Ruger LCP II 22 LR Review

the Ruger LCP 2 and 22 long-rifle let's check it out Ruger introduced the LCP and 380 and it has become a very popular concealed carry choice mainly because of its size it is so tiny now one of the problems with such a tiny firearm is that the recoil even though it's 380 can be a little excessive and so it takes a lot of training to master that firearm a lot of women carry the LCP and 380 and I'm afraid a lot of times they don't get the training that they really need to be able to use it effectively here we have the Ruger LCP 2 which they also make a 380 but this isn't the 22 long-rifle version it is a supersoft shooting little 22 firearm that holds ten plus one over the six plus one of the Ruger LCP and so it's a very soft shooting firearm and it's the same quality and the same dimensions pretty much everything of the LCP - I don't want to thank the guys over at gun Pro deals for sending the Ruger LCP 22 it really allows me to bring a lot of different firearms to you guys to check out the Ruger LCP 222 which stands for a lightweight compact pistol was introduced in 2019 right at the end this is a 22 caliber of the original LCP tube that is in 380 acp so these are really very close to the exact same size now the Ruger LCP ii was introduced in 2016 it featured a last round bolt hold-open a slide lock and a trigger safety and so all of those are incorporated in the 22 version but the original LCP was introduced in 2008 now the one thing about the original was that the trigger was atrocious I'm telling you it was hard to hit a target in 2013 they introduced the Gen 2 which had a much better trigger and more prominent sights and so this is the gen 2 and it is a definite improvement but with the LCP 2 this is an improvement over the original LCP a little bit larger better grip texturing again slide lock and it does hold open on the last round it has a glass filled nylon frame and it does have laser etched shirring which is not super aggressive but it's just right when you're shooting the 22 and for that matter even the 380 we have a back strap here and then the front strap is textured as well one thing about the 22 is it does have an extended base plate a little bit different we're going to go ahead and make sure the gun is unloaded we're going to drop the magazine your magazine release is right here and we're going to check the chamber and it's empty now this does have a magazine disconnect so it locks the trigger into place and so as long as your magazines out you can't fire the pistol another thing is that it does have a safety right here so frame safety and when it is engaged it's just free play there's no firing and it's a different kind of safety you push it forward to fire and then back not like the standard lever which pushes down does have a trigger safety as well right here with the blade and this cannot fire unless you hit that blade and then it disengages it allows the trigger to fire does have a slide lock which when it holds up in the last round which is nice but even then you can open this up and check for different things if you need just to hold it open without the magazine in it now the magazine release is very small but it's not difficult just to get a hold of and it cannot be changed to the other side it's a whole different shape nice ample trigger guard it'd be a little difficult with gloved hands but very nicely finished farm the slide is a alloy steel hardened steel slide and it has a black oxide finish on it front and rear cocking serrations that are very easy to grab now one of the things about the LCP too is it has what they call the light rack really easy to pull that slide back very reminiscent of the sig p228 and this makes it easier for people to draw this slide back especially with weak hand strength and it has some abbreviated little wings right here to be able to grab hold to get a little better leverage here with the 380 we're going to drop the magazine and I check to make sure it's unloaded with this it's a little more difficult of course you have 380 coming back and so it's still very deuce very easy to do but not compared to the light rack I mean this is so smooth it does have a stainless steel barrel 22 is marked right here on the barrel but that's the only place that designates it to be a 22 caliber you'll notice also the extractor is a little bit different a lot longer and that has a lot to do with just the design being a 22 sights are very close to the same looks like the 22 has a little bit more depth but the front sight is almost identical and an improvement over the standard LCP in fact here is the LCP you can see very abbreviated sights but to be honest this is a micro concealed carry piece and the sight you don't want the size to snag the 380 LCP to holds six rounds you can get a seven rail mag extension and then we have ten rounds for the 22 which is really nice considering this magazine is so small and so we have ten rounds here and I don't think there's any extensions but the magazines typically run about twenty dollars and gump rodeos had a two mag pack for $29.99 so I went ahead and order two of the two packs because it only comes with one magazine and you know when you're loading that and you're shooting so fast because it's 22 you can shoot a lot more and so I'm going ahead and ordered some extra mags the barrel is 2.75 inches in length it is a stainless steel barrel like we mentioned and the length is the same on the 380 it's point eight one inches in width it's four inches in height and it's 5.2 inches in length now one of the things about this size pistol is that it is super easy to conceal this would be a great backup for law enforcement but honestly if you want to really go deep carry this makes a great option in the 380 and also in the 22 long rifle now you notice on the original LCP I have some talent grips this is a very slick frame compared to the new aggressive texturing that's on the LCP - and really I don't feel like I need to put telling grips on this one but definitely it helps with the original LCP now the side stop is but it does a great job of holding this slide open and that's one thing with the original LCP it didn't have the slide stop and so you had to remove your magazine to get the slide to drop and it's a little bit inconvenient that I really like having that slide stop max they pop out really well as you can see now according to Ruger this is safe to drive farm 22 rimfires you don't want to draw fire a lot but with this one again it is safe so that allows you to drop fire practice without any trouble wait on the LCP to in twenty to ten point eight ounces really lightweight now let's check the trigger pull action again we're going to just check to make sure the gun is unloaded this is a double action single strike trigger and that means that you pull the trigger is in double action mode that means the hammer is pre [ __ ] but then it comes back and then it fires but you don't have second strike capability now we're going to check the trigger pull action so we hit our shoe you have some take up right here just a little bit of stacking but not bad and then a fairly decent break let's check reset right about there not a super short reset but that has a lot to do with the double action we're gonna check our trigger pull weight with our lolly trigger gates from Brownells six pounds eight point three ounces six pounds five point six ounces now included is a small little pocket holster and it's kind of that sticky material where it fits and then this rest on the inside of your pocket to keep it from drawing when you pull the pistol but it just fits right down in here if you just want to carry it this way to keep it protected that's a great way as well but we're gonna test it out we're gonna try out the pocket holster that comes with it don't just see how well it does it's one of those sticky type holsters seems like it's retaining itself pretty decently we'll see and I'm more of a really rapid kind of chat test really can only get two fingers at the most three so that would definitely take a lot of practice you don't want to fumble around with it pretty quick it takes some practice guys we're gonna be using some CCI mini mags to kind of start things off they do recommend high velocity and so this should work but we do have some federal bulk ammunition and we're going to check that out as well the Ruger LCP 2 at 22 at the range is just fantastic I mean it's so slick and the slide just glides the recoil is about zero and for this really small pistol you know you're still able to take care of shots shot placements really well the CCI mini mags ran flawlessly through this handgun I wanted to test out some bolts we had some federal 40 grain and while it was very functional the last round we did have that one issue we had a solid primer strike on that last one so it didn't fire but one thing about the reason I hesitated was when I looked hit my slide it looked like it wasn't in battery but it was so really just that last round didn't go off the tiny grip it does have some decent aggressive texturing not super aggressive it allows you to hold on to the grip I never felt that it was going to slip but with that really light recoil you know it's just not going anywhere and the sights are a little difficult to see but they're a little larger than the standard LCP but you can pick them up but the big problem is when it comes to accuracy it's just not a target pistol but still decent accuracy for a little 22 micro pistol I've heard reports that people are engaging this safety accidentally I never had any of that problem I mean it is a pretty solid safety so unless I'm really you know jerking it or whatever no problems whatsoever I recommend though that because it does have a safety that you utilize the safety because it can inadvertently get knocked and you want to make sure that you train and hit that safety off even if you don't engage the safety train to hit the safety off front cocking serrations especially because this slide is so smooth it makes it really easy and of course the rear overall I had a great experience with this pistol to make sure the gun is unloaded right here is your takedown little pier you want to take either a spent shell or a little screwdriver to pop that out it comes right out it's not captive and then your slide comes forward we have our small small tiny recoil spring and that's pretty cool and then we have our barrel that comes out it is a tilting barrel design and you'll notice that it does have a kind of an area right here that lowers and lessons in on the barrel but it is a full-size barrel this light rail is going about the two thirds of the frame and we have our slide it's a very simple easy going to disassemble reassembly we're gonna just go in reverse order drop in our barrel put in our tiny recoil spring bring it back over the frame when you're putting back in your takedown pin you'll notice this little silver spring and so you want to just push down on it a little bit and then you can slide this back into the barrel test for function we're good to go now it comes in just a plain nondescript box again you do get your holster you do get a mag loader which when I went down to the range I left this and so this is really easy to load your magazines you do get a chamber flag and one great thing about that some ranges require that you have one so you've already got one right there and then also you have your owner's manual and all the paperwork and a lot which is required by law now there's a lot of debate about carrying a 22 for self defense and the debate is real heavy on the don't do it and I'm in that camp I really feel like that if you're carrying a 22 it's very underpowered but one of the big things is is even if you make good shots you know is it going to stop the attack now most of the time just bringing out a firearm will stop an attack a couple of rounds will stop the attack even in the arm or the leg but one of the big things about 22 is that they can sometimes be a little finicky even though 22 long-rifle is more reliable than it's ever been there is more of a chance of having some kind of malfunction now on the flip side of that if you have someone a significant other that just refuses to carry a centerfire pistol even in 380 because they're just recall sensitive I have friends that have said a number of friends that have said my wife will not carry anything but a 22 as much as I've tried to talk her out of it and so again it's better to have a good 22 than it is to not carry anything even between the LCP to 380 and 22 is that it is difficult to master that 380 I mean it took me a little while to really get good with it and so unless you're going to train a lot with it you know that is one thing you can get shots on target a lot faster and a lot more effectively with a very low recalling firearm and so one thing about this is is make sure that if you do have someone that wants to carry this or you yourself is to make sure that shot placement is everything and so you need to make sure that you train that way am i recommending 22 no but if you're going to carry it make sure you get those shots in the right spot and guys to be honest there are poachers every year that go out and kill full-size deer with a 22 it is lethal now the price on the LCP - in 22 retails for 300 $49 on the gun print deals website it's running $2.99 extra mags are $20 and ninety cent on the gun Pro deals website and then again the two pi is $29.99 which i think is a great deal so guys if you're looking for either a training option for your Elsie p2 or even LCP it's cheap to shoot low recoil low muzzle blast and they're just a lot of fun to take out great for plinking great for just getting out to the range and also as a concealed carry option and definitely appreciate gun Pro deals for sending it well I had a great experience with the Ruger LCP - and it will go along great with my Ruger LCP - and 380 but I'm still a big fan of the standard LCP so I think Ruger has some really nice budget firearms that are good quality it really makes it nice to have a good quality concealed carry option without breaking the bank and again I want to thank the guys Hoover at gun Pro deals for sending this pistol and for their support it means a lot again just allows me to bring great guns to you and they're just good guys rubber dummies is one of the best training tools on the market and you get a 10% discount using suit zero zero when you click the link down in the description be strong be of good courage god bless america long live the Republic it is more of an opera there is more of a protective and makes it not and okay and also in the 22 ACP there is no 22 ACP that I'm aware of and I think that the but I think that the 22 is gonna be so check how good produce

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Length: 19min 2sec (1142 seconds)

Published: Sat May 23 2020