bradford
Bearcat
I just got a LCP and was reading the manual (really I was) when it mentioned the decocker lever. What the heck are they referring to. I didnt know it has a decocker.
bradford":3tnitw9a said:I didn't imagine anything! Its on page 14 in the real owners manual in a warning section, the 5th line down from the top. But then I imagine you don't have a manual.
In your defense, your right it is left out of the online manual.
MountainGator":uane3ygi said:bradford":uane3ygi said:I didn't imagine anything! Its on page 14 in the real owners manual in a warning section, the 5th line down from the top. But then I imagine you don't have a manual.
In your defense, your right it is left out of the online manual.
Sorry Bradford, was just trying to be funny!! (quess my joke didn't come acress very well - my bad.)
No I don't have my maunals with me (their back in Montana, I am in Florida), But I can ASSURE YOU THERE IS NO DECOCKER LEVER on the 370 and 371 LCPs, no matter what it says on page 14 of your manual. Do you have a 372?
Here's the warning off page 14 (on-line manual) would you kindly quote reply and edit it so it reads as your manual?
Do not load the pistol until you are ready to use it, and
unload it immediately when you have completed
shooting. (See "Unloading Warning" on page 15. )
If dropped or struck, the pistol may fire. Keep chamber
empty unless actually firing! Use decock lever to decock pistol before moving with pistol or when not actually firing.
For maximum safety when carrying the pistol with a
loaded magazine in place, the chamber should be
empty, the slide should be closed. If placed into a
holster, check it to be sure that the slide is not
retracted far enough to either chamber a cartridge
from the magazine.
The user should never depend on any mechanical
device to justify careless handling or permitting the
pistol to point in an unsafe direction. The shooter
should always be alert to the possibility of accidental
discharge. The only absolutely safe pistol is one in
which the slide is open, the chamber is empty, and
there is no magazine in the gun.
Mine also doesn't specifically say not to use +P ammo, so I guess it will take a steady diet of Buffalo Bore's Hard Cast stuff
Hoosier":3svgi7vt said:Mine also doesn't specifically say not to use +P ammo, so I guess it will take a steady diet of Buffalo Bore's Hard Cast stuff
I think the warning was added to manuals starting with the 371xxx numbers. I remember seeing a photo of an LCP that had blown apart. Can't remember if it was because of using +p ammo but all the discussions I have read from LCP user groups and Ruger pretty much agree it shouldn't be used in any LCP.
So we need to MAKE SURE THAT............
1) Use decock lever to decock pistol before moving with pistol or when not actually firing.
and 3) Do not load the pistol until you are ready to use it, and
unload it immediately when you have completed
shooting. For maximum safety when carrying the pistol with a
loaded magazine in place, the chamber should be
empty.
bradford":3htku08g said:OK, I feel better now. Except now I'm worried that out of the thousands of LCP's out there I am the only one who read the manual! OMG! :shock:
And my new LCP is a 372-23xxx :lol:
Hoosier":2zcpz0oi said:and 3) Do not load the pistol until you are ready to use it, and
unload it immediately when you have completed
shooting. For maximum safety when carrying the pistol with a
loaded magazine in place, the chamber should be
empty.
Hmm. Sort of stacks the deck in favor of the bad guys I would say. :?
I guess I better get me a Colt or S&W so I can actually carry a loaded pistol. LOL