5 rounds of .38 or 7 rounds of 22 mag?

[Hizzie]

What are you having done to the 642? Do you have a 43c?

I am getting the dead tritium removed from the front sight and converting to gold bead, installing a Power Custom thumb piece and adding an APEX kit since my original specs were for factory weight springs.

I haven’t been able to swing the 43c yet. My paramedic renewal is looming and the CEU’s required take priority.

[spinmove_]

I really wanted to hate the fugly cheapass LCP. But it shoots well in my hands and is so thin and small...

This is going to sound like a silly question, but given that it’s a super cheap and mass produced tiny semi-auto that goes in a front pocket, how does it handle pocket lint?


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[Clusterfrack]

This is going to sound like a silly question, but given that it’s a super cheap and mass produced tiny semi-auto that goes in a front pocket, how does it handle pocket lint?


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Can’t answer that. I had a bad situation made worse by pocket lint in an OC spray. Short story is lint made the spray not work when I was engaged with two German Shepards trying to kill my dog, and their drunk owner screaming at me.

Now I don’t let lint accumulate in any defense device.

[spinmove_]

Can’t answer that. I had a bad situation made worse by pocket lint in an OC spray. Short story is lint made the spray not work when I was engaged with two German Shepards trying to kill my dog, and their drunk owner screaming at me.

Now I don’t let lint accumulate in any defense device.

How often do you find yourself cleaning the LCP?


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[Clusterfrack]

How often do you find yourself cleaning the LCP?

Dunno. Maybe once a month or two I blow the lint out of the hammer area?

I do not carry it that often.

[spinmove_]

Dunno. Maybe once a month or two I blow the lint out of the hammer area?

I do not carry it that often.

Fair enough. The reason why I ask is that, at least for MY use case, I would actually be carrying it daily in a front pocket. As in, legitimately 5-7 days a week.

From others that I’ve talked to, that kind of frequent pocket carry is why a J-frame works so well. Not that it doesn’t need to be cleaned, but it seems to stand up to neglect a skosh better in that regard.

Still, at the LCP’s price, it’s tempting to scoop one up and start putting it through it’s paces.


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[Clusterfrack]

If lint is a concern, I recommend doing an experiment. Cram lint between the hammer and FP and see if it fires. I may try this when I get some extra time.

I think the LCP is going to be pretty robust. The hammer strikes hard.

[BillSWPA]

This is going to sound like a silly question, but given that it’s a super cheap and mass produced tiny semi-auto that goes in a front pocket, how does it handle pocket lint?


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Definitely not a silly question. The hammer area of a P-32 or P3AT is a lint magnet. Hi f I am carrying one daily, I will remove the lint about every couple of weeks. If I am going somewhere that will require use of something tiny as a primary, I try to remove lint the night before going. I do not know how much lint would be required to cause a problem, and do not wish to find out at the wrong time.



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[pooty]

As an aside, the folks I see as advocating for the .22 Js as an option: Claude, Caleb, John J, and Hizzie, if I’m reading this all correctly, all have a shit ton of rounds downtange. I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t want any of them shooting at me with anything. Point being, if for some reason I felt it physically prudent to carry a rimfire, I’d also take advantage of the economic reality, and run as many thousands of rounds in practice as I could. This is, in fact, my plan save for the fact that I’ll be AIWBing something with a bigger hole in the end to and from the range sessions.

SGM John McPhee said somewhere on social media, that he'd shoot a .22 if ignition was reliable, since what really matters at handgun range, is hitting the head or spine.

[TheNewbie]

This is going to sound like a silly question, but given that it’s a super cheap and mass produced tiny semi-auto that goes in a front pocket, how does it handle pocket lint?


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In my sample of two, the Gen 1 LCP holds up quite well to abuse and being dirty. Plus I shoot it really well for what it is.