glock17 vs. ruger SR9??

[DDG]

Try both. The one that feels better for you is the one you should get. The "deal breaker" for me and the Glocks are the lack of a safety (ask Plexico Burris about that one). People talk about the extra time and effort associated with a manual safety for when “TSHTF” like it is happening every day and they are walking around their house 24/7 with a loaded gun ready to shoot the bad guy.

[BHPFan]

If they make a G19 size version of the SR9, I am game. Since the SR9 is fairly new product, I will wait until all the kinks and bugs are corrected. I held the SR9 and it has better backstrap contour than Glock.

Still, I will never let go of my Glock 19 as it's a proven performer and I can get parts and services.

[dansgold]

My Glock17 gets very little love since I got my SR9. The Glock has a nicer, cleaner trigger break to be sure, but I like almost everything else better about the SR9. Not a single malf of any kind with about 2k rounds through it so far ... eats everything I feed it, goes bang with every press, accurate as you wanna be ... my fave for sure.

[BamBam-31]

The only way I'd buy a Ruger SR9 is if I already had a Glock 17. NEVER the other way around. My two cents.

[BamBam-31]

Try both. The one that feels better for you is the one you should get. The "deal breaker" for me and the Glocks are the lack of a safety (ask Plexico Burris about that one)

Asking Plexico Burris for football advice makes sense. Asking him about gun safety is like asking him for legal advice.

[Greg-Dawg]

You will get recalls from Ruger. Get a Glock!

[AdamM]

Get the Glock.

[Black Majik]

With the amount of recalls on Ruger semi-autos lately, I think I would have to vote for the tried, and true Glock 17.

[Bug Splat]

Asking Plexico Burris for football advice makes sense. Asking him about gun safety is like asking him for legal advice.

So true. I'd take a Glock any day of the week over a Ruger. Never saw the need for safety on a DA pistol like a glock. Keep your finger off the trigger and you don't ever need one. I don't see people rushing out to buy a revolver with a safety switch. If you don't trust yourself maybe you need more training. Its locked into my brain. I can't even pick up a glass of milk without my trigger finger extended out. You should all know that safeties should not be trusted any ways.

The day I buy ruger is the day they fight and get me back my pistol grips and normal cap mags.

[2wheelryder88]

With the amount of recalls on Ruger semi-autos lately, I think I would have to vote for the tried, and true Glock 17.

as far as i know ruger had a recall on the LCP and SR9 for the same issue and both have been corrected

[Legasat]

For me, I would go with the Ruger SR-9.

[510shooter510]

If it were me, I would get a Glock. I am certain that hardly anyone has regretted the purchase of a Glock 17. For the SR9 to take the market, it should be priced lower. Its main competitor has too much to offer at a similar price. I just cant make sense out of getting a Ruger when I could get a Glock. Seriously.
Nothing against Ruger though. I think the P95 is well priced and a solid purchase, as is the LCP (were it available to us). The mini14 is great if it comes back down to $550 price range. But SR9 v G17...cmon

[SJgunguy24]

I like my Glocks and I like my Ruger. My thing is if the other designs are so good, why do they always copy Glock?
I have a buddy who says Glocks are garbage. He has a Walther, so when you field strip the 2 guns. It's amazing, they field strip almost the exact same way.
You look at the frames, wow amazingly similar...again.
Untill a company comes up with an entirly new design , IMO they are all knock offs, striker fired ploymer framed handguns that all copy the Glock.

[2wheelryder88]

I like my Glocks and I like my Ruger. My thing is if the other designs are so good, why do they always copy Glock?
I have a buddy who says Glocks are garbage. He has a Walther, so when you field strip the 2 guns. It's amazing, they field strip almost the exact same way.
You look at the frames, wow amazingly similar...again.
Untill a company comes up with an entirly new design , IMO they are all knock offs, striker fired ploymer framed handguns that all copy the Glock.

the only thing that ruger copied from the glock on the sr-9 is the "safe action trigger" after the recall ruger did their version of glocks trigger safety

[2wheelryder88]

but i could be wrong thats just based on what ive seen so far