LC9 vs S&W J-frame

[akoba]

+1 for enclosed hammer snubbie for pocket shooting (not just carrying). Try shooting your auto through (an equivalent to) your duty jacket pocket before you think of carrying one there. Slide resetting? New round feeding?

Justin

Thank You for the new idea. Yo got me thinking about that situation. I might look now for a enclosed hammer revolver. Since i wear a loose 5.11 pants on my duty all the time. That will be a good pocket carry.

I have both LCP and LC9. I like the lcp better than the LC9. I want to sell the LC9 but wifey said "NO" she like the LC9. ohh weellll i need to save some money again for a new gun. Since i cant sell the LC9.

[Notorious]

I would have gone with a Kahr if the backordered wait wasn't so long but my buddy then told me about his experience so I went with the Taurus.

[MarineJohn]

I searched all over and finally got my hands on a LC9 and found out that I hated it. I have an LCP that I like and my wife loves and has pretty much taken over . I am glad I was able to see one first hand and handle it before I ordered one and was stuck with it. The main issue I had with it was the magazine disconnect safety and the trigger pull seems to be a lot longer then the LCP. I have a Colt Mustang that I carry off duty and guess I will be sticking with that for now, maybe it is true that you can't replace a classic.
Stay safe,
John

[Notorious]

The Sig and Mustang are cool 380 guns but with the same size and frame safety, I get 7+1 9mm firepower with the Taurus.

[Roccobro]

Thank You for the new idea. Yo got me thinking about that situation. I might look now for a enclosed hammer revolver. Since i wear a loose 5.11 pants on my duty all the time. That will be a good pocket carry.

I have both LCP and LC9. I like the lcp better than the LC9. I want to sell the LC9 but wifey said "NO" she like the LC9. ohh weellll i need to save some money again for a new gun. Since i cant sell the LC9.

You can thank Massad Ayoob. I bought a pair of 642's for his sound reasoning years ago. You can have your hands in jacket pocket like your fat/dumb/happy during a contact and they would never know your ready.

Justin

[Notorious]

Not to knock the Centennial revolver because I have one but this shooting out of your pocket thing might be overrated and a nonevent for us most of the time. In SoCal, I hardly wear a jacket on duty thanks to our weather.

I don't think I am going to be shooting it while it's in my pants pocket where I normally carry my backup. I will admit, when I have carried my 640-1 in my jacket pocket, it was nice to know that you could shoot it without having to take it out but the weather here just doesn't lend itself to making that too often.

The main advantage though that I see is the contact shot where you can gut punch someone with the revolver and pull the trigger 5 times without worrying if the slide on an auto will be pushed out of battery or jamming up.

[JeffM]

Careful with that PM9. My buddy and his whole squad changed out their PM9 off duty guns due to catastrophic failure. Forgot what the exact reason was... But if it works for you, that's awesome. I wanted one actually but since they were backordered, I bought the Taurus instead.

A sample of one does not make for reliable data to base a decision on.

[ccmc]

I had a lot of FTFs with my LCP (at least one per mag). I polished the feed ramp and replaced with stronger Wolff recoil spring #12 pound. Now it runs 100 percents with both fmj and jhp.

Last year there was an article in American Rifleman that reviewed a bunch or different pocket .380s. Everyone of them had failures to feed or chamber. The article concluded that all these guns were somewhat ammo sensitive, and should have 500 rounds put through them before being relied on as a BUG.

[Notorious]

A sample of one does not make for reliable data to base a decision on.

No it doesn't. But it is something that I am trusting my life to.

Actually it was a sample of 4. Then there was the fact that the particular PM9 style that I wanted was backordered. Then there was the price point.

When you add it all together and the fact that it was going to be my EDC off duty as well as my on duty backup, I went with an alternative choice.