While on a trip recently, ran into a LEO for one township or other in Alabama when I stopped for gas. Noted he was packing an M&P, asked what he thought of it..He wasnt too pleased. Said he kept having to send it back to his armorer for one issue or other....maybe just that pistol, or whatever but..didnt seem to provide him much confidence on it..
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Ruger LCP .380
- Thread starter AuDust
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While on a trip recently, ran into a LEO for one township or other in Alabama when I stopped for gas. Noted he was packing an M&P, asked what he thought of it..He wasnt too pleased. Said he kept having to send it back to his armorer for one issue or other....maybe just that pistol, or whatever but..didnt seem to provide him much confidence on it..
twpetry
Regular Member
Steeler-gal
Regular Member
I have the S&W M&P 9C - bought it right before the Shield came out :banghead: - I like it a lot.
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Always good to see that kids these days develop such excellent reading-comprehension skills... :banghead: try READING the entire sentence, rather than just zeroing in on ONE part.
".maybe just that pistol, or whatever but."
twpetry
Regular Member
Your statement was obviously meant to show that you feel that gun, which someone else suggested, is of lower quality, and saying:
doesn't change what you were saying. The simple fact is, if you want to find one example of a certain model of gun having issues you can, but it doesn't mean they all are like that. Statements like the one you made are not only worthless to this discussion but they are dangerous in that this is how internet rumors get started and are circulated.
I'm still waiting for the OP to chime in here, looks like this is his only post, and he hasn't been on for a few days. That's a shame since if he could tell us what he wants it would bring this thread back on track.
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OC for ME
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Take a look at the LC9.
AuDust
New member
I wanted to thank all of you for your input. My other handguns were not lugable
without elaborate holsters, so size was my ultimate goal. The LCP caught my
eye in an add in the American Hunter but I opted for the Smith & Wesson
"Body Guard" .380 with the Insight Laser once I had the two in my hand to compare.
My 9mm, .40, and .357 are great at the range or in my vehicle Seat Carry, but the .380
is perfect for putting in my pocket and not worrying about the bulge telegraphing
I'm packing.
Au Dust
without elaborate holsters, so size was my ultimate goal. The LCP caught my
eye in an add in the American Hunter but I opted for the Smith & Wesson
"Body Guard" .380 with the Insight Laser once I had the two in my hand to compare.
My 9mm, .40, and .357 are great at the range or in my vehicle Seat Carry, but the .380
is perfect for putting in my pocket and not worrying about the bulge telegraphing
I'm packing.
Au Dust
wolfgangmob
Regular Member
I would rather go for the Kel-Tec P3AT, cheaper, been around longer, and can manage to feed ALL .380 ammo (the LCP has a magazine that's a little too short for all round to fit well). Almost ALL pocket .380's are known to have jamming and feeding issues so just because the LCP likes an ammo the P3AT doesn't mean the inverse couldn't be true so you'll need to test multiple brands of ammo with either gun.
Citizen
Founder's Club Member
My problem with the P3AT and the LCP is two-fold.
One the gun is so light, the recoil is snappy. But, let me be precise. The recoil is by no means uncomfortable. The problem is the gun jumps around in my hand enough that I can't get four shots off without having to reposition it in my hand. Part of this is that the darn things are so small, you can't really get a good grip on them with average size hands. That is to say I do not have big hands, and I can't get a solid grip on the durn things.
Second is the front of the trigger guard. Because the guns can jump a lot, the durn trigger guard regularly smacks my trigger finger on recoil. I can avoid it by using just the tip of my finger, but the trigger pull is just that little bit too much for that to go smoothly for me.
I wouldn't make one of these my regular carry gun unless I had small hands that could really get a grip on it. Its a question of practice, and suffering the problems I described above during regular practice. I might get one for occasional deep concealment carry, but that would be about all.
For everyday regular CC, I'd look to something I could at least get a good grip on.
One the gun is so light, the recoil is snappy. But, let me be precise. The recoil is by no means uncomfortable. The problem is the gun jumps around in my hand enough that I can't get four shots off without having to reposition it in my hand. Part of this is that the darn things are so small, you can't really get a good grip on them with average size hands. That is to say I do not have big hands, and I can't get a solid grip on the durn things.
Second is the front of the trigger guard. Because the guns can jump a lot, the durn trigger guard regularly smacks my trigger finger on recoil. I can avoid it by using just the tip of my finger, but the trigger pull is just that little bit too much for that to go smoothly for me.
I wouldn't make one of these my regular carry gun unless I had small hands that could really get a grip on it. Its a question of practice, and suffering the problems I described above during regular practice. I might get one for occasional deep concealment carry, but that would be about all.
For everyday regular CC, I'd look to something I could at least get a good grip on.
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Tactical SS
Regular Member
I bought the LCP just before the LC9 came out. Today I have the LC9 and no LCP.