Has anyone heard if the Ruger LC9S is ever going to be MA approved? Ruger won't tell me anything and the dealers say that Ruger won't tell thm anything either. Surely someone has to know. What's the big secret for goodness sake???
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Ruger LC9S
- Thread starter jkon
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I think I've seen a review on it on here already. Not sure if they were from MA or NH though. It has the external safety and there is a magazine disconnect so I don't see why it wouldn't be approved? The lc9s pro probably wouldn't because it lacks the 2 features above? I'm interested in it as a pocket gun.
I honestly haven't read any reviews on the LC9S. Any word on if the trigger pull is better than the original LC9? The LC9 I have experience with might have the worst trigger pull I've ever experienced....L-O-N-G and heavy.
basscatfrank
NES Member
I picked one up on Saturday. The trigger feels much better than the LC9. There is a great review right here:
http://www.northeastshooters.com/vb...7-Ruger-LC9s-Review-Striker-Fired-Sub-Compact
http://www.northeastshooters.com/vb...7-Ruger-LC9s-Review-Striker-Fired-Sub-Compact
DispositionMatrix
NES Member
If you get the "Pro" version, you won't have to bother with removing the magazine disconnect safety or the thumb safety.
jkerm3
NES Member
The LC9S is on the new updated MA roster (01/2015) so you should be able to get one. The Pro version is not. Dealers I called didn't even know the roster was updated so they had to check and once they did verified they could order this model from Ruger now. Good luck.
mikelawtown
NES Member
I dry fired the LC9 and S AND IT'S MUCH BETTER.
I dry fired one the other day also, nice light trigger. I bitched to the store that I could not buy one, then a couple days later I see we now can.
Hmmm, slim, light 9mm, striker fired, with a light clean pull. S&W M&P Shield. As usual, Ruger waits to catch up. (or, a Walther PPS, except without that horrible, hand-shredding "grenade checkering".) Aren't shields on the MA roster, and probably about the same price as a the LC9s?
EJFudd
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Forget the going price... do any shops in MA even have them in stock yet at any price?
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Forget the going price... do any shops in MA even have them in stock yet at any price?
$399 http://thegunparlor.com/product/ruger-lc9s-9mm/
EJFudd
NES Member
Son of a gun!
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Thanks!
and it also says "Products listed on our website may not always be Massachusetts Compliant and therefore are only available to out of state customers/Law Enforcement Officials. "
Anyone actually BUY one in Mass.?
Before you can puchase one in MA, it still has to pass the MA Attoney General's test/approval. This is what sucks in the state of MA. Why have MA Approved Firearms Roster that a gun makes it on and then can't purchase it until it makes the AG's list??? And no where can one find the AG's list.
As soon as a gun is on the EOPS list, it can be sold in MA until the AG says it can't be. For practical purposes, the AG list is a list of guns that can't be transferred by FFL, not a list of ones that can be, since the AG won't release a list of approved guns.
They can say what they like. The fact of the matter is that the AG refuses to approve guns. Gun manufacturers self certify compliance with AG regs, and sellers take a risk by selling them. The AG only announces the compliance status of handguns by sending cease and desist letters.
This is what was sent to me by a MA dealer:
section140 create the "big" list; the Approved Firearms Roster. Notethat in Mass, "firearms" = handguns
section 940 contains consumer product safety rules and the AG decided to applysuch rules after the section 140 rules went into effect, creating a dualstandard. The big list continues to exist and gets updated periodicallyas that section of the law continues to be in effect.
The AG regs under 940 thus creates a dual standard; guns complying under 140subsequently must comply with and be approved under section 940.
you can possess various guns under 140, but we as a retailer can onlysell you guns compliant under both sections.
The AG list is seemingly impossible to find; I have never seen it. Wesell guns that our wholesalers or manufacturers state have been approved under940. E.g. see Ruger's website as they have a page dedicated to Masscompliant firearms.
section140 create the "big" list; the Approved Firearms Roster. Notethat in Mass, "firearms" = handguns
section 940 contains consumer product safety rules and the AG decided to applysuch rules after the section 140 rules went into effect, creating a dualstandard. The big list continues to exist and gets updated periodicallyas that section of the law continues to be in effect.
The AG regs under 940 thus creates a dual standard; guns complying under 140subsequently must comply with and be approved under section 940.
you can possess various guns under 140, but we as a retailer can onlysell you guns compliant under both sections.
The AG list is seemingly impossible to find; I have never seen it. Wesell guns that our wholesalers or manufacturers state have been approved under940. E.g. see Ruger's website as they have a page dedicated to Masscompliant firearms.
That's exactly what I said - the manufacturer self-certifies compliance, the AG is never going to say that a gun is compliant.
There are two possibilities. One is that Ruger hasn't yet updated their website to reflect the recently released EOPS list (the LC9S is only on the latest list released this month). The other is that Ruger doesn't believe (for whatever reason) that the AG would allow the sale of the LC9S, possibly because the trigger pull is too low or something of that nature.
