Arkansas Paul
Member
Like the title says, I usually don't bash brands. I've had some experience with brands like Hi Point and have found them to be quiet large and ugly, but very much serviceable.
However, this past Sunday evening, I was at my concealed carry class and we get out to the shooting part. Now this gentleman had sat across from me in class and seemed knowledgeable enough, so I was surprised when he pulled a Lorcin .380 from a case and proceeded to load it. Again, I'm not a basher.
Well, we are told to load six rounds and we're going to shoot them as a practice run so those of us who don't shoot often will shake off the rust and get rid of any nervousness. There are six of us on the line, and upon being given the command, we all fire until empty from 7 yds.
Well, all of us but the Lorcin guy. He fired once, cleared a jam, fired again, cleared another jam, fired the third time, and cleared the sixth round.
We fired three strings of six that afternoon, and he never one time fired two shots consecutively without a jam. I am not exaggerating. He didn't have a failure to fire at all, but it never reliably fed a single round. I don't know if it was his magazine, lack of lubrication, or just a $50 paperweight for a gun. He then confessed that the gun had not been out of the case for nearly three years. Me and the guy next to me casually spoke of how we hoped the poor guy wasn't going to be trusting his life to that weapon.
We went back inside and while we were being fingerprinted, the instructor very adamantly stressed reliability when choosing a concealed carry weapon.
Anyway, just thought I'd share my wonderful experience at my CHL class. It was fun overall. I'll tell you, there were four ladies, and two of them could shoot as well as any man there.
I was wondering if anyone else saw anything weird or funny regarding different weapons people brought to your CHL class?
However, this past Sunday evening, I was at my concealed carry class and we get out to the shooting part. Now this gentleman had sat across from me in class and seemed knowledgeable enough, so I was surprised when he pulled a Lorcin .380 from a case and proceeded to load it. Again, I'm not a basher.
Well, we are told to load six rounds and we're going to shoot them as a practice run so those of us who don't shoot often will shake off the rust and get rid of any nervousness. There are six of us on the line, and upon being given the command, we all fire until empty from 7 yds.
Well, all of us but the Lorcin guy. He fired once, cleared a jam, fired again, cleared another jam, fired the third time, and cleared the sixth round.
We fired three strings of six that afternoon, and he never one time fired two shots consecutively without a jam. I am not exaggerating. He didn't have a failure to fire at all, but it never reliably fed a single round. I don't know if it was his magazine, lack of lubrication, or just a $50 paperweight for a gun. He then confessed that the gun had not been out of the case for nearly three years. Me and the guy next to me casually spoke of how we hoped the poor guy wasn't going to be trusting his life to that weapon.
We went back inside and while we were being fingerprinted, the instructor very adamantly stressed reliability when choosing a concealed carry weapon.
Anyway, just thought I'd share my wonderful experience at my CHL class. It was fun overall. I'll tell you, there were four ladies, and two of them could shoot as well as any man there.
I was wondering if anyone else saw anything weird or funny regarding different weapons people brought to your CHL class?
