I have an LCP, it was "recalled," which had nothing to do with issues of feeding. It was a trigger/hammer issue where some individuals early on shot their bedroom floor fiddling around with it half asleep. Ruger went overboard to keep the Darwin candidates from being nominated.
I will ask the question that is the elephant in the room - if you can't find ammo that works in the gun, why carry it? .380 is notoriously hard to find, the recent expansion of CCW models just made things worse. Not shooting and testing it with FMJ isn't a requirement, but shooting it with a variety of ammo to discover which is the most reliable should be a top priority. Ammo and magazines are the first two causes of malfunctions.
It's one reason I'm selling my LCP, among others. I can find 9mm, but looking over the shelves and online, .380 has consistently been a problem child since I got one. It's also inordinately expensive, too, another strike against it.
In this case ordering a variety of ammo - enough to test it's reliability - is in order, and then shooting the gun until you verify what ammo won't work in it, or if it's gun or shooter. Quite a few guns are on the market now that won't shoot just any cheap junk fed to them - some are restricted to functioning with the makers suggested load and that one only. Part of the issue is that there is ammo out there that is made simply to sell cheap - it is constantly referred to in some circles as test ammo meant to discover what is the minimum standard the gun will accept. Not functioning with it isn't a major line in the sand to me - it would be like expecting a $1 jug pocketknife from a gas station to retain an edge for it's lifetime. Pure fantasy.
Give it more ammo and shooting time, this LCP hasn't really exhibited much more pickiness that the average $1,200 1911. Shooting it is a better cure than just shipping it back and forth with no specific issue to point to in the gun.
I will ask the question that is the elephant in the room - if you can't find ammo that works in the gun, why carry it? .380 is notoriously hard to find, the recent expansion of CCW models just made things worse. Not shooting and testing it with FMJ isn't a requirement, but shooting it with a variety of ammo to discover which is the most reliable should be a top priority. Ammo and magazines are the first two causes of malfunctions.
It's one reason I'm selling my LCP, among others. I can find 9mm, but looking over the shelves and online, .380 has consistently been a problem child since I got one. It's also inordinately expensive, too, another strike against it.
In this case ordering a variety of ammo - enough to test it's reliability - is in order, and then shooting the gun until you verify what ammo won't work in it, or if it's gun or shooter. Quite a few guns are on the market now that won't shoot just any cheap junk fed to them - some are restricted to functioning with the makers suggested load and that one only. Part of the issue is that there is ammo out there that is made simply to sell cheap - it is constantly referred to in some circles as test ammo meant to discover what is the minimum standard the gun will accept. Not functioning with it isn't a major line in the sand to me - it would be like expecting a $1 jug pocketknife from a gas station to retain an edge for it's lifetime. Pure fantasy.
Give it more ammo and shooting time, this LCP hasn't really exhibited much more pickiness that the average $1,200 1911. Shooting it is a better cure than just shipping it back and forth with no specific issue to point to in the gun.
