Ruger, just paid in blood for this.

[beerftw]

View attachment 67263311

By blood I mean I've never shot a smaller pistol, and I promptly managed to lose a portion of my left thumb nail to the slide.... SIGH. Otherwise, very nice little pistol, easy to hold, shoot (watch yo thumb) and it's accurate. Signing up for CHL next month with my wife.

My hands can not handle tiny pistols, borrowed a friends once, tiny as hell 9mm, it cut my hand wide open as the only way I could hold it was in direct path to the slide.

The only semi auto pistol I own is a pt92 taurus which is basically an m-9, it fits me perfect plus I am familiar with the platform after military service. The rest of my handguns are revolvers, some cap and ball 2 cartridge fire from the getgo and one cap and ball converted to fire 45 colt.

 

[joko104]

The Ruger LCP is a .380

A good choice for a pocket CW if you add a Crimson Trace laser grip to it. They are not easy to aim and follow up shots are a real challenge. You need that first bullet to go exactly where you want it to go - and it will go where the glowing red dot is. For handguns, the smaller it is, the more difficult it is to aim and do quick follow up shots. My experience anyway.

 

[VanceMack]

A good choice for a pocket CW if you add a Crimson Trace laser grip to it. They are not easy to aim and follow up shots are a real challenge. You need that first bullet to go exactly where you want it to go - and it will go where the glowing red dot is. For handguns, the smaller it is, the more difficult it is to aim and do quick follow up shots. My experience anyway.

I bought mine out of the box with the red dot. Its good in low light but pretty much worthless otherwise. With it or without it...that thing is a close quarters center mass pistol.

 

[Renae]

My hands can not handle tiny pistols, borrowed a friends once, tiny as hell 9mm, it cut my hand wide open as the only way I could hold it was in direct path to the slide.

The only semi auto pistol I own is a pt92 taurus which is basically an m-9, it fits me perfect plus I am familiar with the platform after military service. The rest of my handguns are revolvers, some cap and ball 2 cartridge fire from the getgo and one cap and ball converted to fire 45 colt.

There ARE smaller ones, this one is just "small" not tiny. I can't shoot the tiny ones either.

 

[Renae]

Have fun and enjoy it! (and fix that grip before you hurt yourself worse :mrgreen: )
Yeah, I got a slide bit too. I think it happens to everyone once or twice. No big deal.

I was so.. embarrassed.

 

[VanceMack]

I was so.. embarrassed.

Meh....lessons learned. Ive seen soldiers get popped in the eye with scopes and all manner of other injuries.

That little pistol can kick more than a larger weapon and 2 hands for stability isnt a bad thing. but THE most important thing to remember is to keep those little digits from infront of the barrel. I know...of course...duh...right? But you would be amazed at how easy big hands can be at risk on the Ruger pocket pistol family.

 

[SMTA]

Well I'm a Transgender lesbian woman, so I'm a target of stupid people. I carry "just in case", also, people get robbed at home, this way I won't be a victim, you break into my home you're next stop is the morgue. Also, people get mugged, car jacked... could be I'm at the convenience store and some punk tries to rob it. Who knows? Who cares? The point is when the need arises, I will be able to defend my life, my loved ones and innocent people instead of just ****ting my pants hoping I don't die.

Don't flatter yourself - everyone is a target for stupid criminals.

 

[TurtleDude]

Don't flatter yourself - everyone is a target for stupid criminals.

That's a good point in a way that many-perhaps including you-might miss at first glance. Citizens never know when they might be attacked so being prepared with defensive firearms is always a good idea

 

[Renae]

Meh....lessons learned. Ive seen soldiers get popped in the eye with scopes and all manner of other injuries.

That little pistol can kick more than a larger weapon and 2 hands for stability isnt a bad thing. but THE most important thing to remember is to keep those little digits from infront of the barrel. I know...of course...duh...right? But you would be amazed at how easy big hands can be at risk on the Ruger pocket pistol family.

Well it was just the end of the nail, lesson 2, cut nails afore shooting! Because that slide, don't care, and will remove as much nail as it feels like. Again, just happy was Left hand, not my bowling right hand.

 

[Renae]

Don't flatter yourself - everyone is a target for stupid criminals.

Absolutely, but some folks have been known to attack those of us in the LGBT community, call it an added risk factor requiring a little extra insurance for me.

 

[beerftw]

There ARE smaller ones, this one is just "small" not tiny. I can't shoot the tiny ones either.

Yeah I have seen smaller micro pistols, at the pawn shop near me the best seller is a micro pistol in 9mm, when I asked how it was a best seller the salesman said he tried to steer people away from it, since he is an experienced shooter and most look at how easy it is to conceal and never once consider how it fires in their hands, which anything above a tiny woman with tiny hands becomes extremely pronlematic for those micro pistols. He tries to steer sales towards what fits the person, and even pushes them to hold it and get a feel for it before buying.

Someone with small hands may not handle a large pistol but someone with large hands may not handle a tiny one, and there are a million sized inbetween requiring the shooter to get a feel of what they are going to shoot before buying.