I'll take the Ruger to the range once a week and throw a few hundred rounds through it, see how long it takes me to get the skills down.
Thanks guys!
the LCP is definitely not a range gun. it is very uncomfortable to shoot, especially if you use the mag baseplate without the lip, and is horribly innaccurate at distances due to a sloppy fitment of barrel to slide on the rear end (front fitment is solid). it's also not a gun that was designed to be shot in high volumes.
the above is all stuff I was told before buying my LCP. I bought it anyway, and am very glad I bought it. but I agree with the above 100%.
the LCP is tiny, extremely easy to conceal, and is designed to be very smooth cosmetically so it doesn't get caught on anything as you pull it out from concealment. it is flawless in what it was designed for.
it is also designed specifically for very close proximity shooting. yes, it CAN shoot slight distances fairly well once you really get used to it, but that's not its purpose. have you seen the movie Timeline with justin timberlake? if so, remember when he pulls a gun out from his ankle and shoots 1 dude straight up in the neck/jaw, and the 2nd in the head from like 3 feet away? THATS what an LCP is designed for and very good at. and I think it was actually an LCP he used in the movie too.
I will warn you, from what everyone else has told me and from my own personal experience; you will NOT like shooting 100+ rounds through the LCP at a time, it will hurt. I've done it a couple times, intentionally, to see if I'd adapt to it. and nope, still hurts lol. it is far from an ergonomically friendly gun.
P.S. my LCP is my daily carry choice, but mostly because I'm skinny, and carrying a mid or full sized pistol can be quite uncomfortable for me at times
P.P.S. point shooting the LCP in proximities the LCP was designed for should be fairly easy to adapt to, because the LCP was designed for very close proximities. accuracy from a distance is iffy at best even when fully bench-rested using the sights, so point shooting at these further distances is going to be equal or less accurate.
P.P.P.S. the LCP is NOT rated for +p rounds. for a gun to be approved, it has to pass a test of firing 1 single +p round at the factory. but that's only 1 round. shooting multiple +p rounds from an LCP, especially when fired in quick sequence, will almost guaranteed blow the barrel or crack the frame. the barrel in an LCP is quite thin, and polymer frames of all guns are known for cracking when using +p rounds. hell, I actually heard one time of a guy who used +p rounds at the range frequently and the slide blew right off the gun and shattered multiple bones in his face. not sure what gun this was though.
hope this helps at least a little