I picked up a Ruger LCP Custom a few months back. I like the size, and I can shoot it OK so far, but it's had some reliability issues.
It choked three times in a single box of Winchester White Box (packaged as Browning .380 training ammo with black cases). In two of the jams, the case mouths ended up stuck on the part of the barrel hood at the top of the chamber that extends into the cavity on the slide. It didn't seem to want to clear just by racking the slide. Both were on the second to last round in the magazine. I've messed around with an empty case and attempted to reproduce that, and a more forceful pull on the slide will get it off, as the top of the slide sweeps the top of the barrel hood all the way back.
I thought this might be due to limp wristing, and tried to reproduce it by holding the pistol as loosely as I could. Accuracy went to heck, but there were no further cycling problems. I was going to buy another box of the WWBrowning ammo to keep testing, but when I opened boxes at the LGS to inspect it, the bullets were so irregularly formed that I couldn't bring myself to pay what that stuff costs. I switched to PMC ball, which I have a bunch of on hand. Ended up with a jam in the first box, by my notes also the second to last round (#23 in the session, or 6x4-1). My recollection is that it was a double feed, two unfired rounds trying to enter the chamber, but I failed to write that down.
Total round count on the pistol stands at only 119. I feel it in my hands more when shooting the little gun, so I've limited my shooting per session. I've generally taken it to the range and put a few mags through it before moving to a full-size pistol for the main practice session.
I like the pistol for all the reasons it's popular, and this one actually has a pretty smooth trigger. The sights on the Custom are big enough to use. But these malfunctions have me puzzled and frustrated.
What is the group feeling on how to proceed? Should I just put a couple hundred more rounds through it and see what happens? It came with just one magazine. I've been reluctant to spend money on accessories for a gun that's not working well, but should I suspect the magazine and buy a couple more to try? Send it down the road before throwing more good time and money after bad?