Hello Everyone. I was looking to buy a Ruger P97 but handled a P90 in the process and ended up liking the longer slide and heavier feel of the older P90. I also liked the P90 because of the manual safety. My only concern is the durability of the alloy frame launching the 45 ACP. Who has a P90 that can comment on its durability? How many rounds do you have through yours? Thanks in advance.
Durability of Ruger P90
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claywms,
My uncle has the p90 and he loves it. I believe he has over 12k rounds through it and it has only jammed twice. Both times by yours truly when i was younger. It shoots just as good then as it does now. He's had that gun for years, don't know the exact amount of time, but it is old. It still functions flawlessly and still in use quite a bit. Hope this helps.
Aggiejrc
My uncle has the p90 and he loves it. I believe he has over 12k rounds through it and it has only jammed twice. Both times by yours truly when i was younger. It shoots just as good then as it does now. He's had that gun for years, don't know the exact amount of time, but it is old. It still functions flawlessly and still in use quite a bit. Hope this helps.
Aggiejrc
Jason Demond
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It eats everything I feed it, but throws brass everywhere. It's a good gun.
ojibweindian
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My P95 is built like a tank.
GunreviewWebmaster
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There appears to be a small percentage of alluminum alloy Ruger owners who reported MINOR chipping of the frame. The gun still shoots fine, and I recall that Ruger replaced the gun for free. There was a thread on this a while back in the Ruger Forum ( http://www.rugerforum.com ). I can't recall the exact thread but you can do a search and find it. To answer your question, I don't believe there is enough data to generalize an estimate round count for alluminum alloy guns. However, I think it is safe to be very general and say that as a whole, alluminum alloy frames will NOT hold up as long as steel or polymer frames. Having said that, most shooters will not shoot enough to wear out an alluminum alloy frame.
I asked Ruger about durability of P series guns. Ruger said they have tested the alloy frames to 20,000 rounds with no measurable wear. The P90 was built to handle the much higher pressure 10mm round. The low pressure .45 should run indefinitely. I loved mine, but sold it due to the grip just not fitting me. I would like to get a P97 if and when they come out with a manual safety model.
I guess I am one of the few exceptions that GRW referred to. I had a P94 (alloy 9mm) that only had about 1,000 rounds thru it. The tops of the front slide rails became chipped and dented. After some more shooting the right side rail began to mushroom, all from the the tilting of the barrel during its cycling. The rear of the barrel was hammering the frame. This caused a very loose lockupof the gun, you could wiggle the rear of the barrel up and down and side to side even though the slide was forward. Accuracy dramatically dropped. Got rid of it and bought a CZ. Not knocking Ruger, I still own and always will my KGP-141. Just starting to question the use of aluminum alloy as a frame material. My personal opinion is the use of polymer or steel. I would suggest either the P95 or the P97.
BrokenArrow
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Some rental ranges I went to in Las Vegas claimed to have over 100,000 rounds through their P89/9mm and P90/45ACP.