Yes this is a Novel,,,,,unless im wasted my time tell you this stuff i have knowledge knowing and hands on you want to know this,you will get frustrated and wanna give up send it back for your money but im telling you i didnt and it worked out for me,,love this thing!!,,, so if you wanna hear me you will sit down with a cup of coffee to read it,,,trust me if not then cool no harm no foul jus telling my life story smile ,,,i searched all over in forums got some good info and often time a lil of nothing helpful room is nice tho but also can be critical mostly of my books like this lol but like i did i take constructive criticisim and use and apply it because you never know some one may know wht you dont in this case this is self hands on exp im telling you..
got mine over a yr ago,,,mine did the same right out the box,,,,i never made it to the range,,,i similated action by engging the slide manually loaded mag it jammed ftf all that after messing with it 3 days trying to figure if i could figure,,,finally i took it back to gun store,,,they said they had a few bad batches sent it back in for me,,,got it back after about 3 weeks when it returned i got a note stating whst they did they replaced the barrell and entire slide assembly,,,,made it to range where it cycled completely extracting ejecting and all few still hang ups ftf,,,weapon was successful at about a 80% of the time it was better considering i couldnt get it to do not much out the box read on a post not expeirenced myself that you can go back and forth back and forth with ruger fixing one problem but if still not fixed theyll replace another and so on so forth back and forth,,,but again wasnt me,,
,i inspected it well,,and noticed somethings wasnt too terrible but slide didnt look new as i sent in a new weapon and should of gotten new parts replaced ,,,breech face where firing pin comes out,,,was super crutty buildup barrell had scrape marks on it but i didnt sweat that too much weapon did cycle atleast some but i still wasnt satisfied,,,though i vowed i wouldnt go thru the back and forth thing so i decided to dive in myself risking warrant breech to figure if problem was the mag being what appears seated fully in mag well super tight it felt or under neath the slide where the top of mag butts up against the slide on the metal bar its where the round in the mag butts up against i further inspected more i lubed it like all get out it did even a lil better but still ftf some but better each lil thing i did researched came up on a video on youtube dated downloaded or created back in 2015 yep that long ago where this guy had one of the first lcp rugers ,,,having the same identicle problem,,,i got pissed,,because i was like ruger still putting out lcp models from even that long ago doing the same thing,,
,but i watched the video and dude did a me,,,he took upon him self to figure what wepon was doin,,,,,he demonstrated how he got his functioning with lil or no issues any more,,,his method will breech warranty because it involved some sanding smooth spots where slide rubs that metal bar under the slide where mag butts up recommended sanding but slightly not with a tool but use your finger not really shaving any metal off,,,,he polished the feed ramp using a dremel polisher pad let me say this wheni posted this to ruger forums mannn lol had lots jump thru the freakin roof lol seriously,,,,,i had to explain i understood the risk breachin warranty and let them know i know weapon nology and do my own gunsmith ,,i wouldnt recommend anyone who doesnt know gun smith to even attempt but i was confident and took the risk,,,,he polished and sanded other areas too when guy on video finished he demonstrated and explained his diagnosis told him a exteeme small weapon ,,,so small it has tight parts rubbing to the point friction,,,
, let me say this i did consider what lots on the room stated that if weapon is new then it has to wear some or break in period some stated rock the slide manually alot to loosen its mechinisims and action i believed that then i figured the sanding some agai not alot that breech face i stated was crutty i sanded that to a clean surface shiney,,, i sanded where the slide slides on the rail heres that video,,,,,,again i state if you dont wanna risk warranty to take responsibility and have ruger to tell you they wont repair because it has apparent wear and marks but my theory,,,, the sanding and polishing is going to be anyway as the wepon wears,,,,plus ruger is super nice honoring its warranty but it is a risk,,,when i did mine just as the video,,,yep nailed it! but again thats my story thing cycled without a hitch,,,,no fail to feed etc...My final conclusion since owning the lcp max ive discovered you gotta keep it wet when going to the range,,,others may state not too but with this smallest of almost the smallest of weapon parts will rub....and not only that theory,,,,
,thing is super tempermental about certain ammo,,,,ball ammo is nasty with this thing will ftf ammo sticking to the top of feed ramp all that etc expect that,,,i caught onto this,,,,,its not uncommon for certain weapon manufacturers will state recommended ammo even if its some of the most expensive or moderately cost ammo,,,,,,i found this with lil or no hang ups and tested and found there is something about Hornady Critical Defense that this lcp max loves lil or zero issues feed eats it burps and wants more no handups i dont know if its the design of the ammo i think it is because hornady critical defense is rated for smaller pocket carry weapons such as smith and wesson models ruger lcp and lcp 2 lcp max etc... and yes im unloading on you for u its been a while im known to write books but you need input correct,,,this is just mine,,,lots in the room can be helpful but you also wanna hear from those whove exp the same issues correct? you will hear from lots you will hear oh ive had one and had no issues,,you will get suggestions jus as im letting you know my side of the story,,,,maybe yours is not doing exactly like mine but sounds awfully familiar so this is just my take,,
Im not telling you or advising you to do any of what i did im loading this youtube video to you jus to watch,,,,,but once you watch it notice the guys weapon is a first gen of the lcp i think a lcp 2 its a 380 as well its where the max generated from what make it the max is because of its design and mag that holds 12 rounds other lcp went to like 7 i think,,,one last thing if you have issues with slide fail to lock back also call them and tell them that and they will send you another mag free and youll keep the older one as well they did have issues with the mags as well and did some kinda correction on thise too and i havent reall had much of a fail of slide to stay locked back after emptied mag but a few times it still doest it,,,theres videon on youtube about this too,,,youtube is the joint because its people just like you and me whove had the same issues and figured out somethings and lots of it works,,,the room not necessarily everybody will frown on youtube videos and instead will jus let you know jus send your weapon back in to ruger ,,,i jus took upon myself to not do that so far things are nice,,,but check video also out on youtube about hornady critical defence,,infact before you follow anything from youtube get you a box of 25 hornady critical defense load a mag and see if its better if its alot better and zero hiccups then youll know its mostly a ammo thing this is fact and remember lube it well,,,i didnt say submerge the friggn thing in gun oil lol but try this stuff ,,im almost certain ill be willing to bet its mostly ammo problems even though ruger has honored the problem being the slide or barrell which they replaced both of mine barrell and entire slide assembly,,,im done,,,,smile you can cash app me some money smile jus kiddn,,,let me know dude! good luck heres that video
RUGER LCP .380 Problems and Reliability Issues Solved - YouTube