I took my new Ms. LCP out to the range for our first date today and we had a great time together.
First I fed her 75 rounds of Remington UMC 95gr FMJ without as much as a burp … so I did some limp wrists to see what she’d think.
The first two went boom without a problem but the third one failed to feed so I tapped her on the rear of her slide and in it went … pulled the trigger … she said boom-yah.
So I finished the last 22 rounds of the 100 I had and she ate um all up without any problems. The one FTFeed was the only glitch I had, which I blame on the limp wrist not the gun. Or it being dirty at that point.
Then for desert … I fed her 15 rounds of Winchester 95gr Ranger T-Series I got last weekend at the gun show when I got her, they were $35.00 for a box of 50 rounds, and finished our first date off with 14 Hornady 90rg Critical Defense and she liked um all.
I am happy to report that our first date was a total success. The one FTFeed was the only glitch I had. Which like I said happened during a 3rd limp wrist in a row.
In closing:
1. Out of the box I cleaned her up, but all I had was gun-oil and didn’t have any grease to lube her sliding parts so after running the first 75 rounds she may have been a little sticky/dirty which could account for the limp wrist FTFeed? I’m getting some grease so I’ll try it again and see if that helps. I’m going to buff the feed ramp too so that might help a little bit?? Bass Pro only has Shooters Choice grease is that any good??? But that’s all I can find for now. I want to try some Militec-1 but haven’t found any yet. The one FTFeed was the only glitch I had. Which like said it could have been because of a dirty sticky slide leading to be needing a better-lubed issue???
2. She didn’t kick as much as I thought she would which is a good thing. Follow up shots weren’t as bad as I’ve heard they can be… even with the Winchester 95gr T-Series which I hear can be quite a wicked SDR, but I want to try some FNHC rounds something like a Buffalo Bore 100gr standard HCFN, or do you have any other FN suggestions??
3. I really couldn’t tell the difference in recoil between the Winchester T-Series and the Hornady 90rg Critical Defense, but the Winchesters did feel a bit more robust, but not by very much to speak off. Follow up shots were not a problem for me like I said with either one. And once I started getting used to the Point Of Impact … at 15+ft I had some first-time nice groups on paper.
4. Being our first time together I did notice a long trigger pull when I was thinking about it too much “Like ... when is this thing going to go boom?” But only when I was fully concentrating way too-too-tooooo much on the target. Other wise it didn’t seem to bother me much when I was just taking shots.
5. At 15+ ft I was able to keep all 129 rounds within a 7-inch circle, which IMHO I think isn’t too bad for my first time shooting it. Once I got used to the all but realism sights I was able to tighten up my groups a bit with only an 8 Inch flyer or two but I’ll relent to only 4 out of 129 round max.
6. Once I get used to the useless sights and put some pinkish nail polish on the front sight to brighten it up I think I’ll do better.
Which brings me to this question …
7. What about a Crimson Trace Laser?? I do have a steady hand so it shouldn’t flitter about too-too-toooo bad and if I do get one should I calibrate it at 15, 20, 25, or maybe 30ft out??
So over all I had fun with my new LCP and I didn’t have any problems running 129 round down range and I could have flung more rounds down range without any pain to my hand but my money tree isn’t in bloom right now and I wanted to have some of my expensive self defense ammo left to carry which I feel at this point ... I DO feel comfortable CC’ing it for self defense
but once I’m able to pick my next money-trees crop I’ll run some more ammo down range to get better acquainted with its useless sight picture. Now all I need is a nice IWB holster or what do you think of those attachable clips instead for IWB carry?? I can carry it in several pairs of my shorts in my pocket too but when I have to wear most of my pants I’ll need to do it IWB.
PS> I’m happy with the LCP … and it might be considered by some to be ONLY A .380acp BULLET to shoot a pestering furry-footed BG with but yeah … I wouldn’t want to take two or three of those to the chest!! And when I can dress appropriately and can accommodate it, I’ll have my G30 for personal protection but that’s for another thread posting.
PSS> A bit off subject BUT... You may not believe this but while I was at the range they had a new Ruger Superhawk Alaskan 2.5” .454casull for sale
what a sweet piece of work!! I put the darn thing in my shorts pocket and the guy behind the counter was as shocked as I was that it was very invisible!!!! Wish I had $975.00 because that is one for Ripely’s Believe It … Or Not !!! I kid you not I’m going to go back there to take a picture to prove it to you cuz I didn’t believe it myself. Now that’s one bodacious pocket-rocket EH !!!!
