LCP Max: Yea or Nay?
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IT'S A "YEA". LOOKING TO BUY ONE AS WE SPEAK.
I HAVE A REGULAR LCP. I BOUGHT IT WHEN I RETIRED. VERY EASY TO CARRY.
I HAVE A SEECAMP .32 AND .380. BOTH SMALLER THAN THE LCP. BUT THEY FEEL QUITE HEAVY IN THE POCKET. LIKE CARRYING AROUND A ROLL OF QUARTERS.
I HAD A BUNCH OF FRIENDS COME TO MY PLACE. FOR A SMOKED BRISKET. I RETIRED TO 15 ACRES . I HAVE A 50YD PISTOL RANGE IN MY BACK YARD. THEY BROUGHT ALL KINDS OF STUFF TO SHOOT. ONE BROUGHT THE LCP MAX. IT WAS A HIT AMONG THE 6 OF US. SHOT IT A BUNCH. ALL KINDS OF MIXED AMMO,NEW , RELOADED, BALL, JHP's. NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. I'M SOLD ON BUYING ONE.
P.S. WIFE NEVER CONSIDERED CARRYING A PISTOL. BUT NOW THAT THE REGULAR LCP WILL BE SHELVED SHE IS CONSIDERING IT.
I HAVE A REGULAR LCP. I BOUGHT IT WHEN I RETIRED. VERY EASY TO CARRY.
I HAVE A SEECAMP .32 AND .380. BOTH SMALLER THAN THE LCP. BUT THEY FEEL QUITE HEAVY IN THE POCKET. LIKE CARRYING AROUND A ROLL OF QUARTERS.
I HAD A BUNCH OF FRIENDS COME TO MY PLACE. FOR A SMOKED BRISKET. I RETIRED TO 15 ACRES . I HAVE A 50YD PISTOL RANGE IN MY BACK YARD. THEY BROUGHT ALL KINDS OF STUFF TO SHOOT. ONE BROUGHT THE LCP MAX. IT WAS A HIT AMONG THE 6 OF US. SHOT IT A BUNCH. ALL KINDS OF MIXED AMMO,NEW , RELOADED, BALL, JHP's. NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. I'M SOLD ON BUYING ONE.
P.S. WIFE NEVER CONSIDERED CARRYING A PISTOL. BUT NOW THAT THE REGULAR LCP WILL BE SHELVED SHE IS CONSIDERING IT.
Boy I couldn't disagree more. I've pocket carried every day of the year for more than 20 years straight. Fully loaded. No safeties. In a proper pocket holster. Completely safe. In a holster, a gun will never go off.
In fact, I wouldn't carry or even own a pocket carry gun that has a safety on it. I despise safeties and find them to be failure points that can get you killed. There is video evidence on the active self protection YouTube channel that safeties can get you killed. Even well trained folks can forget to turn the safety off in a dynamic encounter.
My pocket carry guns are a Glock 42, Glock 43, Glock 26, Ruger LCP, Ruger LCP Max, Sig P365, Smith 340SC. All fully loaded with one in the chamber. None of them have a safety and all of them are safe in a pocket. Draw from the pocket, press the trigger, it goes bang. Easy. Simple. Reliable. No failure points.
The LCP uses a lightweight titanium firing pin. It wont fire if dropped. Its drop safe.
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I have the following:
1) OLD LCP (over ten years old). Heavy double action trigger pull
2) new LCP (less than a year old) better trigger and better sites
3) LCP Max
The LCP Max is sweet. I actually laugh at the thought that this gun is painful to shoot. It feels like a .22LR to me??? Mine is reliable, low recoil, accurate, and can easily dump a full mag onto a paper plate size target at 10 yards. It doesn't like Winchester flat point FMJ, but has shot everything else reliably.
For my usual cargo shorts, I can easily conceal the LCP Max in the right front pocket. When I wear my lightweight Florida shorts (fishing/boating style), the LCP Max is too big for the front pocket. So I carry the regular LCP in my pocket on those days that I wear those style of shorts. The regular LCP is smaller, shorter, and thinner so it really is the king of deep concealment.
Basically, I love the LCP and the LCP Max and will own them until I die. I learned years ago that when you find a reliable .380 pocket pistol, KEEP it and never get rid of it.
1) OLD LCP (over ten years old). Heavy double action trigger pull
2) new LCP (less than a year old) better trigger and better sites
3) LCP Max
The LCP Max is sweet. I actually laugh at the thought that this gun is painful to shoot. It feels like a .22LR to me??? Mine is reliable, low recoil, accurate, and can easily dump a full mag onto a paper plate size target at 10 yards. It doesn't like Winchester flat point FMJ, but has shot everything else reliably.
For my usual cargo shorts, I can easily conceal the LCP Max in the right front pocket. When I wear my lightweight Florida shorts (fishing/boating style), the LCP Max is too big for the front pocket. So I carry the regular LCP in my pocket on those days that I wear those style of shorts. The regular LCP is smaller, shorter, and thinner so it really is the king of deep concealment.
Basically, I love the LCP and the LCP Max and will own them until I die. I learned years ago that when you find a reliable .380 pocket pistol, KEEP it and never get rid of it.
I learned that exact lesson almost 10 years ago when I test drove the old LCP. No plans on replacing it as it ain't broke.
cyphertext
US Veteran
Another yes vote. Got mine the weekend that they were first launched. Great little pistol that is truly pocketable. A little bigger than the LCP but the extra width makes it feel better in the hand and helps with the recoil. I've fired the original LCP and wouldn't want that for a range gun. I fire 100 rounds through the Max per range visit.
I bought my LCP for the sole purpose of navel engagements.
straightshooter1
US Veteran
Some great posts here, but I am afraid some posters are comparing the LCP to the LCP Max.
The Max has a large mag capacity, and really, really good sights. It, or at least mine, shoots to point of aim and the recoil is not bad (I have baaaaad arthritis in my right hand and small guns sometimes HURT, but the Max is shootable).
I have ordered the Hogue Handall to see if that dampens even more recoil, but, if not, I'll still carry this little baby as a backup.
Erich's review is great, and you oughta read it if you are thinking about a MAX.
Bob
The Max has a large mag capacity, and really, really good sights. It, or at least mine, shoots to point of aim and the recoil is not bad (I have baaaaad arthritis in my right hand and small guns sometimes HURT, but the Max is shootable).
I have ordered the Hogue Handall to see if that dampens even more recoil, but, if not, I'll still carry this little baby as a backup.
Erich's review is great, and you oughta read it if you are thinking about a MAX.
Bob
kbm6893
Member
For pocket carry on a semi auto I insist on a safety unless it has a long double action trigger, like my Bodyguard .380 does. The old LCP had a long trigger. The new Max is too short a pull for me, so I wouldn’t pocket carry it.
Pocket carry is all about size and weight and the Max is just too big. Sure, it can be done. I can pocket carry my LC9S, which is virtually the same size and weight of the Sig 365, but I don’t consider either one a true pocket gun.
Pocket carry is all about size and weight and the Max is just too big. Sure, it can be done. I can pocket carry my LC9S, which is virtually the same size and weight of the Sig 365, but I don’t consider either one a true pocket gun.
For those who disdain a safety on a pocket pistol, what's the point, as each of us has has the responsibility to determine and practice our personal manual of arms. Anyone who ever lost a gunfight because of the micro second used in disengaging the safety on a pocket draw (show us one documented example), was likely not paying attention to their surroundings in the first place.
I had an original LCP and found it 100% reliable, but when they brought the LCP2 out, it was a trifle thicker and had a better trigger and It fit my needs perfectly. The newer ones have gotten larger and no longer fit me for pocket carry. The longer magazines just make it larger and more difficult to carry without a holster.
smoothshooter
Member
Bought one 8 months ago.
Liked it so well I bought another for a spare 3 or 4 months later.
Good guns, great sights.
Liked it so well I bought another for a spare 3 or 4 months later.
Good guns, great sights.
smoothshooter
Member
The trigger is long and hard enough ( but not too hard ) that it does not need a manual safety. And I am a BIG manual safety fan-main reason I don’t carry a Glock.
I carry the LCP Max’s in a leather pocket holster.
cyphertext
US Veteran
The Max is barely bigger, about a quarter of an inch taller and just a smidge wider than the LCP II and weighs the same. I pocket carry mine in the front pocket of Levi 501s. I have also carried it in the inside change pocket on Duluth Trading Company shorts.
Erich
Member
Your opinion is, of course, correct for you. However, in my actual experience as an owner (and a fellow with 30+ years of pocket-carrying experience of small revolvers and semiautos with polymer, aluminum and steel frames), there has been no problem whatsoever with carrying an LCP Max in the pocket. No weight problem (a fully loaded LCP Max weighs less than my Airweight J-frames, for Heaven's sake - and no one would ever claim those are too heavy to pocket carry) and no size problem.
But are you perhaps thinking of the Ruger Max9 (which is their version of the Taurus G3c Toro)? If so, I agree, that gun is larger and heavier than I like for pocket carry.
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4 more rounds? Yeah, I can fit that in any of my pockets.
kbm6893
Member
No, I'm thinking of the LCP Max. I know it isn't that much heavier, and it is certainly do-able to pocket carry, but for pocket carry for me, I want as small as possible, and the Bodyguard or the original LCP fit that bill better.
Either way, I have fired the LCP Max. The trigger is too light for me for pocket carry without a safety, so it's out either way.
hardknocks
Member
LCP MAX
Three or four range visits no shooting malfunctions.
1st range trip it didnt lock back on empty mag but after that 1st time it now locks back on 10 & 12 round mags?
Whats not too like.
No reason not to have this small 11 round max at all times, so easy to carry.
I do IWB as i cant get it out of my pocket while sitting which seems important to me.
Carries 1st gen for 10 years and over 1,000 rounds no jams, i think they make a pretty good 380.
YMMV
Three or four range visits no shooting malfunctions.
1st range trip it didnt lock back on empty mag but after that 1st time it now locks back on 10 & 12 round mags?
Whats not too like.
No reason not to have this small 11 round max at all times, so easy to carry.
I do IWB as i cant get it out of my pocket while sitting which seems important to me.
Carries 1st gen for 10 years and over 1,000 rounds no jams, i think they make a pretty good 380.
YMMV
Either way, I have fired the LCP Max. The trigger is too light for me for pocket carry without a safety, so it's out either way.[/QUOTE]
Just curious to know if you measured the trigger pull? My LCP measures 7 lbs & I measured a friend’s LCP2 @ 7 lbs. I would not want anything lighter on a self defense pistol, especially if it’s to be in a pocket holster.
Just curious to know if you measured the trigger pull? My LCP measures 7 lbs & I measured a friend’s LCP2 @ 7 lbs. I would not want anything lighter on a self defense pistol, especially if it’s to be in a pocket holster.
THE PILGRIM
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