Hello,
This is not a 'bash on Ruger' pistol thread, or a 'Ruger is the BEST' pistol thread.
It is a 'prices are OUTRAGEOUS' pistol thread.
I just saw a Ruger P345 handgun for sale for $1995.00.
They were selling online 3 years ago for around $3-400.
WOW!!!!
I mean- when a 50 round box of range/plinking .45acp ammo is going for $120 instead of a realistic $25-30 [realistically high, that is- mine were bought around $20/box], this is not too surprising.
But, even I have to say it, $2K for a P345?
I wouldn't pay that for a P220 [even the higher end ones], and Sig has a higher price point.
Now, full disclosure: I own a Ruger P97 and LIKE IT. So much I bought a parts kit to have a full set of spares for any future issues.
I have a few .45acps that are 'higher end' [Glock (but some say that is a sidestep of my Ruger), Sig P220, 1911s of various quality levels], but I have never spent more than $930 on a handgun, out the door.
I never bought a Ruger P345, as the grip didn't feel as 'good' in my hand as the P97, but I would have liked a rail for the P97.
But, $2K for a $400 handgun is just, I mean, WOW!!!!
Maybe I should sell off some things I don't use often?
[but then I wouldn't have them in the future, ever- and in CA I might not find them again]
This is not a 'bash on Ruger' pistol thread, or a 'Ruger is the BEST' pistol thread.
It is a 'prices are OUTRAGEOUS' pistol thread.
I just saw a Ruger P345 handgun for sale for $1995.00.
They were selling online 3 years ago for around $3-400.
WOW!!!!
I mean- when a 50 round box of range/plinking .45acp ammo is going for $120 instead of a realistic $25-30 [realistically high, that is- mine were bought around $20/box], this is not too surprising.
But, even I have to say it, $2K for a P345?
I wouldn't pay that for a P220 [even the higher end ones], and Sig has a higher price point.
Now, full disclosure: I own a Ruger P97 and LIKE IT. So much I bought a parts kit to have a full set of spares for any future issues.
I have a few .45acps that are 'higher end' [Glock (but some say that is a sidestep of my Ruger), Sig P220, 1911s of various quality levels], but I have never spent more than $930 on a handgun, out the door.
I never bought a Ruger P345, as the grip didn't feel as 'good' in my hand as the P97, but I would have liked a rail for the P97.
But, $2K for a $400 handgun is just, I mean, WOW!!!!
Maybe I should sell off some things I don't use often?
[but then I wouldn't have them in the future, ever- and in CA I might not find them again]