Ruger firearms have long since made durable quality pistols and rifles, so it’s no surprise that Ruger’s LCP would be any different. Being in the firearm business it’s common to receive feedback from the local city and county police department about the durability of firearms they use and test. This review covers our local city police officer’s conversation with me. Often various pistols are put to a test, as to how many rounds can be quickly put through a pistol trying to get each of them to jam, break or any malfunction. Walt, one of our local city officers was telling me about one of the pistols just tested, the Ruger LCP.
They put 500 rounds thru the pistol trying to get it stovepipe, break or whatever but no problems. So another 500 rounds again without any issues what so ever. They are now at a total of 1000rds. At this point Walt grabs a hand full of sand, pours it in the LCP, shakes it up and pours out the excess sand. Now with the first 1000rds thru it already they begin to put another 500 rounds thru it with all the grit in the pistol. The Ruger still fired, didn’t jam, never broke and now finished totaling 1500rds. So, Walt tells me, we take the LCP apart, clean all the sand out of it, put it back together, and we put another 500rds thru it. At the end of it all they put 2000rds thru the LCP, it never broke, jammed and was still able to keep a tight pattern with the last shots. It looks like this will be there chosen back up.
July 27, 2010
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