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Summary: The description, specs, pricing, photos and user ratings for the Ruger American Pistol.

Manufacturer’s Description

The Ruger American Pistol is a semiauto handgun built on a glass-filled nylon frame with a stainless steel slide, and chambered in 9mm or .45 ACP. Other features include:

• A modular, wraparound, textured and checkered, interchangeable grip system for small, medium and large hand sizes;
• an accessory rail;
• Novak LoMount Carry three-dot sights dovetailed into the slide;
• an ambidextrous slide stop;
• an ambidextrous magazine release;
  

  The American Pistol from the right.

• an internal, automatic sear-block safety;
• a trigger safety;
• a black nitride finish on the slide; and
• two nickel-teflon plated steel magazines.

Ruger offers this pistol with either no manual thumb safety, or with an ambidextrous thumb safety.

You can take-down this pistol without pulling the trigger. A hard plastic case comes with the gun.

Also, Ruger says:

• The trigger features a short takeup with a positive reset;
• the barrel cam, low-mass slide, low center of gravity and low bore axis reduce recoil; and
• it’s tested the American Pistol for sustained +P ammo use.

More reading: An independent writer at The Truth About Guns has written up his early impressions of the American Pistol.

The Specs

MSRP: $579

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The American with the ambidextrous manual thumb safety.

The American Pistol from the left rear.

The Ruger American Pistol from the right front.