We all hope and pray that we are never forced into that situation, but if you are going to carry, you must acknowledge the possibility. With that understanding, any gun you conceal carry must be reliable. You can expect that LCP II to reliably perform when you need it with the caveat that you are performing the proper care and maintenance on the gun. I always look forward to this part of the process of vetting a new concealed carry pistol. It means I get to go to the range and expend rounds.
What a job! This is basically a shortened 9mm round that is loaded with a standard 9mm bullet. The most popular bullet weight seems to be 90 grains and can be found in everything from wadcutters to high-end police-style self-defense rounds. Most of the factory loads will clock at around 1, feet per second leaving the muzzle. Anything shooting the. The velocity falls off fast, and the accuracy is always going to be a question. This is a close-quarters pistol.
Now, on to the range. My testing is probably not scientific, but it tells me what I want to know about a pistol. I am looking at three things when I range test a gun. Typically, I load up my range bag with an assortment of bullets for the gun in question. This always includes some factory loads of different styles, some of my reloads, and an assortment of whatever leftover ammo I have on hand. This gives me a range of ammo to test the gun. My reliability test is easy to understand.
For the most part, the reliability of a pistol to feed various types of ammo is a function of its design. The feed ramp angle, slide operation, pickup operation, and ejector design all contribute to the reliability of a gun to function with different ammo and loads.
The test pistol is well maintained and has been shot enough to make me confident that it is broken in properly. During my testing, I shot almost rounds. The testing broke down as:. At 7 yards, I was able to keep all the shots in the nine ring on a standard silhouette target.
I moved back to 15 yards and things got a little worse, but I still managed to keep all but two of three rounds in the eight ring. All in all, the LCP at short distances will put rounds consistently on target.
This is my made-up word of the day. The firearm must end the threat quickly and effectively. To be honest, the. In a perfect situation, the gun I deploy in self-defense will end the threat with one shot. Search Advanced search…. New posts. Search forums. Log in. Contact us. Close Menu. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
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Oct 4, 19, Gunz are icky. Mine is. I ordered a spring replacement kit for Galloway Precision. Will swap out when it arrives. Jul 1, 6, That place east of Waco The pistol lacks certain features required for sale in California or Massachusetts. Weighing just 9. The pistol has a glass-filled nylon frame, a two-finger grip, and a through-hardened blued steel slide. The main differences are the Glock style extractor and the incorporation of an external slide stop. It is possible to tell if there is a round chambered by looking at the "view hole" next to the extractor.
In , a seven-round extended magazine was released for the LCP. In April , Texas Governor Rick Perry brought further spotlight to the weapon when he used it to shoot a coyote that was menacing him and his daughter's Labrador retriever during a morning jog near Austin. Perry is licensed to carry a concealed weapon, and Texas law allows the use of deadly force against any predator that places the gun owner or his or her property in imminent danger.
Neither Perry nor his dog were injured, and the governor left the dead coyote where it fell, stating that "he became mulch".
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