Jim NE
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Tried the LeHigh Defense Xtreme Penetrator in my Ruger LCP original the other day and it cycled fine. Only shot twenty rounds. It's pretty expensive.
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Tried the LeHigh Defense Xtreme Penetrator in my Ruger LCP original the other day and it cycled fine. Only shot twenty rounds. It's pretty expensive.
Jeb Stuart
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Just curious, what pistol did you use? Not saying it was the Pistol. Also did it later fire on a second strike? I am a avid pocketgunner, and fortunately for me, the gun I have chosen out of a number of them, has "double strike capability", something I believe all pockets guns should have.
Hate to see that, Hornady Critical Defense FTX is a great ammo. He performs well, has a lower felt recoil and very good accuracy. I see so much of HST, however I do not use it as I just do not get the accuracy I want out of my pocket guns.
Armored farmer
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It was my LCP.
After sufficient time had lapsed for a hang fire, I inspected the primer which I felt had a decent firing pin strike. I then chambered it again and struck it the second time. Again, no bang!
I took the picture and threw the cartridge as far as possible into the cornfield.
Jeb Stuart
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I had a feeling it was a LCP. This has happened before with them. It is alway's more noticeable with Hornady CD. I would recommend you look at all your brass casing to see if the firing pin is striking center. When you shot the misfire again, did the pin hit center? I would keep a good eye out for this, maybe shoot another box of ammo. I know of this happening before. Firing pin not hitting center and the owners sent the slide back to Ruger. Just a suggestion.
Armored farmer
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Okay
That sounds reasonable. I shoot my lcp quite often. Not because it is my favorite, far from it. I shoot it often because I need constant verification that the lcp is worthy of edc.
I had one other failure with the lcp. It went off but failed to cycle the action. That was with Sig's new Defensive Hollow points.
Ironicaintit
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Next time, take it apart to see if it was missing an anvil or priming compound or something like that
Armored farmer
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Yeah, I should have, in hindsight, to prove that it wasn't the fault of my lcp......but, depriming hot primers is not a great habit to get into.
Jeb Stuart
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Armored farmer
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Hmm mm
Now I have another reason to shoot my lcp. To check my primer strikes.
Thanks for the heads-up........ First I heard of it.
Jeb Stuart
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Farmer, did you have a chance to look at all the Pics from the link? Especially the pics of the Firing pin alignment, center or off center? The OP did a very good job with the Pics. I have owned 4 lcp's, (no longer shoot them). I did however check out the one I do own and the firing pin was perfectly aligned.
If it is correctly aligned then maybe a call to Hornady would be worth it. Some say their Ammo has hard primers. I know a pocket gun shooter that had problems with their training ammo and discovered big discrepancies with the Over all length in some of the ammo. I have a feeling in you case, it was the ammo and not the gun. I would call Hornady and report it. Ask if hard primer strikes have been reported.
In training ammo not such a big deal, but a Defense load is not acceptable.
By the way, you mentioned you shoot your LCP often but not your favorite. Might want to think about a Pico down the line. Very MILD shooter and a pocket gun that is fun to shoot. I enjoy shooting pocket guns and it is my favorite. JMO.
Armored farmer
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I read the entire link, but the pics wouldn't load.
Very interesting information.
I hadn't heard of the issues until this thread.
I trust my lcp to the point of leaving my .45 at home on our frequent road trips. However, I must find out about my gun. Maybe shoot some this evening.
I may have said that I "didn't like" shooting my lcp. That's not really true. What I do like is that it isn't my favorite gun.... but more a tool to use (something CraigC enlightened me to). If it ends up at the bottom of a river, then no tears will be shed.
These.......
...are what I like to shoot
Jeb Stuart
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Farmer,Love your gun collection. Looks like you have a perfect range. Envy you!
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