Ruger P-89T?

Razor · August 9, 1999, 12:47 AM

I was looking through a gunshop when I noticed a Ruger P-89 marked as special edition. The clerk was unable to tell me what was so "special" about it except that that the frame has a different finsh and only one 10rd mag. I saw on the box it's catalog number was P-89Tbut it is marked on the slide just P-89. Is this some "target" variant? It was priced about the same as a regular blued P-89 with two mags.

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**4V50 Gary** · August 9, 1999, 07:14 PM

Could the "T" stand for "Terhune", the metallurgist who developed the proprietary stainless used by Ruger? Just my guess. If it's a blued gun, never mind, I'm really off mark.

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Razor · August 9, 1999, 08:08 PM

The slide of the pistol is blued, but the frame is of a lighter, grayer shade.

August 9, 1999, 12:47 AM	#1
Razor Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 1999 Location: NE TN Posts: 105	I was looking through a gunshop when I noticed a Ruger P-89 marked as special edition. The clerk was unable to tell me what was so "special" about it except that that the frame has a different finsh and only one 10rd mag. I saw on the box it's catalog number was P-89Tbut it is marked on the slide just P-89. Is this some "target" variant? It was priced about the same as a regular blued P-89 with two mags. [This message has been edited by Razor (edited August 09, 1999).]

August 9, 1999, 07:14 PM	#2
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 15,411	Could the "T" stand for "Terhune", the metallurgist who developed the proprietary stainless used by Ruger? Just my guess. If it's a blued gun, never mind, I'm really off mark. ------------------ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt

August 9, 1999, 08:08 PM	#3
Razor Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 1999 Location: NE TN Posts: 105	The slide of the pistol is blued, but the frame is of a lighter, grayer shade.