The classic P-series Rugers will always have a special place in the squishy, soft-focus nostalgic corner of my mind. A stainless .40 cal, KP-91DAO in Ruger-speak, was my first real name-brand handgun. (We're not counting Grendel or FIE as name brands, here.) A Ruger P-series was the first pistol I wore on my belt behind the counter of a gun store, in a Bianchi AccuMold pancake holster, if I recall correctly.
I did a 2,000 round test* on a used P-series blaster before writing it up for RECOIL's "Crap Shoot" column.
Best of all, the photo of that... let's call it "well-loved" ...pistol that I took for the column wound up immortalized on the cover of Mas Ayoob's latest book!
*Spoiler Alert: zero malfunctions.
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