodized aluminum unit. The 3.2” barrel is cold hammer-forged with a 1:10 twist rate and a black oxide finish.Īlso, the slide is hardened alloy steel with a black oxide finish.Ī polymer frame is standard fare nowadays and the Max-9 is no exception. I know that doesn’t sound like a lot but when it’s inside your waistband, it’s a big dang deal. Most double-stack pistols are 50% wider at around an inch and a half. We also need the gun maker to cram all that goodness into a gun that’s no wider than about an inch. We need at least 10+1 rounds of good ole 9mm stopping power. A modern concealed carry pistol should have: The Ruger Max-9 is the best of both worlds. The LC9 doesn’t hold enough rounds and the Security 9 Compact is fatter than it needs to be for its ammo capacity. Ruger finally gave us what we want.īefore Ruger gave us what we really wanted, we had to choose between the LC9 and the Security 9 compact. Seriously.īy the end of this Ruger Max-9 review, you’ll almost certainly agree. This is THE best concealed carry gun Ruger has ever built. So if you rephrase the question to “Is this the best concealed carry pistol Ruger has ever built”, the answer is most definitely yes. This pistol, ladies and gentlemen, is built for concealed carry. Nor is it a trophy piece that you wipe down after your cousin drags his oily fingers on the finish. Is this the best pistol Ruger has ever built? The answer to that question depends on your plans for this pistol.
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