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TCP vs LCP
« on: August 11, 2011, 05:41:08 AM »
[CORRECTIONS MADE:  SHORT STORY, I HAD THE TAURUS, NOW I HAVE THE RUGER]

After doing a lot of reading last year, I decided to buy the Taurus TCP in .380.  

Several advantages.   It came with two magazines and a nice belt pouch suitable for concealed carry.    Because ammo has been rather pricey, I only put a few familiarization rounds through over the past year.  Last week, after having acquired some reasonably priced uh....... not-as-expensive-as-before ammo I put 62 rounds through it.   50 rounds of white box Winchester truncated cone and 12 rounds of Master self-defense.

I was not pleased.   4 of the rounds had a failure to EXTRACT, leaving the empty brass sticking out of the chamber about a 1/4" and the next round jammed underneath it.   You pretty much have to lock the slide back, remove the mag and pull the empty out by hand, or cycle the slide.   If I wanted to take the time to mess with it, I'd guess a stiffer recoil spring would help slow the initial "snap" of the slide.  Whatever, I don't have any confidence in it anymore.

I decided to dump the Taurus.  My other two choices were the DiamondBack and the Ruger.    At the range yesterday, I decided to go ahead and lift my boycott of Ruger.   I had (I mean I just HAD) to use my $50 over cost discount before Saturday or I would loose it.    Of course there's not much mark up on LCP anyway, but I did save $30.  That and I might as well help with the million gun challenge Ruger has offered the NRA.

So I have the LCP now and will fire it on Friday.  One plus is all the accessories that I had for the Taurus, fit the LCP better since that's who they were designed for to begin with.    I hope it doesn't let me down.





Uh anyone want a used Taurus TCP?  ;D

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Re: TCP vs LCP
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2011, 05:51:12 AM »
I'll look at it, IF you can tell why you think you had the FTE issues. Maintenance, break in, ammo issues etc.? PM me.
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Re: TCP vs LCP
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2011, 09:33:21 AM »
Afl,

I'm confused on your usage of TCP and LCP in the last paragraphs of your post.

I just might not be understanding the references you are using, perhaps I'm being too literal, but, for example, you mention a used Taurus LCP.  You might be using LCP as a generic name for the breed.

Also, you say that the accessories for the Taurus fit the TCP better since they were made for it...don't understand that one.

I see from the start you refer to the Taurus as a Taurus LCP in .380.

Take care
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Re: TCP vs LCP
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2011, 11:09:29 AM »
Solus, excuse him, he's old and got them switched   ;D
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Re: TCP vs LCP
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2011, 11:41:36 AM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on August 11, 2011, 11:09:29 AM
Solus, excuse him, he's old and got them switched   ;D

Whew....I was worried I was not following very well cause I'm old and confused most of the time.

HAHAHA..it was Alf!!!
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Re: TCP vs LCP
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2011, 01:29:30 PM »
LCP, TCP, PCP. They're all the same. Well, maybe not that last one.  :)
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Re: TCP vs LCP
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2011, 01:41:23 PM »
Quote from: jumbofrank on August 11, 2011, 01:29:30 PM
LCP, TCP, PCP. They're all the same. Well, maybe not that last one.  :)

Now I'm confused again.....   ;D
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Re: TCP vs LCP
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2011, 01:53:40 PM »
Quote from: Solus on August 11, 2011, 01:41:23 PM
Now I'm confused again.....   ;D
One is kind of fun, one will get you killed, and one ain't worth the money. Which is which? ;D
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Re: TCP vs LCP
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2011, 04:18:21 PM »
DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS


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Re: TCP vs LCP
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2011, 05:03:57 PM »
You'll be happy with the LCP I think.  I've run a little over 300 rounds though mine (I know, not a ton), and have yet to see it fail to feed, fail to fire, or even hicup in the least.  I'm a VERY happy customer, and confidently carry it almost everywhere I go.

We were camping last fall and I and my daughter were shooting targets with it.  Mind you the gun is amazingly accurate!  But, she was crazy nervous shooting it the first time and completely missed the target we'd hung from a 4" diameter tree limb.  Yeah, she hit the tree limb dead in the middle.  It made a SUPER loud crack, wood chips flew everywhere, and it fell straight to the ground!

We just looked at each other a minute, then I told her "I think it counts extra when you destroy the whole target.  But lets not do that again!"     ;)
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