Manual

WARNING - ALTERATIONS
DO NOT ALTER ANY GUN
Locking Devices 5 Slide Retraction 19
Alterations 8 Malfunctions 21
Manual Safety 11 Disassembly 25
Ammunition 13 Lubrication 29
Lead Exposure 13 Storage 31
Firing 15 Shipping 32
Handling 17 Parts Purchasers 33
Unloading 18
FIREARMS ARE DANGEROUS WEAPONS -
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS
IN THIS MANUAL THOROUGHLY AND
CAREFULLY BEFORE USING.
This product was designed to function
properly in its original condition.
Alterations can make it unsafe. Do not
alter any part or add or substitute parts or
accessories not made by Sturm, Ruger &
Co. Inc.
GENERAL INFORMATION
AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The RUGER
®
SR9
TM
pistol is Ruger’s first centerfire, striker-fired, magazine-
fed, autoloading, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the 9mm Parabellum
(9mm x 19) cartridge. The SR9
TM
incorporates a different “link-less” design in
the barrel locking/unlocking system than earlier Ruger P-Series pistols, and
features a streamlined slide and high performance glass-filled nylon grip frame.
It has a unique, new modular construction in which the entire steel camblock
assembly (which contains the barrel locking system, recoil absorption block, and
steel slide rails) and trigger mechanism assembly can be inserted and removed
as units. They include the following features with which users should be
thoroughly familiar:
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WARNINGS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE ARE
FOUND ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES:
OTHER CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS APPEAR
THROUGHOUT THE MANUAL.