Whatever happened to the Ruger MP9?

Joe Demko · November 19, 2002, 01:33 PM

I remember seeing this in at least one gun rag years back. Did Ruger ever go into full production with it? Anybody ever shot one?

**4V50 Gary** · November 19, 2002, 06:08 PM

They produced a few, but the demand wasn't there. Unlike the Uzi, it fires from a closed bolt. Slow RPM (circa 600). Controllable and I've been told that you can write your name. While I fired it at the factory, there wasn't any big piece of paper to try to write my name.

ACP230 · November 19, 2002, 09:02 PM

I handled one at the old Second Chance Bowling Pin Shoot in Central Lake, MI. I found the stock was short for me and the gun heavier than it looked.

I tried to talk Evan Marshall, who was working for Ruger then, into letting me shoot it, but he wasn't impressed with the idea. The piece was without a firing pin anyway, and only for show.

I saw an ad for a couple of MP9 dealer samples on www.subguns.com a few years ago.

November 19, 2002, 01:33 PM	#1
Joe Demko Senior Member Join Date: September 14, 2000 Posts: 1,143	Whatever happened to the Ruger MP9? I remember seeing this in at least one gun rag years back. Did Ruger ever go into full production with it? Anybody ever shot one? __________________ "No honest man needs a handgun smaller than a canned ham." Bill Ruger

November 19, 2002, 06:08 PM	#2
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,838	They produced a few, but the demand wasn't there. Unlike the Uzi, it fires from a closed bolt. Slow RPM (circa 600). Controllable and I've been told that you can write your name. While I fired it at the factory, there wasn't any big piece of paper to try to write my name. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

November 19, 2002, 09:02 PM	#3
ACP230 Senior Member Join Date: October 18, 2000 Posts: 708	I handled one at the old Second Chance Bowling Pin Shoot in Central Lake, MI. I found the stock was short for me and the gun heavier than it looked. I tried to talk Evan Marshall, who was working for Ruger then, into letting me shoot it, but he wasn't impressed with the idea. The piece was without a firing pin anyway, and only for show. I saw an ad for a couple of MP9 dealer samples on www.subguns.com a few years ago. __________________ "To disarm the people (is) the best & most effectual way to enslave them." George Mason.