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My little LCP is acting up

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wow6599

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Well, I'll get right to the point. LCP, not shot much.....but enough for the folks who think a gun needs to be broken in (probably 400 rds).

Saturday I had about 3 or 4 FTFeed, 1 stovepipe, 1 light strike, and the mag popped out about a half dozen times - all of this with about 48 rds fired.

The gun was clean, rails nice and lubed, barrel hood oiled, etc. I normally just fire a mag through it every month, break it down and clean it, and continue to carry. Now, It's in trouble and is sitting in the corner of my safe.......maybe forever. The Ironic thing is, I went to look for a new pocket gun before this all happened (a PM9 to be exact), but didn't like the way it felt in my hand, nor did I want to spend $650 for a plastic pocket gun............I held a BHP before the PM9, so it wasn't a fair contest.

I already spent my quarterly gun money (wifey gets mad as hell if I go over!) on the BHP, so what to do. I'm thinking of having Ruger fix the LCP and selling it.
Anybody else have a LCP go south after a short time?
 
sometimes they slip through the cracks.... send it to ruger, have them fix it, then put it through its paces again to regain confidence in it...
 
Yikes, only takes one range trip to ruin your confidence in a weapon you trust your life to.
 
Yikes, only takes one range trip to ruin your confidence in a weapon you trust your life to.
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That is as true as the day is long. The only good thing was my wife was with me and witnessed all of this going on as she ran about 100 flawless rds through her Bersa Thunder.
So maybe, just maybe, I can convince her I need 2 guns this quarter. S&W Bodyguard in .380?
 
Unless you can determine it's the ammo at fault, contact Ruger and they will take care of it. I had to have mine fixed by them (basically an entire new upper) and it's been 100% since. Frame has in excess of 2000 rounds on it. Upper 700+ with no issues. I've lost count.

best of luck
 
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That is as true as the day is long. The only good thing was my wife was with me and witnessed all of this going on as she ran about 100 flawless rds through her Bersa Thunder.
So maybe, just maybe, I can convince her I need 2 guns this quarter. S&W Bodyguard in .380?
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I vote use any excuse and go for the second gun! :evil:
 
Not sure I trust 'em just yet
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IME, their problems are straightened out and they are functioning very well. Take one for a test run at a range if you have a chance just to see if its something worth looking into ;)
 
FWIW, I trust and love MY P238. I realize some people have had trouble with theirs, though I believe most of the bugs have been worked out.
 
Nuthin' worse than a gun or a woman you can't trust. I'd send it back to Ruger for sure. The LCP is an excellent, reliable firearm.

And get rid of the woman.
 
Sorry about your LCP. My hunch is that Ruger will return it to 100% functionality in short order. It's a highly reliable pistol.
 
Where do you send the "Woman"?

If you send the LCP back to Ruger if it is not trustworthy where do you send the "Woman"? Sorry a meager attempt at humor!
 
"Saturday I had about 3 or 4 FTFeed, 1 stovepipe, 1 light strike, and the mag popped out about a half dozen times - all of this with about 48 rds fired."

Were the FTF's happinging when the mag would pop out slightly? I had this same problem and i noticed that if i accidently hit the mag release, the round would FTF, but the mag would not actually fall out until after I realized i had an FTF.

Although I cant explain the light strike.
 
Call Ruger.
When I got mine, I was concerned as the bullets were all being hit on the very edge of every single primer, to the point of my wondering how they could even fire, but they did! I took about a year, thinking about it, should I send it in, yes, no, maybe?????

Finally, I emailed several high resolution pictures of the dented primers to Ruger Customer Service and the guy said "that is not right, you should not have to live with that, give me your address and I will get an entirely new upper slide assembly mailed to you!"

I had it the next morning! They didn't take a credit card or anything, I just told him I would mail him back the original complete slide unit, and I did!

Now, I am happy as a clam as the thing fires right in the center like it should and I didn't even need to send it anywhere and wait!

I agree with others, it could be how you are holding it, especially if you have inadvertanly hit the magazine ejector button while firing it - that in itself would most likely cause the problems you mentioned!

If you do not have the bottom magazine extensions, I would highly recommend them. They add about half the width of a finger to the length, making the gun easier to hold on to.

Also, if you are shooting +P loads, that may be a problem, I load my own and they are a bit calmer than factory loads (not much, just a bit).
 
Are you sure you're not accidentally pressing the mag release? It's fairly easy to do on an LCP.
 
I wouldn't give up on it yet.

First: clean it again and don't lube it. It's possible the lube was attracting dirt. Use the same ammo, if you can.

If that doesn't work, try different ammo.

If that doesn't work, call Ruger.

I think I'd rather have a working LCP than a S&W Bodyguard 380, if I were looking for an ultra-compact pistol.

I have a Bersa, like your wife. Great gun. Often overlooked because they're not famous, not American or German or Czech, and not expensive. But they're accurate, comfortable, and reliable.
 
I'd ship it back to Ruger, my LCP has been faultless with various brands of ammo, round nose, flat nose and jacketed hollowpoints. I've been loading Hornady and Berry's Bullets with Power Pistol powder for it at various powder loads and it still functions as it's supposed to. There's no reason an LCP shouldn't be reliable.
 
I just had a thought.
If this gun is one of the first-generation LCP's there were some changes. If you go to the Ruger site, you can put in your serial number and see if your gun was changed or whether it needs to be.

I have a first-generation that did have the modifications by the factory, the indicator that this work was performed is a small diamond, stamped in the top of the composite grip, just behind the hammer. You may need a bright light or flashlight to see it, mine is kind of hard to see under normal lighting but easy to see with a flashlight!

Go here, to identify your gun:
http://www.ruger.com/LCPRecall/
 
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