The Ruger LC9 (standing for "Lightweight Compact 9mm") is a

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caliber, recoil-operated, locked breech, hammer fired, semi-automatic pistol announced by Sturm, Ruger & Co. at the 2011

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Overview

The LC9 has a barrel, and is long and tall. The LC9 is wide, and weighs with an empty magazine. It features a black

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(glass-filled nylon) frame and blued alloy steel slide and barrel. The gun ships with one magazine, including two interchangeable base pads—one that fits flush with the frame, and the other (fitted to the magazine from the factory) that provides a grip extension of about . This pistol has safety features, including a

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and magazine disconnect safety, that allow it to be also sold in

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and

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. In 2013, Ruger released a 9-round extended magazine for the LC9.

Variants

LC380

The LC380 is a .380 ACP caliber pistol that has the more advanced design elements of the LC9 compared to the more basic design of the

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. Its frame is exactly the same as the original Ruger LC9.

LC9s

The LC9s is a

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single action only version of the LC9 announced July 29, 2014. The LC9s fixed the most common customer complaint about the LC9, the trigger pull and removes the loaded chamber indicator located on the top of the LC9 behind the ejection port in favor of a visual inspection port.

EC9s

The EC9s (the E standing for Essential) is a lower cost version of the LC9s with fixed sights, fewer and wider cocking serrations and a black oxide finish. The EC9s is otherwise identical to the LC9s accepting the same magazines and all external accessories as the LC9s.

Accolades

The Ruger LC9 was chosen as the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence's Handgun of the Year in 2011.

References

External links

* Ruger semi-automatic pistols 9mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistols Semi-automatic pistols of the United States Weapons and ammunition introduced in 2011 {{pistol-stub