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Y’all must have some linty-ass pockets. My p380 has been pocketed for 3 months, and I inspected it just now. There was a small amount of dust in a few external areas, but the action was clean, still lubed (Lucas oil), and smooth.
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
I field stripped and lubed my P365 earlier this evening. The only lint I found was in the trigger area. Well-designed pistols are generally good at keeping lint out of the internals. This was after multiple months of daily carry, mostly in a pocket holster.
My Glock 26 and North American Arms Guardian .380 are also very well designed to keep lint out of the internals.
As much as I like Kel-Tec .32 and .380 pistols, they are lint magnets. They should definitely be field stripped, cleaned, and re-lubed every couple of weeks.
On revolver malfunctions:
https://revolverguy.com/backed-out-e...d-malfunction/
My 442 did this all the. I traded it for a 642. None of my other SWs had the problem. I always wondered why this was the design. Rugers don't do that, it seems.
no one sees what's written on the spine of his own autobiography.
I will take the 442 with a full firing grip while in my pocket any day over just about anything.
It has worked for years and thousands of rounds, both standard velocity and +P.
Some time ago I broke a firing pin on this gun, and S&W was going to repair it for free, but since it was my BUG I asked them to send me out the firing pin and I replaced it myself.
It was back in action in no time and has been G2G ever since.
I do not consider the 442 or any pocket gun to be a primary outside of some sort of compromising situation, but for those times when nothing else works, they are truly excellent, and a 148 full wadcutter at 820 FPS from a J Frame is a very deep penetrating load.
While not pleasant to shoot, when using the mods I use for the grips, I am able to do some decent work with them.