I saw one at my local West Virginia gas station/ grocery store/ Post Office/ hardware store/ restaurant/ gun shop at a very reasonable price that I may be able to afford.
Does anybody here have any experience with one?

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Yes. True double action like a DAO revolver. Long pull. Think of it as a square, 10-round 9mm revolver. I was minute of bad guy at seven yards with the one belonging to my wife's buddy.

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I have one. LVSteve's description is correct. DOA, long pull, feels like a DA revolver. Not target accurate, but more than adequate for SD. This pic is with an Armalaser TR10, and I put Slide Spider grip tape over the slide cuts to help my chambering of the first round. The sights are a little hard to see, but a few drops of appliance white paint in the circles on the sights was all it needed.

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I fired one. My girlfriend at that timed owned one. I only fired one mag at the range. I don't recall anything being wrong with it other than it hurting my hand to shoot, and I'm not recoil sensitive or anything. It must just be the egros didn't jive with my hand. I haven't heard anyone else complain, so there's that. I heard SCCY had good CS last I looked into them 5 to 6 years ago, but I am not sure of that's still true or not.

The revolver like trigger pull is what attracted it to me. I'm a revolver shooter from way back and my carry snubby is a dao 442.

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They are light, and thus a little snappy to shoot. But if you are ok with the long DAO trigger, they are great. Mine was reliable, no issues.

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I got mine out of the safe to look at it, and realized I haven't shot it in a long while. Got a range day scheduled for next week, think I'm going to take my 9's - SCCY included.

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One of the best warranties around. No questions asked. No matter whether you are the first owner of the tenth.

I originally purchased a used SKY pistol. I paid very little for it. I got it home and was having difficulty with it having feeding issues. I suspected it was the magazine causing the issue. Since the pistol came with only one magazine, I contacted SCCY looking to order a new magazine. I explained the issue and they informed me there were a lot of issues with the original pistols and wanted to eliminate them from circulation. I was told to return he pistol and they would replace it with a new CPX-2 of my choice.

The new one has been a very reliable pistol.

For another $100 you can get a shield and not have to worry about a ridiculously long heavy trigger pull and only being able to hit a barn at short distances.

I'll never understand why people even consider sub standard tools that you use to save your life just because they are cheap.

Maybe I'm the only person that thinks my families or my own life is worth more than $250.00.

The CPX-2 is a run out model. They are under $200 in many places. Where I live you are not getting a new Shield for the $350 you imply. Any "name" product in Vegas starts at $400. Yes, they even try to sell the Ruger Security 9 at that price here.

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Shields were $250 not too long ago.

We revolver freaks value DAO triggers because we don’t want to shoot unintentionally under stress, with a short light trigger.

I saw a used shield at a gun show last weekend for $275.
If your or your families life is only worth $200, I'm sorry to hear that.

If I lived in a expensive area I would have to change priorities, stop something (coffee, cigarettes, etc) long enough to buy a decent self defense tool.

I shoot often and I promise you I've never seen anybody be at the top of a class or win competitions with one of these guns, care to guess why that is?

A few years ago I picked one up for $129 after rebate. I've got almost 2000 rds thru it and not a single problem. I've only shot 115 FMJ it thru it, nothing hot. It rides in my farm truck and does the job what I bought it for.

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I've looked at the shield. The grip's too small for my extra large hand. One complaint I've heard about the SCCY CPX-2 was that it had a large grip.

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Yup, I'm used to a double action revolver trigger pull.

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Now you mention it, I remember now. Sadly, I think that well is dry now, along with the one that coughed up my Walther PPS M2 for $269.

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The long DA type trigger pull is only an issue for those who have poor trigger control and rely of the trigger to mask their short comings. I own a lot of firearms including the M&P Shield, and I choose EDC a Kahr K40 and a 686+ regularly.

A new Shield is going to be in the $350 range new. You can get a used Shield somewhere online if you look hard enough, but after shipping and transfer, it's going to be around $350.

Last, have you seen and heard the stories of S&W quality control and customer service issues? My Shield 45 had its RSA bust apart when it was brand new after only a few mags through it. S&W did send a new one free of charge. Then there's my Shield Plus. It's been problematic out of the box with QC problems, too. I refuse to carry it. I'll send it on to S&W sooner or later, but it's been out of sight and mind. I haven't heard about a lot of issues with SCCY, and they seem just as capable and reliable for self-defense purposes as other options.

There are several other guns that are way better than the sccy.
I only used a shield as an example because this is a s&w board.

I still have a KelTec P11, which I believe is what that one is based on. It has been reliable and accurate with any ammo I have put in it. The long DAO trigger is not a issue with any of us that are well used to revolvers.

Reliability and accuracy are much more important to me than the price I pay for a gun. I certainly would carry this one if I had a AIWB holster for it, and I would lose no sleep if I had to use it and the police kept it after.

What makes them better? Because they cost more and you personally do not like DAO triggers?

I had one for a while. It worked fine, DAO was okay, and it was snappy for sure. I warmed up to other things so I sold it.

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I'd lay a $100 bill that you can't shoot a sccy the same as your kahr? At 25 yards, please post a video of multiple hits on a 3" target using the sccy and I'll send you a check. I see hits on plates that size with a 43x and shield at that distance all the time.

How many classes or competitions have you seen a sccy at the hands of the top shooter?
I've seen shields, g43, kahr, etc, I've never seen a sccy.

BTW, I have nerve damage in my hands so park the you suck if you can't shoot a terrible trigger nonsense.

If you actually shoot you would know MOST gun owners rarely shoot, add a long, heavy trigger and the situation gets worse.
Add physical limitations like arthritis, nerve issues, etc and a percentage of the population can't use long, heavy triggers.

Since you shoot a kahr, is there a point to your posts other than to just argue?

ETA: I'm done with you on this topic, have a great day.

I happen to have some high quality firearms such as the Sig P210 Target, Manurhin MR73, a number of S&W's that were some of the best ever built and a few others.

I do know the difference between quality and cheap. Do you know of what you speak? The pistol in question here maybe inexpensive compared to others, but that in of itself does not make it a subquality tool. I have shot it enough on my own range to know that if I do my part, the SCCY will do its part. Typical firearms I carry the most are S&W Model 66-2 with a 2 & 1/2" barrel, a S&W Pre-Model 27 with a 3 &12" barrel, I also have a preference for a Sig P-220 and a Beretta 96 as frequent pistols for carry. Along with carrying in my wheel vehicles, I also spend a lot of time in one of my two boats on the lake I live on.

I don't own a SCCY, but from what I hear, it's a reliable pistol. I'm sure the pistol and myself are more than capable of getting good hits on target at 25 yards. Seems like you are projecting because you struggle with long DAO trigger pulls.

What's that have to do with the price of tea in China or whether SCCY is a reliable firearm or not? SCCY, like a lot of guns, isn't geared towards competition shooting and doesn't have a lot of aftermarket support to lower the recoil spring weight and trigger weight. In any event, all I care about is quality, safety, reliability, customer service issues, and not who uses what for competition purposes.

You have a handicap/medical condition, so you personally don't have hand strength. Why bash SCCY and all DAO triggers from everyone else because of your shortcomings? That's akin to someone with arthritis bashing all semiautos in favor of revolvers because he personally lacks hand strength to rack the slide.

This forum and others are filled with thousands of older men and even women as old as in their 80s that I know of who still primary carry and shoot revolvers and even DA/SA pistols without issue. The OP states nothing about having any physical limitations, so why is that even being mentioned and brought up?

The OP, aka the one who inquired about SCCY, isn't most gun owners, has been on this forum for over a decade, and has over 28k post. His screen name is literally "snubbyfan." He stated out of his own mouth that he's a "revolver shooter from way back and [his] carry snubby is a dao 442." Clearly he can handle the trigger.

To your last point, I've been to gun ranges on many occasions where someone who doesn't shoot guns much were a terrible shot with DAO and striker-fired triggers. I'm in the next booth over to some of these shooters. I'd say that someone who doesn't train or know much about guns would be safer and better off with a heavy and long trigger versus a light trigger. If we take a look at what type of firearms are involved with negligent discharges and shootings, it's almost ALWAYS a pistol with a light trigger and short pull. Other than that, based on what I seen, I doubt most of these people would get good hits on target at 25 yards under stress with either trigger type.

I have a CPX-1. The main difference from the later versions is that the -1 also has an ambidextrous manual safety lever which disconnects the trigger. Later versions do not. It is without a doubt the safest semiauto pistol made against accidental/unexpected discharge given the long heavy DAO trigger, the manual safety, and the drop safety. As others have observed, the main issue is the long and heavy DAO trigger pull. But you get used to that fairly quickly. It is definitely not a target pistol but OK for SD at close range. And that is what it was designed for. I keep several smaller handguns secreted around my home so I am always within a few steps of one if needed. The CPX-1 is my sun porch gun. I have read some harsh reviews of the SCCY pistols, but I have personally experienced no problems with mine. Not the best, not the worst, but the price is right.

I have a couple of the 380acp versions (sans safety), a CPX-2RD with a Riton red dot & a DVG-1...

All were purchased "On $ale" (a couple were actually well under $200) and have proven to be very reliable and unusually accurate for so-called "value firearms".

The SCCY warranty and customer service is among the best in the industry: I needed a replacement for a broken firing pin (worn out after a couple thousand rounds) and one was in the mail within 48 hours.

The striker-fired DVG-1 has an excellent trigger: an available SS slide assembly with an RMSc optic cut and GLOCK 43 sights compatibility costs $89.

Cheers!

P.S. A comparison (with an overlay) with a G26 on the HandgunHero site is an eyeopener, IMHO.

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Well, as a 75 yr old, previously biased revolver shooter who spent several years searching for the “right” DAO pistol, I’ll put in a vote of highly in favor of the SCCY CPX-… series. I bought the CPX-1 with the red dot as a cheap experiment to see if the red dot would help with my old eyes. It did, but the real surprise was the customer service response. Best I ever encountered. (S&W, Charter, Ruger, SIG included). Quick, friendly, and very competent. The mag release came loose after about 300+ rounds. Tthey had a new spring and two new mags in my hands by 10 the next morning. I called about 3:30 their time from central ill. That just doesn’t happen…. The mags were their insistence after discussion of a few intermittent feed problems with hp ammo. They initiated that discussion. They stated that if the feeding wasn’t 100% I was to return the pistol for replacement! Only change I’d recommend is to buy the CPX-2, the safety can be a real irritant to your thumb knuckle when rapid firing this light weight with defensive ammo.

Is it owned/run by Sam Drucker?

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@snubbyfan
Noticed that the forum's Similar Threads has five SCCY threads going back to 2010. Good reviews in all. One even mentioned you might be a possible holster maker for one member who bought one.

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I have two of them. Bought a second on sale last year. Never let me down. Great customer service. Had some trouble with a magazine a while ago and they replaced it immediately and didn't even want the old one back. Newer gun's trigger seems a little lighter and smoother but still nice, normal DAO feel. Reliable and safe, a very good buy.

I had been thinking about buying one of these as a carry gun on my morning walks. This thread sold me.

I got one cheap from PSA that was with a loaded AR15 lower.
I am not a.trigger snob but that pistol would sting you trigger finger really bad. My finger hurt after a few rounds. It functioned good for me and with 12+1 if I remember correctly it was a good cheap little pistol other than the trigger. I have.way to many pistols and when something came up at a local gun store I traded it.

Just saw some on Base.
Low as $225. Ask the clerk about them, he replies he has one!
Says his is reliable but Trigger Pull is heavy!

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How many lb is the trigger pull?

Around 9-10 lbs. At least that is what mine is, but there are spring kits available that are said to lower it somewhat. There are several aftermarket parts kits available to "improve" the SCCY, but I have not tried any of them.

BX Sporting Goods Clerk SCCY Shooter said 12 Pound trigger pull.
Don’t know if that was measured or estimated.
I estimated 25 on my Walther PPK/S.
That could be slight exaggeration!

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I looked it up after posting. It's listed at 9lb. That doesn't sound too heavy for a DAO trigger if that's the case. That's less than most out the box revolver triggers. 12lb is on the heavier side though.

FYI: The DA pull weight on the HK P30 and USP are listed at around 11lb. The Beretta 92 DA pull is around 11lb. The DA pull weight on CZ 75 variants (not including their competition guns) are around 9-11lb. The CPX-2 sounds like it has a standard DA pull weight that's in line with other DA and DA/SA handguns.

I will clarify that in my SCCY I have used only standard 9mm FMJ factory loads, not +P or anything like that. So I can't say anything about what hot loadings might do to it or perform in it, and I don't plan to find out. Standard loads are my preference in most every handgun I own.

I probably already have a pattern that'd fit.

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Lots of SCCY holsters on the famous online auction site, at least the last time I looked. I do not need a holster for mine, I already have one which fits well enough, and I don't use it anyway.

I've owned a couple of them over the years and a kel-Tec P-11 before that. Other than a fair recoil, I don't recall anything bad about them. The Kel-Tec I remember jammed a time or two with "range reloads" but with factory ammo, it just chugged along. I don't remember the SCCY's jamming at all. One of the SCCY's did have a problem with the slide not locking back when empty. I either called or emailed, I forget which, to order another mag. They told me to keep that "bad" one for practice, and sent me two new ones.

I eventually traded/sold them off, as I do a lot of guns I try, but there was nothing at all wrong with them. But then what do I know? I carry a Taurus revolver.

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I'm late to the party, but have a CPX2 and like it.

I live in NY and am limited to 10 rounds. It was the smallest 10 round pistol I could find at the time. It will fit in some of my Shield holsters - its that similar in size, with the benefit of 3 extra rounds.

I've got many hundreds of rounds though the SCCY without a hiccup. I shoot it as well as any smaller frame pistol I've shot. And I trust it as much as any other pistol I own. Its my regular carry pistol.

Within its limitations, a SCCY is nothing to be ashamed of, but it comes up short in the prestige department. If you need an inexpensive short range PD pistol, it will do the job, but only if you shoot it enough to get familiar with it first and develop some confidence in its use. It does take some getting used to.

When the CPX-3 came out the 10+1 capacity was pretty attractive. It also came with 3 magazines! I shot a couple thousand reloads at the range with no real problems: accuracy at reasonable SD distances (for me, 7-10 yards) was just fine.

Their warranty and customer service is outstanding!

Cheers!

P.S. The DVG-1 is even better!

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The CPX-2 is gone. In it's place is a CPX-1 with a thumb safety.
Pass....

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Sorry about that. Maybe another CPX-2 will show up.

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Are you against ordering online? That will open you up to several options including SCCY. I'm surprised you waited several days before going back to your LGS to pick it up.

I don’t know if you have a Rural King near you but they list them on their site. Right now they’re offering free shipping which I assume pertains to store to store transfers.

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