I've been looking for a new LCP that has the "new and improved and fixed" serial number series beginning with "371..." (the recalls are all "370... series numbers), but any store I've asked at are totally out of stock.
The stores that had any of the "370's" have all sent them back to Ruger rather than sell them to the public. These will all be reworked and a delta symbol will be stamped on them to indicate that they have been modified to the new standards.
I don't even think that Ruger is shipping the new ones yet.
My conjecture is that since there are over 80,000 LCP's affected by the recall, that Ruger is diverting their production staff to all the repairs before building the new pistols.
Even then, lot's of the 370's that were new but returned by dealers will be available for sale as new again, so I don't see many of the 371's showing up until those are all gone.
I waited to see how the LCP would perform, and my wait was rewarded by not having to be a test mule for a new pistol.
But now with 80,000 pistols in play, and the very few glitches found and being worked out, I'm just going to patiently wait for a few months until all you who have one on backorder get yours and I can walk into an Academy and just buy one.
I don't really need one since I have an R9S Stealth for pocket carry, but I just want an LCP since I have all this .380 ammo to use up.