Last year, I stumbled on a used, like new LC9. I was quite happy with it . The guy that owned it, said he had bought it for a rnage toy? Whatever!!! He found out that it was not a long range pistola. He had brought it into a gunshow and was selling it to get a larger 9. I found it to be a great carry piece. DA trigger was not that bad compared to early DAO guns that I had like the Taurus Millenioum and KT-11.
Had a few of the tiny DAO autos like the KT P-32, P3AT and more recently a Taurus TCP in .32. They are great for carry, but are just up close and personal guns. The LC9 was not much bigger than the LCP my buddy had. Recoil on the 9 was not offensive to me. He preferes the smaller size of the LCP for pocket carry. Icould fit the LC0 into a jeans pocket, but it was much bigger tahn the tiny autos. Great in a jacket or IWB holster. Anyway, my kid liked it so much that I gave it to him.
I figured I could find another used one. Not so easy. I did stumble on a used Kahr CW45 and carried it instead. An old man and his wife had brought it into a gun show to sell it cause she could not handle the recoil or operate the slide very well. It worked great for me and I still have it. I had a hankering for a big bore pocket auto for some time. It did the trick, but was much heavier than the LC9. It was also thicker, but not as much as a Taurus PT 145 I had. It was a double stack compact. Great, but just too thick for me anyway. Same for the other double stacks. The Kahr fit in the holster I had for the LC9.
Still missed the thinner size and ease of carrying it in a pocket without a holdster at times. Ain't much on .380s, so I only have one and don't carry it. Looked at the LC9s at Academy Sports and they did not have the other 2 modlels or the .380. So I got one of the LC9s striker fired guns for my B=day like a month ago.
The gun is much the same as the LC9, but has no loaded chamber indicator. I can live without that. Trigger is a good bit better, buthow good of a trigger do you have to have for close range SD shooting? It is more than adequate and is reliable like he other one. Now to find anohter magazine. Took me a year to locate one for the other gun. I don't shop the internet, so I just have tokeep looking. Give me an excuse to go to the gunshows and gun stores.
The gun is stuck in my stretch pants now in an old Bianchi IWB that worked well with a Bersa .380 and with the Kahr CW45. However, it is much lighter than the Bersa or even the Kahre when it was fully loaded with .45 acp. Much thinner, so it is hardly noticeable.
