The_Outlaw
~The Dude Abides~
Well, I finally found some time to go to the shooting range today to try out my new Ruger LCP.
I went through 50 rounds of Remington UMC FMJ (ball ammo) and 25 rounds of Hornady Critical Defense.
All that I can say is that this little Ruger pocket pistol recoils like a little beast!
That's my new nickname for it. My hand definately felt a little bit sore afterwards.
I was able to keep the majority of the Remington UMC FMJ .380 rounds within the red zone on a standard red & white paper target varying from the 'X' bulls eye, '10' ring & '9' ring.
I had 6 stragglers in the white '8' ring and 1 straggler in the white '7' ring.
This was done from varying distances of; 10 feet, 15 feet & 20 feet.
I finished off my practice session by shooting an entire box of Hornady Critical Defense .380 ammo with nothing but head shots at both the 10 and 15 foot distances on an orange colored human silhouette paper target.
13 of the Critical Defense rounds hit in the center mass of the head (nose & eyes to forehead) area.
5 rounds hit in the center of the mouth area, 3 in the chin area and 4 in the center neck area.
All in all I feel very confident that this little .380 can and will get the job done if ever needed.
I know that I would definately not want to get shot by one.
I am very satisfied thus far with this little Ruger, however I did notice that early on (in the first 12 rounds) I did have one stovepipe due to the 'takedown pin' having come halfway out. I was able to unjam the weapon & reset the pin.
Then I fired the rest of the rounds with no problem whatsoever.
Any thoughts/opinions on the 'takedown pin' situation??
I went through 50 rounds of Remington UMC FMJ (ball ammo) and 25 rounds of Hornady Critical Defense.
All that I can say is that this little Ruger pocket pistol recoils like a little beast!
That's my new nickname for it. My hand definately felt a little bit sore afterwards.
I was able to keep the majority of the Remington UMC FMJ .380 rounds within the red zone on a standard red & white paper target varying from the 'X' bulls eye, '10' ring & '9' ring.
I had 6 stragglers in the white '8' ring and 1 straggler in the white '7' ring.
This was done from varying distances of; 10 feet, 15 feet & 20 feet.
I finished off my practice session by shooting an entire box of Hornady Critical Defense .380 ammo with nothing but head shots at both the 10 and 15 foot distances on an orange colored human silhouette paper target.
13 of the Critical Defense rounds hit in the center mass of the head (nose & eyes to forehead) area.
5 rounds hit in the center of the mouth area, 3 in the chin area and 4 in the center neck area.
All in all I feel very confident that this little .380 can and will get the job done if ever needed.
I know that I would definately not want to get shot by one.
I am very satisfied thus far with this little Ruger, however I did notice that early on (in the first 12 rounds) I did have one stovepipe due to the 'takedown pin' having come halfway out. I was able to unjam the weapon & reset the pin.
Then I fired the rest of the rounds with no problem whatsoever.
Any thoughts/opinions on the 'takedown pin' situation??
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