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<blockquote data-quote="TallPrairie" data-source="post: 2916226" data-attributes="member: 7815"><p>Aha, so this is why original LCPs have been going for crazy low prices around $220 lately.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://ruger.com/products/lcpII/models.html" target="_blank">http://ruger.com/products/lcpII/models.html</a></p><p></p><p>Seems like a lot to like here: True last shot hold open, Glockish trigger with a single reset, more grip stippling, bit more grip to hold onto, looks like improved sights. Backwards compatible with original LCP magazines (although the last-round hold open won't work with them). Comes with a pocket holster.</p><p></p><p>Possible cons: the grip has gotten a bit wider, the gun has gained about 1 oz of weight. The new aesthetic reflects the angular look of the new Ruger American Pistol; I don't love it but don't really care.</p><p></p><p>Few more data points:</p><p>* <a href="http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2016/10/impressed-thus-far.html" target="_blank">http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2016/10/impressed-thus-far.html</a> (from an ongoing test)</p><p>* [MEDIA=youtube]y-iMA5FHhSI[/MEDIA] (useful short YT comparison with LCP I)</p><p></p><p>Overall I would say these changes reflect the market's recognition that, in the real world, the tiny .380s are <u>not</u> mainly used as BUGs by private citizens -- rather, they are primary carry guns for a lot of people. It is what it is. So they are being given more "real gun" features. (The SIG P238 was the breakthrough gun on this score.)</p><p></p><p>I am almost certainly going to buy one of these. As long as the LCP II does not compromise any of the EXCELLENT reliability of the original LCP -- something Ruger really got right with that gun -- then it should be a big success. </p><p></p><p>I wonder if LCP I belt holsters will fit the LCP II.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TallPrairie, post: 2916226, member: 7815"] Aha, so this is why original LCPs have been going for crazy low prices around $220 lately. [URL]http://ruger.com/products/lcpII/models.html[/URL] Seems like a lot to like here: True last shot hold open, Glockish trigger with a single reset, more grip stippling, bit more grip to hold onto, looks like improved sights. Backwards compatible with original LCP magazines (although the last-round hold open won't work with them). Comes with a pocket holster. Possible cons: the grip has gotten a bit wider, the gun has gained about 1 oz of weight. The new aesthetic reflects the angular look of the new Ruger American Pistol; I don't love it but don't really care. Few more data points: * [URL]http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2016/10/impressed-thus-far.html[/URL] (from an ongoing test) * [MEDIA=youtube]y-iMA5FHhSI[/MEDIA] (useful short YT comparison with LCP I) Overall I would say these changes reflect the market's recognition that, in the real world, the tiny .380s are [U]not[/U] mainly used as BUGs by private citizens -- rather, they are primary carry guns for a lot of people. It is what it is. So they are being given more "real gun" features. (The SIG P238 was the breakthrough gun on this score.) I am almost certainly going to buy one of these. As long as the LCP II does not compromise any of the EXCELLENT reliability of the original LCP -- something Ruger really got right with that gun -- then it should be a big success. I wonder if LCP I belt holsters will fit the LCP II. [/QUOTE]
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