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I learned a valuable lesson yesterday.. Never assume your concealed carry pistol is good to go.
I took my ARs up to my Dads house yesterday to sight in my new Vortex Spark AR, tested a few hand loads I've been working up... I perfected my mock m193 load(h335, #41s and bulk 55grn fmjbt....sub MOA with bulk hornady's), and put a couple hundred rounds through my carbine to confirm the reliability since my $20 trigger job... no malfunctions and all solid primer strikes so I'm satisfied there too. I also got dad to shoot an AR for the first time. The old man is a great shot for a 75yo with parkinson's.
I had a great time. It was a beautiful day to be outside.
HOWEVER... on a whim, I decided to bring along a box of .380 ammo to get a little trigger time on my LCP2... To date I have ~50-60 rounds through it without issue. It has been in my pocket every time I leave my house for the last 4 months. I love the gun. It's so small it disappeares in your pocket, yet it is still fun to shoot... not to mention quite accurate.
I was all packed up to go home when I dumped my bag and the box of .380 ammo fell out, reminding me to go through a few 7yard drills just for the sake of muscle memory... Boy am I glad I'm clumsy!
Every time I pulled the trigger the mag popped out... I tried 3 different mags, 3 different kinds of ammo(raided dad's ammo stash), and made sure I wasn't accidentally hitting the release. My dad has the exact same gun, so I tried my mags, the same ammo, and my natural grip with his to make sure. His functioned flawlessly in every case. My previously reliable LCP2 somehow developed an issue just by riding in my pocket the last few months!
It did give me a couple hints over the last couple months... Several times I noticed the mag had popped out sometime during the day when I took it out of my pocket, and twice came out all together in my jeep and ended up between the seat and console... Lucky it didn't happen somewhere in public. I'm guessing the release spring is weak. A little google research reveals that this mag drop problem is all too common, and something I hope Ruger is addressing. If you have an LCP2 be aware. It's still a great gun... best in its class IMO, but like any new design it's going to have bugs like this pop up. I saw nothing about this in my initial pre-purchase research, but It had only been out a couple months at that point. Needless to say, 3 hours later it was on its way back to Ruger. I hope they don't take too long with it. I have to carry my G17 full time until i gets back. While I appreciate having the extra fire power, it's a friggin brick.
Don't let my experience keep you from getting an LCP2. My luck is such that if 1/1000 has an issue, I'll be among the .1% that gets the lemon. Just be sure to shoot your CCP often, what ever it is... no matter how confident you are of it's reliability. Your life could depend on it.
I took my ARs up to my Dads house yesterday to sight in my new Vortex Spark AR, tested a few hand loads I've been working up... I perfected my mock m193 load(h335, #41s and bulk 55grn fmjbt....sub MOA with bulk hornady's), and put a couple hundred rounds through my carbine to confirm the reliability since my $20 trigger job... no malfunctions and all solid primer strikes so I'm satisfied there too. I also got dad to shoot an AR for the first time. The old man is a great shot for a 75yo with parkinson's.
I had a great time. It was a beautiful day to be outside.
HOWEVER... on a whim, I decided to bring along a box of .380 ammo to get a little trigger time on my LCP2... To date I have ~50-60 rounds through it without issue. It has been in my pocket every time I leave my house for the last 4 months. I love the gun. It's so small it disappeares in your pocket, yet it is still fun to shoot... not to mention quite accurate.
I was all packed up to go home when I dumped my bag and the box of .380 ammo fell out, reminding me to go through a few 7yard drills just for the sake of muscle memory... Boy am I glad I'm clumsy!
Every time I pulled the trigger the mag popped out... I tried 3 different mags, 3 different kinds of ammo(raided dad's ammo stash), and made sure I wasn't accidentally hitting the release. My dad has the exact same gun, so I tried my mags, the same ammo, and my natural grip with his to make sure. His functioned flawlessly in every case. My previously reliable LCP2 somehow developed an issue just by riding in my pocket the last few months!
It did give me a couple hints over the last couple months... Several times I noticed the mag had popped out sometime during the day when I took it out of my pocket, and twice came out all together in my jeep and ended up between the seat and console... Lucky it didn't happen somewhere in public. I'm guessing the release spring is weak. A little google research reveals that this mag drop problem is all too common, and something I hope Ruger is addressing. If you have an LCP2 be aware. It's still a great gun... best in its class IMO, but like any new design it's going to have bugs like this pop up. I saw nothing about this in my initial pre-purchase research, but It had only been out a couple months at that point. Needless to say, 3 hours later it was on its way back to Ruger. I hope they don't take too long with it. I have to carry my G17 full time until i gets back. While I appreciate having the extra fire power, it's a friggin brick.
Don't let my experience keep you from getting an LCP2. My luck is such that if 1/1000 has an issue, I'll be among the .1% that gets the lemon. Just be sure to shoot your CCP often, what ever it is... no matter how confident you are of it's reliability. Your life could depend on it.