red ryder
Single-Sixer
Sportsman's Warehouse in Laramie, WY has a three day grand opening sale on LCP's for $149 with a $20 off coupon given out at the door for a net price of $129. We drove to Laramie (about 40 miles from home on a low traffic Wyoming interstate) to buy one for the wife. She finally agreed to carry when she takes her early morning walk for exercise. We compared the LCP for $149 to the LCP2 for $299. I have read online of the superior sights and the stay open slide on the LCP2. I am honestly puzzled. The LCP will be used for protection only. The wife does have a early gen Glock 19, which she won't carry, claiming it is too large and heavy while walking. Therefore the LCP makes more sense as a small carry gun to her and to me as well. Here's my question, why would a person pay double for an LCP2 when the superior sights would not be used in a close up threatening situation of perhaps 3 to 5 feet? In a situation like described, I doubt a person would have time to look down the sights no matter how good they were. Also puzzling to me is the posts I read regarding the greater accuracy in the LCP2. Neither gun is a target gun and if you can't hit a grown man (I assume a threat while a woman is out for a morning walk would come from a man) at 3-5 feet, you are a really poor shooter.