? about the Ruger p345

scooter03 · Post by **scooter03** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:39 pm

I need some well needed help that it seems no one can answer. There are 4 models of the Ruger 345 and other than one of them being blue and the other three stainless, I cannot distinquish between the 4. I do know that the KP345DPR has the decock feature. What the heck. I thought all the P models have the decock mechanism. Can someone please help me. thanks in advance.

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:45 pm

The KP345 is the basic stainless model, with manual safety.

The KP345PR adds a picatinny rail.

The KP345DPR is the decocker, picatinny rail model.

Kevin

Mike1951 · Post by **Mike1951** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:47 pm

K means stainless
D means decocker
PR means Picatinny rail

P345PR - blued with rail
KP345 - stainless, no decocker, no rail
KP345PR - stainless, with rail
KP345DPR - stainless, decocker, with rail

scooter03 · Post by **scooter03** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:14 am

Mike1951 wrote:K means stainless
D means decocker
PR means Picatinny rail

P345PR - blued with rail
KP345 - stainless, no decocker, no rail
KP345PR - stainless, with rail
KP345DPR - stainless, decocker, with rail

Thanks for the response, now ,does anyone here carry one?

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:53 am

scooter03 wrote:Thanks for the response, now ,does anyone here carry one?

I carry the predecessor, the P97DC. Good reliable gun, accurate, built like a tank, and I'd bet my life on it. But, I'm not in love with it, and I will happily trade it away when the time comes. Reasons: it's big, it's heavy, and it's a single stack. There are smaller/lighter pistols carrying 8 --or even 10-- rounds of .45 ACP. There are pistols of the same size carrying 13+1.

Holsters and accessories are also harder to come by. I'm currently wearing a Fobus paddle, with a Don Hume JIT slide in the drawer.

Kevin

scooter03 · Post by **scooter03** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:17 am

KBCraig wrote:
scooter03 wrote:Thanks for the response, now ,does anyone here carry one?
I carry the predecessor, the P97DC. Good reliable gun, accurate, built like a tank, and I'd bet my life on it. But, I'm not in love with it, and I will happily trade it away when the time comes. Reasons: it's big, it's heavy, and it's a single stack. There are smaller/lighter pistols carrying 8 --or even 10-- rounds of .45 ACP. There are pistols of the same size carrying 13+1.

Holsters and accessories are also harder to come by. I'm currently wearing a Fobus paddle, with a Don Hume JIT slide in the drawer.

Kevin

I kinda figured that would be a problem, i havnt found many accessories at all, and it felt so heavy and large to me. thanks

KRM45 · Post by **KRM45** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:35 pm

I really like my K97DC too. It has eaten everything I put in it. Even my reloads.

I don't carry this gun though, it's stricktly a range gun at this time.

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:23 pm

KRM45 wrote:I really like my K97DC too.

I'm unsure of the proper terminology... normally, Ruger prepends "K" to the stainless models, but I don't think the P97 was offered in blue. Mine is stainless, but the box just says "P97DC".

I paid $329 at Bachmann Pawn & Gun in Dallas, in 2001. I could have had a Charles Daly 1911 for the same price, but the Daly had GI sights and only came with one magazine.

Ooops... now that I went and pulled out the plastic case and checked the receipt, I see that the owner's manual says P97DC, but the official Ruger "catalog number" is KP97D. I still don't know if they offered a blued model.

As for carry... if you adjust your fashion style appropriately, you can carry a service-size pistol like this easily enough. A good holster and a good belt are mandatory. A double mag carrier helps balance the weight.

Kevin

KRM45 · Post by **KRM45** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:41 am

KBCraig wrote:
KRM45 wrote:I really like my K97DC too.
I'm unsure of the proper terminology... normally, Ruger prepends "K" to the stainless models, but I don't think the P97 was offered in blue. Mine is stainless, but the box just says "P97DC".
Kevin

Oops I forgot the "P" it is a "KP97DC"...

I bought mine this year ('06) at Academy for $318. It was the last one they had.

lrb111 · Post by **lrb111** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:49 am

KBCraig wrote: I still don't know if they offered a blued model.

Kevin

I don't know if this page will help.
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=1 ... tnG=Search

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:09 am

lrb111 wrote:
KBCraig wrote: I still don't know if they offered a blued model.

Kevin
I don't know if this page will help.
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=1 ... tnG=Search

Oh, I know that the P345 is blued. I was talking about the P97.

Kevin

Commander · Post by **Commander** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:45 pm

I looked at a Ruger P345PR today at Academy and liked what I saw and felt. It has a nice feel to it. The P345PR I looked at was blued with a safety/decocker. According to Ruger's website, all the P345s have a decoker, either a manual safety/decocker or decocker only. The D means Decocker only, no safety.

If anybody is pricing, Academy (in Mesquite) wants $414.00 for the P345PR