Today on April 2nd I went to the range with my Ruger LCP. I purchased it on March 31st and the gun was test fired on March 19th in Prescott, AZ.
50 rounds of Remington UMC FMJ
50 rounds of Fiocchi FMJ
No JHP tested since the only I had were in my carry gun
Impressions
-Gun shoots softer than the P3AT.
-Accuracy not really relevant, but was able to hit a body silhouette at 25 yards in rapid succession. The gun shines at 15 feet.
-Easier to shoot one handed than two handed due to small size.
-The large extractor works great
Problems
The gun does not like to feed the last round in the magazine. This happened twice on the second to last round. This was with both ammo brands. Shooting "limp" wristed or firmly didn't affect the frequency.
After cleaning and inspection I noticed some machining problems.
-The feed ramp isn't completely smooth and quite uneven.
-The machining on one side of the chamber is uneven. Looks like a dull bit was used.
-The rear of the slide where the hammer passes up and down is uneven on the left side.
-The center rib of the slide that re-cocks the single strike hammer is too wide. It looks like poor machining and it actually impacts the frame which is now dented from the 100 impacts
-The hammer sits angled to the left rather than straight up and down. This has scrapped and "cut" into the channel on the slide for the hammer. Pieces of metal were found in the channel.
There are a few more problems like this and I am somewhat amazed. I called Ruger in Prescott, AZ today during office hours, but they didn't pick up so I left a message and return phone number.
I will keep this thread updated.
50 rounds of Remington UMC FMJ
50 rounds of Fiocchi FMJ
No JHP tested since the only I had were in my carry gun
Impressions
-Gun shoots softer than the P3AT.
-Accuracy not really relevant, but was able to hit a body silhouette at 25 yards in rapid succession. The gun shines at 15 feet.
-Easier to shoot one handed than two handed due to small size.
-The large extractor works great
Problems
The gun does not like to feed the last round in the magazine. This happened twice on the second to last round. This was with both ammo brands. Shooting "limp" wristed or firmly didn't affect the frequency.
After cleaning and inspection I noticed some machining problems.
-The feed ramp isn't completely smooth and quite uneven.
-The machining on one side of the chamber is uneven. Looks like a dull bit was used.
-The rear of the slide where the hammer passes up and down is uneven on the left side.
-The center rib of the slide that re-cocks the single strike hammer is too wide. It looks like poor machining and it actually impacts the frame which is now dented from the 100 impacts
-The hammer sits angled to the left rather than straight up and down. This has scrapped and "cut" into the channel on the slide for the hammer. Pieces of metal were found in the channel.
There are a few more problems like this and I am somewhat amazed. I called Ruger in Prescott, AZ today during office hours, but they didn't pick up so I left a message and return phone number.
I will keep this thread updated.