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When fired, the barrel and slide move to the rear, locked together for a short distance whereupon a cam on the bottom of the barrel articulates on the frame insert, pulling the barrel down so the slide can continue to the rear, extracting and ejecting the spent cartridge case. In both of these popular subcompact Rugers, breech locking is accomplished by the barrel hood moving up into, and bearing against the front of, the ejection port. This means that if you have a misfire, or are dry firing an empty pistol for practice, it is necessary to partially retract the slide to reset the spurless hammer before you can pull the trigger again. These subcompact Rugers also both feature locked-breech designs that use double-action-only (DAO) triggers with a "single strike" trigger mechanism. Glass-filled nylon not only reduces weight but is as strong as and in many cases more resistant to wear, moisture, salts, oils, and solvents than metal frames.
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17.1 ounces in weight), these two handguns shared a number of features.īoth of these Ruger pistols use alloy steel slides that sit atop glass-filled nylon frames. Several years ago Ruger entered the concealed carry pistol market with two small-frame pistols: the 9mm LC9 and the.