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Originally Posted by Burnin' oil
Here's my little .380. I swear I can't even hit the ground with the thing. It's too small in my hand. I don't enjoy shooting it at all. Plus, I think it's a piece of junk.
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Well i'll give you a review of my LCP after i shoot it. I'm expecting great things. Since the early recall gun issues they seem to be totally solid. I can already tell you it has a very nice little trigger pull, even right out of the box (the heart of any spoon is it's trigger pull IMO). I'll be definitely taking it to my gunsmith for a good polishing though. I bet it will be exquisite afterwards.
The LCP is built really, really solid. It's basically a Kel Tec P-3AT clone, but a beefed up one. Honestly the Ruger is what Kel Tec should have built to begin with. The ruggedness is exactly what one expects from a Ruger.
I am sure i am going to be tickled pink with it, as i have been with every other Ruger product i have ever owned. (2x mini-14's, a 10/22 bull barrel, a Police Service Six .357 magnum, a SP-101 .357 magnum and an 8 3/8" Blackhawk .44 magnum. My cousins old P-85 9mm was also 100% dead balls reliable as well)
With the CT laser, a +1 mag kit (as much for the enhanced grip it affords as the extra round it offers), a good trigger job, and Cor Bon DPX ammo (10.75" penetration and .65" caliber expansion!) this should be a pistol that is
far more capable than it's tiny size would ever lead one to dream of. Cor Bon DPX performance appears to be so good that you're basically carrying an 8 shot standard pressure 9mm when you slip an LCP into your pocket.
Far from being a last ditch defensive tool an LCP so equipped promises to be a viable primary sidearm for almost anyone but a uniformed cop or soldier.
We have finally come to an age where modern technology has merged targeting systems, spoons and ammo to make some truly remarkable and effective weapons systems in even the tiniest of packages.
If you offered a fellow an LCP with CT laser, +1 mag kit and Cor Bon DPX vs. a
circa 1945 US GI M1911A1 with military ball ammo (230gr @ 830fps, 330fpe) as a personal defense weapon, i honestly think that one can say the LCP would be a clearly superior choice in pretty much every way.
LCP and a modern customized 1911