I bought a RUGER LCP Max .380 automatic a few days ago from Turner Outdoorsman, who had a pretty good sale going on them. I have an older version of the LCP and a ton of .380 ammo so it seemed like a good deal. I took it home, field stripped and cleaned it, and took it out today and shot it.
It shot really well. That big front sight is very visible and the gun liked what I fed it, a generic ball round. I put 50 rounds thru it.
The magazines are a chore. They hold ten rounds but you need a bumper jack to put #9 and #10 in. The magazine loader they give you with the gun is semi-useless. They also give you only one magazine.
It is almost impossible to insert a fully loaded magazine with the action closed. It is very difficult to work the action with the fully loaded magazine inserted.
Getting the assembly pin back in the gun after field stripping and cleaning is an exercise in fun. I expect it will get easier as the gun is broken in but I wonder why they don't radius the off-end of that pin just a little bit. I am sure there is some reason, but I can't think of what it would be. I may buy a couple of spares and do that to one just to see how it works.
It functioned perfectly and gave very decent accuracy. The trigger is a bit long and a bit mushy but not unreasonably so. It is a good gun for the purpose intended IMHO.
It shot really well. That big front sight is very visible and the gun liked what I fed it, a generic ball round. I put 50 rounds thru it.
The magazines are a chore. They hold ten rounds but you need a bumper jack to put #9 and #10 in. The magazine loader they give you with the gun is semi-useless. They also give you only one magazine.
It is almost impossible to insert a fully loaded magazine with the action closed. It is very difficult to work the action with the fully loaded magazine inserted.
Getting the assembly pin back in the gun after field stripping and cleaning is an exercise in fun. I expect it will get easier as the gun is broken in but I wonder why they don't radius the off-end of that pin just a little bit. I am sure there is some reason, but I can't think of what it would be. I may buy a couple of spares and do that to one just to see how it works.
It functioned perfectly and gave very decent accuracy. The trigger is a bit long and a bit mushy but not unreasonably so. It is a good gun for the purpose intended IMHO.
