Any experience with 9 mm revolvers?

[Tallpine]

Well, that's true.  Since I don't need a new carry gun, maybe I should save my pennies for a stainless Vaquero in .357 to cross my path.  I have not owned a single-action for years, and maybe I should get another one.

Oh, no - you should get a pair 

[zahc]

At first I was stoked then I realized

Not any shorter than 38
Not more powerful
Not lighter weighs 17oz (Shield 9mm is 19oz)
More expensive

As much as I was stoked about a 9mm carry revolver it's just not working out.

[Tim L]

I have an S&W 940, which is their all stainless J-frame snub-nosed revolver.  It is not fun to shoot, and has almost as much recoil as my 3 inch model 60 with .357s.  While it is a nice idea, for the size and weight there are many better options.

Tim

[MechAg94]

Since we are talking 9mm, Palmetto State Armory had an email yesterday with a 9mm AR Rifle kit without the stripped lower. 

[MillCreek]

http://www.ruger.com/products/lcrDE/specSheets/5415.html

So on more or less of an impulse, I decided to drink of the LCR Kool-Aid and bought this tonight.  It was being sold at a local variety store for $ 449 on sale, which is $ 100 off their list price and is the everyday price of the .38 LCR without the laser.  I figured with the combination of the Hogue grip and the frame-mounted laser, I could not go wrong, and this was by far the best local price I have seen for this model.  I have to say that as I picked it up and felt how light it was, a big grin hit my face.  This is my first polymer and ultra-lightweight revolver.  I think my next lightest revolver is my Taurus 651 in titanium, and that is a hair under 18 ounces.

[roo_ster]

http://www.ruger.com/products/lcrDE/specSheets/5415.html

So on more or less of an impulse, I decided to drink of the LCR Kool-Aid and bought this tonight.  It was being sold at a local variety store for $ 449 on sale, which is $ 100 off their list price and is the everyday price of the .38 LCR without the laser.  I figured with the combination of the Hogue grip and the frame-mounted laser, I could not go wrong, and this was by far the best local price I have seen for this model.  I have to say that as I picked it up and felt how light it was, a big grin hit my face.  This is my first polymer and ultra-lightweight revolver.  I think my next lightest revolver is my Taurus 651 in titanium, and that is a hair under 18 ounces.

Interested, since I have a 17oz Taurus Total Ti 651 with a Crimson Trace laser sight.

[MillCreek]

So for purposes of comparison, last night I went to the range and test-fired my new LCR with the LaserMax sight and my existing 2.25" SP-101 with a Crimson Trace grip.  I shot off Speer Gold Dot .38+p JHP and some miscellaneous semi-wadcutters that I had lying around.  I was most interested to find out that the LCR with the Hogue Tamer grip was more comfortable to shoot than the SP-101 with the hard plastic CT grip, even given the greater weight of the SP-101.  Otherwise, it was the typical stellar Ruger performance out of both handguns.