When opening the box you will see two eight round magazines, a lock, a magazine loader, two keys (for the DC), the gun, instructions, and the test fire case in a sealed envelope. The same as any other Ruger I have purchased. The P345 has a stainless slide and a polymer frame and grip.
When first picking up the gun I was amazed at how light it was. For some reason, despite the very similar size, I expected it to weight more than the P95. Handling side by side I cannot tell a difference. The grip on the .45 is smaller and much more comfortable than the 9mm. There is a chamber load indicator on the top of the slide. If there is a bullet in the chamber this indicator pops up. (I will upload some more pictures of these features as I get them taken.) The .45 has an ambidextrous magazine release. When I tried to put the magazine in the first couple times I could only get it in by pressing the release. The guy at the store I purchased it from said that should not be the case...but I honestly could not get it to go in without pressing the release until I did it a few times and finally slammed it in. Now it pops in just fine. The de-cocker is a little less convenient than on the P95. On the P345 you have to manually pull the DC back up after you have pressed it down. This also acts as a safety. You use the keys I mentioned earlier to lock the DC in place. On the P95 it just pops back up...and there is no safety. The .45 has 3-dot sights. The barrel is four inches long. The P345 sports a picatinny rail on the frame for attachments.
Now to the good stuff. Firing the P345 was a pleasure. I was incredibly impressed with the ease of firing. It fires slightly different than the P95 in that the trigger pull is a little bit further on the double action. I just have gotten used to the trigger on the P95 and it confused me just a little bit. :P Once I got used to it everything was as it should be in the world. A very strong shot with very little kick is what I got out of it. Single handed it might be a bit more difficult...I shot with both. I shot through eight rounds and loved each one of them. My brother shot through the other eight rounds and had no trouble with it. It was fairly easy to stay accurate at a distance of about 25 feet...even with a crappy target and never having shot the gun before.
Cleaning the gun was a breeze just like the P95. I tore it down, cleaned it up, put it back together and put it away in about 10 minutes. (A detailed cleaning.) Everything went as it was supposed to. Good stuff.
Overall, I will probably start shooting the .45 more than the 9mm. The ammo is comparably priced. I got 50 .45 rounds for $15 and 50 9mm rounds for I think $12. It have not shopped around much at the different stores...maybe I can get to that tonight or tomorrow.
If you have any specific questions about the P345 please do not hesitate to ask.
-Derek
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