In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.

Kel tec vs Ruger LCP

woodchuckjohnwoodchuckjohn Member Posts: 207 ✭✭✭
edited November 2013 in Ask the Experts
A puzzlement gentlemen: Why, two identical 380 caliber pistols, Kel tec P3AT and Ruger LCP, one a copy of the other, do they have such different recoil springs. I handled my brother's Ruger today and had little trouble operating the slide while my Ket tec is a bear to operate?
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • beantownshootahbeantownshootah Member Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The two guns aren't identical. While the Ruger is basically a copy of the Kel-Tec, there are a few design differences (eg Ruger has slide lock, and trigger bar inserts differently).

    I've actually shot both these guns, side by side, and I don't remember any difference in terms of force necessary to rack the slides. Maybe there was one, I just don't remember. The Ruger was a little smoother. . .that's was about it.

    IMO neither one of them is particularly easy to rack the slide. . .I think you might have trouble if your hands were wet or cold with these.

    Maybe the Ruger you shot was more broken in? That could explain some difference in perceived recoil spring stiffness or resistance when racking the slide.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.