hardhat harry:
And I say this in the manner of polite conversation, not confrontation.
I was merely stating that money not being an issue, I too, bought what I consider to be the "best available" self defense mouse gun..
As to why I doubled my initial $300.00 investment in my LCP? Glad you asked.
Well, I could afford it,
But more so, because after buying my first LCP, and having it perform perfectly right out of the box as to absolute reliability AND surprising accuracy at self defense range, I felt it deserving of any improvements and enhancements that might be available for it.
I have long been a fan of the fine Crimson Trace Lasers (and Lasergrips), and putting one on my LCP @ $154.00 made sense, to me. Additionally, in reading various comments on the dedicated LCP forum (elsiepeaforum.com) I kept reading excellent posts regarding the slide refinish, external sight up grade as offered by Phllip and Jenny @ Innovative Arms in S.C. for another $150.00. A mirror polish of the feed ramp, and a mirror polish of the barrel were options at $5.00, and I wanted those also. A mirror polished feed ramp is never a bad thing, and a mirror polished barrel looks "good"..
I will be the first to admit that the factory finish of the Ruger LCP is not extremely durable, and in fact mine had started to wear at the left tip of the front of the slide where it made contact with the holster from daily carry. So, a slide refinish would have been in the cards before too long anyway.
The external sights consist of a Trijicon front night sight, and a reverse ramped (not night) rear.. The idea behind the reverse ramping is to allow for a one handed cycle of the slide (as pulled against another object, like the pants leg), should two hands be unavailable.
So, I spent roughly $300.00 to upgrade my Ruger LCP, where I could have just as easily have spent that money on something else, say another LCP?
But, I already have two LCP's, and my wife has her own.. The last two have echoed the perfect reliability and accuracy of the first.
I fully understand that any mouse gun is designed as a last ditch "get off me" firearm, and external sights, or the presence of a laser are probably worthless under such conditions..
But, there just "might" be a situation where the presence of a laser could be a deterrent, or provide additional accuracy, and there "might" be a situation where a person could have an extra second, micro-second, whatever, to actually acquire a good sight picture, and for that possibility, external sights are nice to have, and in low level light, night sights are even better.
Additionally, many folks who disdain lasers in general often point out the old "battery failure in a crisis" concern.. :barf: Well, I've had, have and enjoy Crimson Trace Lasers on several firearms for over a decade, and so far have been unable to kill the batteries with a shovel.. I just replace them, still functioning perfectly, once a year as I do the smoke detectors in my home..
But, let's say Mr. Murphy and his unpopular law shows up at the most inopportune moment regarding critical laser battery failure?
Well, then I have my excellent IA external sights to fall back on....
If the confrontation is sudden, and close up, then all I can do, or you can do, or ANYONE can do is look at the threat, point at the center mass of that threat and pull the trigger until the threat is stopped.
To do that your firearm must be RELIABLE... Period.
Once you are satisfied with the absolute reliability of your self defense firearm, you are best served by having to do absolutely NOTHING to your firearm OTHER than to pull the trigger... Anything that adds time, or the necessity to think is not beneficial under those conditions.
And that is why, as neat, and pretty, and I'm sure excellent, as the fine little Sig P238 is, the presence of a hammer, the presence of a safety that must be moved is TO ME, and IN MY OPINION, self defeating to the job at hand.
IF the little Sig P238, Colt Mustang Clone, were DA, I'd have one.. But even if I had one, I'd probably not use it for daily carry, as a cocked hammer is not conducive to concealed carry in a rear pocket holster, the type holster I prefer.
So, no single-action anythings for me, for personal defense in my cc weapon choice.
But as I said earlier, I'm simply stating why I like, and carry daily, MY mouse gun choice in the Ruger LCP.
Again, no offense, just conversin', not confrontin'.
Best Wishes,
Jesse
P.S. And the reason I leave my $800.00 Seecamp LWS380 home most of the time in favor of the much "cheaper" Ruger LCP? 1. The fine LWS380 is painful to shoot. 2. The fine LWS380 offers no external sights. 3. The fine LWS380 offers no Crimson Trace Laser.
What the fine Seecamp LWS380 DOES offer, is extremely tiny size offering maximum ease of concealment, and absolute reliability... If Crimson Trace would make a laser for it, I'd buy one in a heartbeat and my LWS380 would be my daily carry choice, even with no external sights, and damn the finger pain if I had to shoot it in my self defense.
