Posted: 5/23/2009 5:13:13 PM EDT
| Has anyone made any improvements to the sights on thier LCP? I was thinking of a little paint om the front sight so I can pick it up quicker/easier. If any of you have made any changes, please show some pics. |
| I've thought about this too, and a co-worker said he has some 'sight paint' he can let me use. I can shoot fairly accurately (careful, aimed fire) to about 45' (center mass), but to be honest, this gun is more of a 'last resort' gun that would be used in very, very close quarters. |
| I realize its the last resort gun. I'll likley carry it as a backup, so I have to qualify with it, which means 50 foot shots. I already shoot it low at 12-15 feet, which seems to be a common problem with the LCP I'll probably shoot it tonight at longer distances to see what i can do. |
| Fortunately for me, our backup quals top out at 15 yds (primary sidearm qual tops out at 25 yds). I find the biggest problem with the LCP is the trigger pull. It's long and heavy. I'm not a DAO kind of shooter, so it's been a challenge getting used to it. I'm sure it's just a matter of practice, but finding .380 ammo is next to impossible here, so I'm going to have to wait. |
| I put some brite orange nail polish on the front site. It seems to help a litle. The main problem is there just isnt enough site blade to make a huge impact. When level off on the target the color disapears, but it does make the initial site acqusition easier, up to the level point of aim. |
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Erik996.
If you can't get ammo, you need to practice dry firing. Its a pain to dry fire a LCP. But you can get some great practice in by dry firing a J frame snubby. Same small grip area (provided you have a short grip on it) These little guns really are sensitive to the quality of your trigger squeeze. I love shooting double action revolvers. I did a bit of IDPA shooting with revolvers. So my squeeze has developed so I don't move the gun during the long, heavy pull. I suggest you practice with a small revolver and some (still plentiful) 38 special ammo to build muscle memory. Don |
| Sights? you mean my Elsie has sights????? Seriously though with my aging eyes and those black little sights I look at Elsie as a up close and personal type handgun. I figure if i am ever going to have to use her she will be barking before she makes it up to eye level and that is the way I practice with her. |
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http://elsiepeaforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=828.0 Lot's of ideas here. |
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I got some .380 ammo finally (thanks to an arfcom trade!) and put a whopping 50 rounds of 95 grain lead round nose through it. The sights are tricky to master, and it took some care to get accurate results from 7 yards. With slow aimed fire and the stock sights, I could get 4" groups, but honestly, I don't find this gun fun to shoot at all.
I'm comfortable I could hit a human size target at 10 yards fairly easily, but accuracy and confidence dwindles after that. Add stressing factors: low light, moving target, etc... and this is really a close quarters weapon. While having more visible sights may make range time more pleasant, you shouldn't need sights to shoot at the range this gun was made for. I doubt I'll shoot it much more because it's quite uncomfortable. Maybe because my hands are quite large, but the gun is hard for me to handle and after only 50 rounds, I was developing some blisters. Bottom line: because of the very short barrel and the somewhat clunky action, this isn't a target pistol. Range time is a much better investment than upgrading the sights. There is no downside to improving the sights, but I don't see how it would actually help in a real-world situation. |