The Ruger LC9S is a very small gun with a short and narrow grip. Since the magazines have an extended floor plate, getting a 2-finger grip on the gun is quite easy, however the width of the grip may be uncomfortable for some users. Its recoil spring is relatively heavy to counteract ...
It really isn’t that bad, taking the LC9S down — it just takes practice. After the slide’s off, proceed as you normally would with any striker-fired pistol’s cleaning process. Remove the recoil spring and barrel, and go to town getting the grunge out. To put it back together, ge...
Exacerbating grip-maintenance issues is the fact that the LC9s has rather a high bore axis, especially as compared to its competitors. Its bore axis is, in fact, more than ¼” higher than that of the Glock 43. The result is a bit more muzzle flip than it should have. Recoil was n...
Pull the recoil spring and barrel out, clean away to your heart’s content then put it back together. The spring and barrel go into the slide, and the slide gets set back in place on the frame-put it on about a half inch forward then slide it back into its place. Lock the slide ...
And they consequently added as much weight to the design as possible. It seems like the SP101 uses some ancient magic (discovered in the tombs of the pyramids, placed there by aliens) to constrain the recoil of the .357 Magnum. Or, maybe it’s just so heavy that it absorbs the recoil...