 Hey there friends. Thanks for checking in at the range down today. We're looking at the new Ruger max 9 They introduced it a couple weeks ago. They're going head-to-head with sig spring field now the MMP shield plus with a Very small subcompact 9 millimeter handgun with a double stack magazine. This is a 12 round magazine They also make a 10 round magazine for the max 9 and they did a real nice job with it Now Ruger does a good job of introducing a gun Having reviews ready to go and already being shipped to the distributors They are out and available now MSRP is $4.99, but I've had people tell me that they picked theirs up for $4.30, $4.40 and that is pretty good considering everything this gun offers now It's very thin if you look at the grip you can see how thin it is The slide is thin 2.95 inches wide on the slide Nice grip texturing mimics the security 9 in terms of the way it feels not overly textured like a medium Feel to it. It also comes with a thumb safety. This one does not have the thumb safety All right, some people mistook that for a thumb safety. It's not this is called the pro model Once again $4.99 now all the models whether thumb safety or not are optic ready And that is a nice touch by Ruger. Okay, it's cut to fit 13 or 14 of the most popular red-dot optics out there and A lot of people find that Advantages it does have a little bit taller serrated black rear sights and a fiber optic tritium front dot sight in the front and That's a nice touch too. It aligns very nicely and the trigger Doesn't have a trigger bar safety. I'm measuring it right at Five pounds. There's your initial pull at five pounds and the reset is right there They created a very light and small handgun. All right the unloaded weight 18 and 3 8 ounces loaded with 11 rounds 23 ounces even so they did a a nice job right out of the gate You know doesn't have front serrations on there and a reversible magazine release as well as optic ready that a lot of people are Looking for these days. Let's go ahead and load it up and we'll fire the Ruger max 9 I had several people request for me to shoot the max 9 next to the Ruger Security 9 to see which one shoots flatter. So let's take care of that right now We'll start out with the max 9 Now the Ruger security 9 the Ruger max 9 has a 3.2 inch barrel with an integrated Barrel bushing at the muzzle see the way that looks the advantage there is that each time the slide is Cycled it locks up nice and tight that aids with accuracy and I could attest to that now I've shot it quite a bit. I put various loads through it including cheap reloads and it has functioned very well However, one of the greatest critiques in my table review was that the take-down process was too lengthy And it included a pin that needed to be punched out. So here's the gate there You would push that down to expose the pin and from the other side I used a punch to punch out that pin and that's a valid critique many people said that hey Today's technology they should be able to disassemble or create a firearm disassembled so that you don't need to punch out a pin However, you don't need to walk around with a punch to disassemble it. I'm in the National Forest right now I'm pretty sure I could find a stick to do that However, it is true if you lose that pin then you're in trouble So you don't lose the pin I guess but what I'm wondering now is will The gun charges self if a mag is slammed home Let's see and it does it also has a sight hole indicator on the side there and On top so I can see that it is loaded But what this review really needs right now is a lip risk test So let's see how it does with a lip risk test So it passed. Well, there it is the Ruger Max 9 performed great as a range I mentioned in my tabletop review that I'm not going to add nothing to it because I like the way it is right now It's really nice I like that front sight and the way it aligns and the five pound trigger just works for me the 12 round magazine Which is in it right now is the way to go that three finger contact feels great It's very light 23 ounces with 11 rounds. You add a couple more rounds. You're looking at maybe 23 and three quarters ounces. It's very light very thin makes for a great carry gun and I certainly did enjoy it at the range I hope you enjoyed this review if you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe