Roamin_Wade
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On a scale of 1-10, where would you put a Ruger LCP that has been kept in a pocket with lint on it as far as reliability to function flawlessly for all 7 rounds?
On a scale of 1-10, where would you put a Ruger LCP that has been kept in a pocket with lint on it as far as reliability to function flawlessly for all 7 rounds?
No bottom feedin' , shell spittin' auto would ever get a 10 on reliability from me regardless of brand, age, design or cleanliness.
Semi autos feed from a bottom inserted magazine- bottom feeder is a slur of magazine fed firearms. Its a joke.What does that mean?
What does that mean?
I sure hope so!!!!! In my 40+ years of dealing with CC (instructing and investigating) I find pocket carry WO a holster to be the MOST dangerous thing I have ever encounter with CC. The pocket holster is absolutely required to make it safe and to keep it 'running', free from dirt and debris.The gun is being carried in a holster right?
Thanks for the explanation. Never heard that before.Semi autos feed from a bottom inserted magazine- bottom feeder is a slur of magazine fed firearms. Its a joke.
You are correct on that, never had a revolver lock up in the field. I have had revolver failures too, never said id rate any revolver a 10 either. I can count in one hand the number of failures from revolvers VS the countless ive had with autoloaders. I dont use a revolver for CC anymore, i did for years though.any well made auto would get a score of 7 or 8 out of 10 in my book and a well tuned and tested revolver with ammunition i produce personally i would rate a 9... there is no 10.It means he's never seen a cylinder lock up tight in the field and need a ton of work to get moving freely
The LCP I had always went bang regardless of pocket lint, but I didn't carry it for long so ... a 7?
Wow, I hadn't heard that they were that bad. That's got to be amongst the worst reliability records out there if that's typical of them.However at around 1200 rounds or before you really need to seriously examine the frame, rails, and grip for crack issue and split rails.
Wow, I hadn't heard that they were that bad. That's got to be amongst the worst reliability records out there if that's typical of them.
With either, Id give them both a 9+ if youre using a quality gun, maintaining the gun properly, and using good ammo.You are correct on that, never had a revolver lock up in the field. I have had revolver failures too, never said id rate any revolver a 10 either. I can count in one hand the number of failures from revolvers VS the countless ive had with autoloaders. I dont use a revolver for CC anymore, i did for years though.any well made auto would get a score of 7 or 8 out of 10 in my book and a well tuned and tested revolver with ammunition i produce personally i would rate a 9... there is no 10.
I agree, bound up revolver is bad news and in my experience is usually not field repairable. I may be kind of goofy but i consider glocks to be reasonably good quality (all my carry guns are glocks) but have broken parts, most recently was the end of the slide lock lever spring broke off and the slide would lock open every shot unless manually held down - that gun had about 750 rds of medium power factory ammo through it at the time.With either, Id give them both a 9+ if youre using a quality gun, maintaining the gun properly, and using good ammo.
I shoot a number of both regularly, and with good ammo, stoppages are usually pretty rare with any of them.
In those fairly rare instances there is a problem, the number one thing you notice is, the autos are almost always quickly back in action with a simple TRB, where the revolvers are usually DRT, and not going back into action without tools.
Properly built and maintained guns are usually pretty reliable and not a problem. I learned my lesson early on, and try to avoid things that are pushing the envelope, like "little" 1911's, things of questionable quality, have less than stellar reviews and/or numerous complaints, and things with a short RSA life.
Anything that wont go a resonable amount of rounds before starting to fall apart or needing springs changed in only a few thousand rounds makes no sense to me. You have to practice with what you use if you hope to be proficent with them, and that means shooting a good number of rounds through them in practice on a regular basis.
And no matter how perfect you might think what you have is, you also need to know what to do with them should they happen to stop, and be well versed at getting them quickly back into action, or on to the next thing, and be able to do so immediately, and without thought.
there is no 10