I'm about to make my first lcp purchase. Has anyone experienced rusting on the regular lcp model? I was told it has a tendency to rust and I should invest in the stainless model. The problem is that no one locally has it in stock and they have all checked their vendors and they don't have them either.
I live in Louisiana and plan on making this a deep concealment/carry everywhere gun so it will see sweat and humidity.
When I was looking at the LCP, a friend who works at the LGS made the same recommendation for our location, Atlantic coast of Florida. No first hand experience, because I wound up going with a Sig P238.
The barrel of the stainless LCP is still blued carbon steel.
I remember the days of carrying blued guns concealed. We checked them when we removed them at the end of the day and wiped them off, as needed. Cleaned and wiped the exterior with a lightly oiled or silicone cloth. Some holsters absorbed and wicked sweat and moisture worse than others, so constant vigilance was required.
I own both a carbon steel/blue and a stainless(slide) LCP. I carried my blued one for a couple of years, using a UM pocket holster. I live on the West Coast (considered the Central Coast, locally), but my pockets don't get sweat-soaked on an average day.
My safe has a couple of electric rods and some desiccant tubs placed throughout it (and the tubs fill every couple of months).
None of my blued guns have rusted, but the local humidity only runs 35-50% (at least in the summer). My house has some humidity at the higher end (50% inside) because we have a river running along the property. Unfortunately, not high enough so that I can leave my cigars outside one of my humidors.
A good friend lives up in the Sierras. He carries his blued LCP virtually every day, in a cheap and frayed nylon pocket holster, for the last several years. He's not the most motivated person when it comes to cleaning and maintenance, and the last time I looked at his LCP, it wasn't rusted.
Have you fired one? They have a brutal recoil and are only good out to about 10 yards with any accuracy. While it's a little bigger, a G43 is a much more pleasant gun to shoot, once you get the trigger and connector squared away. Plus you get the benefit of more powerful and cheaper ammo with the 9mm.
I'll be honest. I have a g26 and a keltec pf9. I carry my g26 in a crossbreed supertuck and just got a smartcarry for the pf9.
I have not shot a lcp before. I'm debating on whether i even have a need for this gun. I can carry my pf9 anywhere in a smartcarry and shoot it almost as good as my g26.
I feel that the 43 does not have a niche that the 26 or pf9 do. If I carry a 43 iwb I can carry my 26. If I can't I can carry my pf9.
I carry a front pocket wallet so will probably rarely carry the lcp in a pocket holster.
You are sticking in great bud. The LCP does not have sledgehammer recoil at all. ESPECIALLY if you are use to carrying a PF9 the LCP is nothing. I have owned 2 PF9's and 2 LCP's. The LCP is much much easier to pocket carry. I love my 43 as well but the statement you just made is the million dollar statement in your situation. The LCP is the way to go. You can carry it ANYWHERE and it has plenty of power as long as you do your job, but that's the same with ANY HAND gun. The regular black slide holds up ok, not great nor terrible. Like I had said I have both and the stainless is the way to go, especially for such a small price difference. However, you will not be disappointed with a regular black slide if you want to save the difference in $. I also should have said earlier that my 2 best shooting buddies, my brother, and my father in law(who is a police chief) all go with the 26, LCP combo. Out of the 5 of us 3 have stainless LCP's, but the 2 that have black slide still look decent after a couple years of daily carry. However, all of our stainless models that are pocket carried hard look absolutely pristine! JMO for daily carry that stainless sure looks awesome and functions great, but there is no wrong answer. Though in the long run you will be happier with the stainless model. Also, if you end up finding me a complete crazy nut, the stainless is going to hold up a lot better for re-sale if god forbid I am wrong on all of this. But I am not bud!
I bought mine in 2008 or 09 and have pocket carried it everyday since. Since we live in humid east TX I'd always been sure to keep the slide protected with Eezox. I suppose I've slacked too much on that lately as I noticed three rust spots on the slide's exterior about two months ago. I've been careful to monitor and control this problem since, but am looking to pick up a LC9 soon.
The reasoning behind a LCP is that almost any pistol is better than none at all. The recoil is uncomfortable and it's really hard to hit much of anything further than a room's distance away. I doubt I've got more than 100 rounds through mine, but in that it's been 100% reliable.
I'm about to make my first lcp purchase. Has anyone experienced rusting on the regular lcp model? I was told it has a tendency to rust and I should invest in the stainless model. The problem is that no one locally has it in stock and they have all checked their vendors and they don't have them either.
I live in Louisiana and plan on making this a deep concealment/carry everywhere gun so it will see sweat and humidity.
I have three LCP pistols, two stainless and one of the "older" blue models with the lousy trigger. When I purchased the blued model I had it Cerokated for rust protection, so I've had no issues with rust for the last several years. The stainless models, carried in AZ, have shown no sign of rust since I purchased them (the handguns are carried by my wife and by me). This is a long winded way of suggesting you'd be better off with the stainless model.
They still make the stainless guns. I was lucky to have found one for $225 OTD, not too long after Ruger lowered the price. They still come into my LGS from time to time. I preferred the stainless for the hot Georgia summers. It sounds like the blue would be fine as long as you wipe it down when needed.
I usually council someone to buy what you really want. If that means you put a "notify when back in stock" at several of the reliable online vendors and local dealers; so be it. Patience can be your friend.
I have an LCP, and an LC9S Pro. The recoils on the LCP is not "brutal", but it is not a very fun gun to shoot. It is plenty accurate for it's intended purpose.
The LC9S Pro is actually nicer to shoot, and conceals almost as easily. The difference is minor. As to the barrel in the stainless model being regular steel, that may be true. But the barrel is not what rests against your body being exposed to sweat. Also, the barrel can easily be left with a thin coat of oil, whereas an oiled slide would mess up clothing.
If you are concerned about rust, go with the stainless model. They make them for a reason.
That looks like a great deal. Is there a code or something that I am not seeing to get it to 229 from the 249 I see? I need another stainless LCP and 229 shipped would be pretty tough to beat. 249 shipped isn't bad either.
Mine hasn't rusted, and I never clean it and wear it on my ankle a lot...but there's an LCP stainless? That sounds pretty cool and I don't even like stainless guns.
Yes it is real stainless and not some coating called stainless that has held up extremely well through several years of tough daily pocket carry everywhere. I can't recommend mine any higher and like I said, I need another one right now.
I had an lcp for 5 plus years in the florida heat and humidity. Not a single bit of rust on it and I was a daily carry. While the lcp is a decent gun get something in 9mm. Or if you're dead set on 380 get a g42 or something in that size. The lcp kicks a lot due to its size.
I must be immune to recoil if the LCP has a whole lot of it. ANYTHING bigger is not a TRUE pocket pistol. I owned every small pistol short of a R9 Rohrbaugh in search of the perfect pocket pistol(virtually all in 9mm)and none of them are easily carried anywhere pocket guns like the LCP is. I bought and sold way too many very small 9mm's to list on here now, but trust me I exhaustively tried them all. What's so great about the LCP is that its very dependable, accurate, affordable, and you can carry 7 rounds of powerful enough(if you do your job) hollow points. All handguns are under efficient strength stopping weapons. So a .380 with good hollow points is a strong enough round to have, mainly because you can HAVE IT ON YOU ANYWHERE you go. The closest to a true pocket 9mm was probably a PM9 KAHR, but I spent years and tons of money looking for the 9mm pocket pistol that I could ALWAYS carry with me. NONE of them even came close, none. So for several years now its a stainless LCP 380 that is absolutely the best tool in the toolbox for the all the time carry job. JMO!!
Elsie Peas are decent little shooters for what you get. My wife's Sig P238 Equinox ran laps around the LCP. I just find for the difference in size, the single stack G43 in 9mm is my 'lightweight' carry - albeit in a IWB holster or sport jacket pocket. Can fit ok in cargo shorts but nothing like the LCP or P238. A stainless LCP in new gen moldings for $229 is a great value
I pocket carry mine and we've had days in excess of 95 degrees with a lot of humidity. I've removed the pistol and it was pretty wet. Zero rust (so far.)
I have a blued model. After a blistering 97F day in high the humidity of Florida I did in fact end up with some surface rust on the slide near the muzzle. It was the side that was against my body. I was wearing a leather IWB and my theory is that the sweat dripped down into the holster.
In order to get all the rust off I took some of the original bluing away and used some cold blue to touch it up. You can tell where it happened but I don't really care (it needs to be re-touched). It's a pocket gun and it gets plenty of holster wear
I always wipe my blued firearms off at the end of the day. This is the only blued gun where this has happened to me. Now I pocket carry if it's gonna be a scorcher.
As to shootability and recoil? Well... that's going to be an individual thing. I have no issues with it.
My Gen 1 blued LCP survived many years of hot muggy Missouri summers without a spec of rust and I'm bad at keeping guns oiled. I did spray the inside of the pocket holster with silicon, not for rust protection but due to the gun wanting to stick in the holster. My Gen 1 blued LCP had a stainless barrel while my new stainless Gen 2 LCP had a blued barrel. The new Gen 2's trigger is much improved which has mad the gun much more accurate. I have no trouble hitting a silhouette target at 25 yard, real hard to due with the Gen 1.
Had the blued version for a couple of years. Near constant BUG in my rear pocket. Started having rust issues. Everyday pocket carry even in a holster is a rough like for a gun. Got the stainless and problem is gone. Get the stainless. Just a better finish.
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