Posted: 9/8/2026 12:43:38 PM EDT
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Over the weekend, I was at a friend of a friend’s house, and he showed us his substantial gun collection, all neatly displayed in a vault room. There was a lot of cool stuff—vintage mil-surp, NFA items, tactical rifles, nice lever guns etc... One cabinet was filled with what he called his “lunch money” guns: a collection of Ruger P-series pistols. I hadn’t realized there were so many variations; he had several different P89s alone, all new in box, displayed next to high-end tactical rifles. His reasoning was that they’re inexpensive, well-made, and have enough variations to make tracking them down interesting. They’re not really my thing, but it was a pretty cool collection. Does anyone else collect these? |
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I know some of my older retired buddies that still have their P-85s from 1988 when they were new hotness and carried on duty. At some point, those P series may be worth money in certain variations, like the original MK1 .22s with red grips. |
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Originally Posted By Seastate: I have a P90 because I wanted a 1911 and didn't have the coin for anything other than a Charles Daly. It's a great gun so maybe I'll try to find some of the others. Way to spend my money OP! Same here - Bought a P90 because at the time I couldn't afford a 1911, solid gun but haven't shot it in years. I just thought it was kind of neat that he displayed them like they were a collection of Lugers (which he had several of those also). |
There's a guy who has a complete collection of HiPoints and all their predecessors. It's at least a thousand dollar collection.  Macho Melvin, if you're looking for him online, and he really does have all the variations. Ruger pistols are perfectly worth collecting if that's your bag. |
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Having a few models that are lesser seen would be interesting. The DAO P97 The Laser sight P94 Attached File Attached File Attached File The last two photos and the below information was found on one of the various Ruger forms. Laser sighted P94's and KP94's. Known s/n's and s/n ranges 308-56636 to 308-57241 (PP94DL); 308-56574 to 308-57311 (PP94DAOL); 308-26599 to 308-27014 (KP94L); 308-07045 to 308-57520 (KP94DL) and 308-07018 to 308-27063 (KP94DAOL). Model quantities produced... PP94DL = 208 PP94DAOL = 120 PP94NDL = 24 KP94DL = 751 KP94DAOL = 225 KPP94DL = 66 KPP94NDL = 12 KPP94DAOL = 1 KPP94NDL = 1 Only 1,836 laser sighted P94's and KP-94's were produced including the "U" marked models listed below. Note that some of the laser sighted stainless KP94's have Ruger's Rem-Coat finish receiver (known s/n's 308-26971, a KP94DL and 308-57436, a KP94DOAL). The final stock of 297 pistols were shipped through normal distribution channels by June 1997. All models are rare. DAO = Double Action Only D = Decocker N = Night sights PP = blue with tactical grip KPP = stainless with tactical grip |
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I regret parting with my first pistol- a P85. The brass would come straight back and smack me in the face, and it came with a defective magazine. At the time, I didn't have enough experience with literally anything, and didn't know how to deal with such matters. Sold it to my barracks roommate, a Puerto Rican, who would shoot it in the barracks at a rubber Homer Simpson doll in the corner of our room. He would time the shots with the beat of his obnoxious boom box. The same roommate who would pull the bullets out of cartridges, and substitue Q-Tips. He would then shoot me in the chest when I came home late at night from a shift on the flight line... |
And then, he arrives at the last item on his bucket list...