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My wife got to try a Ruger LCP2 .380 last week and really liked the size, weight and recoil from the caliber... especially after shooting my S&W .38, Colt .357 and a Glock 9mm. She started doing a lot of research on the LCP2, so I knew she was serious about getting one, which got me to looking at other option since I thought the LCP2 was a bit small for her to get a good grip on it... and I thought the recoil was just as much as the 9mm she shot from watching the hand reflex from the others in our group shooting both calibers. As I was looking for a place where we could shoot the LCP and one or two others in the same caliber together it was suggested that I look at the S&W .380 Shield EZ. So I started researching that one and watching YouTube videos and I had to agree that it looked like a good choice, plus it was reported easier to rack the slide.
After doing enough research to decide I wanted us to take a look at it, I started looking for one. Some of the local stores had the one with the thumb safety, but I didn't want that one. I wanted the version with out it... which it looked like most everyone else that bought them had the same idea as I couldn't find any at the places I checked locally and some of the online stores, although I did finally find it in a store in MN that had it in stock. I was just about ready to pull the trigger on getting it when I got a reply another thread here saying their gun store (Oregon Arms & Ammunition here in Hillsboro) had both flavors of the 380EZ, as well as the LCP2 and Glock 42 if we wanted to look at all of them together. My wife was out at one of her meetings so I ran by and took a look as it was only a few miles from where we live. I liked the feel of it and the slide action did feel a lot easier, so bought one and took it home. I figured either my wife would like it or we could still get the LCP2 (or something else) and I'd use this one.
When she got home and first saw it she thought it was going to be heavy like the 9mm Glock she had shot since it was bigger than the LCP2. She was surprised at how light it turned out to be when she picked it up. She went through the motions with it and was able to rack it ok. I think it will even get a little easier after we get it broke in. She liked the sights over the LCP2 as she could actually see them.
That was a complaint all of us had with the LCP2, the black sights got lost as we were shooting in the shadows of trees and it was hard to aim. The 2 white dots on the back sight and one white dot on the front sight really helps. The only area she had problems with was the slide release. She had to really push to get it to release. I also find it a bit stiff to depress but I'm hoping that it will get easier after breaking it in.
Now we just need to do some shooting with it to see how it does for her. We are both looking forward to that.
After doing enough research to decide I wanted us to take a look at it, I started looking for one. Some of the local stores had the one with the thumb safety, but I didn't want that one. I wanted the version with out it... which it looked like most everyone else that bought them had the same idea as I couldn't find any at the places I checked locally and some of the online stores, although I did finally find it in a store in MN that had it in stock. I was just about ready to pull the trigger on getting it when I got a reply another thread here saying their gun store (Oregon Arms & Ammunition here in Hillsboro) had both flavors of the 380EZ, as well as the LCP2 and Glock 42 if we wanted to look at all of them together. My wife was out at one of her meetings so I ran by and took a look as it was only a few miles from where we live. I liked the feel of it and the slide action did feel a lot easier, so bought one and took it home. I figured either my wife would like it or we could still get the LCP2 (or something else) and I'd use this one.
When she got home and first saw it she thought it was going to be heavy like the 9mm Glock she had shot since it was bigger than the LCP2. She was surprised at how light it turned out to be when she picked it up. She went through the motions with it and was able to rack it ok. I think it will even get a little easier after we get it broke in. She liked the sights over the LCP2 as she could actually see them.
That was a complaint all of us had with the LCP2, the black sights got lost as we were shooting in the shadows of trees and it was hard to aim. The 2 white dots on the back sight and one white dot on the front sight really helps. The only area she had problems with was the slide release. She had to really push to get it to release. I also find it a bit stiff to depress but I'm hoping that it will get easier after breaking it in.
Now we just need to do some shooting with it to see how it does for her. We are both looking forward to that.