My wife and alleged children gifted this to me yesterday along with 100 rounds of Winchester white box.

Ran to the range and shot six from the 3, 7, and 15.






I kinda dig this thing.



Dave

380, not the 9mm correct?

Correct.




Travis

Damn it. Ya'll are costing me way too much money.

I sure like my old one.

pocket friendly?

I've about shot all my 25ACP ammo, including my reloads, and I may end up retiring the heater...

Very pocket friendly. I may throw a clip on it, or not. Not sure. Came with a pocket holster too.

If I bump into one of those Beretta's in a .25 I'm going to grab it. My buddy has one and that is one accurate sumbitch.



Dave

Congrats. Nice gift. I like mine too, even if it's no fun to shoot more than a few mag fulls. Bangs my hand up.

Yeah a box of 50 will change a guy's perception on the .380... grin.

I guess these original LCP's are getting harder to keep on the shelf. They paid $199 out the door and supposedly that's the reason they are hard to find.



Dave

Planning on running hard cast through it, Flave?

I have a little ruger LC=9 commemorative for the city of prescott. I bought it basically for the bucking bronc on it, prescott city seal, statgecoach etc, and prescott is home town. Was at an event sat night, cookout in the desert, and wore it. I have lost enough weight i could use a belt on a pair of shorts/t shirt, and id worked fine, nobody knew i had it. Using a right handed don Hume iwb holster, stuck on my left side so butt was facing forward. Holster not really appropriate for a left hand guy. It is dinky and easy to conceal. but pretty easy to pack. Also fits in one of those cargo knee pockets pretty easy too.
definitely a place for those things.
as to the 380, i have more than one semiauto that holds 12rounds of .380, and they are pretty easy to hide too.
as in the savage 1907 among others. And all the 380 is is the 9mmkurtz, or 9mm short.

bought one of the little beretta popup barrel in .22lr a few years ago. We call it the "bra" gun, as it was bought for my wife at the time doing a lot of hiking in a tshirt and shorts in the phoenix desert. Which continues to have issues, the desert that is. Hard to conceal a weapon, but that little sucker fits in the center of a bra just fine. The idea was if needed to empty the darn thing into the face of an assailent, throw it at them, and run like hell. Probably ain't gonna catch you leaking all that blood.
I was at cabella's yesterday, they had a colt pocket 1908 in .25acp for sale. at about 700bucks. another little "stuff it in their nose" type of firearm. I have one a former state legislator in montana carried for years.

I don't think I have a mold.



Travis

I wouldn't want to catch a .25 caliber bullet with my neck. Grin.




Dave

You can’t really appreciate the capabilities of the LCP until you compare it to small pistols like this .22 caliber Beretta and Baby Browning .25 … they both weigh as much or more than the LCP.

They sold boatloads of them at the old 330.00 price and now they have dropped them to 199 and are selling them by the boatload again.... They really are decent little pocket guns, and the 380 is nothing to sneeze at.

I bought one of these a couple of months ago and my experience mirrors yours. I find that I have it in my pocket all the time. It shoots pretty nicely for what it is. Mine weighs 12.5 ounces in the pocket holster with 7 rounds on board.

I am starting to love this thing.

Some 7yd. Dot Torture. This was all two-handed shooting.



3yd. Two handed, strong, then weak.



This POS Blackhawk holster is great. I've been wearing it all week. Did a two mile run with it Thursday. Inside the chonies, behind center-line. No movement.

I carried one in my pocket as a BUG for nearly 15 years. It was always reliable and surprisingly accurate for such a small pistol. Only thing I didn't like about it was the small sights.

I finally traded mine for a Glock 42 last year. But I wouldn't hesitate to carry the LCP if that was the only pocket gun I had. There is a new version of the LCP 380 out now with bigger sights, and a front night sight. I'll probably buy one of those when I find one for a good price.

Here's the one with better trigger and front night sight. It's called the Custom Model

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/586769443

Did you mean like 8 years maybe? The LCP wasn't introduced till 2008.

In the spirit of preventing you from being disappointed before you buy one, the wider aluminum trigger may give the perception of being a "better" trigger pull but the trigger pull is the same for all models.

The front sight has luminescent paint on it not tritium, so you have to expose it to a strong light before it glows in the dark. It's not a "night sight" in truest sense.

The things shoot way better than they ought to...

Your are correct 41magfan. I forgot I had a Keltec 32 before I got my Ruger LCP 380.

I love mine.

I bought my daughter a Beretta Pico 380. Same type of gun. Reliable and easy to conceal.

I put a Lasermax red dot on mine and really improved shooting my LCP. It adds almost no weight, doesn't effect concealment, and allows me to shoot accurately from any position by just putting the dot on target and pulling the trigger. Easily flips on when needed using your index finger.

I shoot mine better with the sights than the laser; but the laser should allow me to shoot accurately in dim light.

Out and about with mine today.
Paid 200 for it, works fine.
Hits a bit low with that ARX stuff.
Heavier stuff loaded hot, the little gun has some snap.
The ARX ammo domesticates it.

Update:

Mine has been getting nasty over the past few months here in South Florida and getting to the range ain't as easy as it once was.

Two mags at seven yards and no hiccups. Scrubbed her down after this and back in the holster. Can't say enough good about these things.

3" circle. Strong hand, 7yds.

I have a P3AT. It also is surprisingly accurate.

But, it's hard as hell to shoot well.

Sights big enough to see would be a big help.

I wouldn't change a thing on this LCP.

been enjoying my "yellow contractor" very nice indeed.

What is the holster material?

Your LCP now looks like some I've seen after long confinement in ankle holsters. But as long as the barrel had a little oil on it, inside and outside, they always worked.

I've got (or had because my wife claimed it) an early LCP with the tiny sights and supposedly 'bad' trigger. Like you, I find it about perfect for a pocket gun. I figured if my slide ever rusted badly, I'd just rattle-can it with black engine paint.

That sticky schit. Don't know what they call them. Made by Blackhawk.

Yeah. I wear it inside the waistband so it sees a lot of sweat down here.

Plus I'm by the water a lot so that doesn't help. Nothing on the inside though.

Love my LCP. Early one but fine. Goes everywhere I go. Just wish the slide locked back on last shot.

With all due respect, it appears that it could benefit from the ministrations of a rattle can expert.

Are you blind?

I already painted it twice.

Then it needs another coat or three.

Agreed.

I'm on a budget.

Maybe next year.

I saw a video by some nutjob who lives up in Havre, MT, who said that Rust-Oleum goes on sale at least twice a year. His video has all kinds of valuable information.

He was probably drunk.

https://palmettostatearmory.com/ruger-lcp-380-acp-6rd-pistol-3701.html
One sale for $169.
May have to try one but love my G42.

I have loved the original LCP and also the LCP II for as long as I've used them and between family and friends I shoot several of them. Occasionally wish I had chosen the LCP over the Smith BG, and have sometimes thought about switching.

If doing it today the BG would not be considered, but I shoot it well enough that I will likely keep it forever.

Maybe...

Totally different guns. The Glock is a shooter, that can also sorta fit in the pocket, while the Ruger is a pocket .380 ACP that can sorta be shot a little.

What's the BG? Scratch that. You're referring to the Bodyguard.

I have been satisfied with mine.