Carl the Floor Walker
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I always believed that you start to look for cracks in them at around 1500 rds. I had one that made it up to about 2200 rds. Ruger might now have a new upgraded material by now, but I would not know.Hi Carl
Ruger frame is not polymer, it is glass filled nylon. I don't know exactly what is the difference, but Ruger is very specific.
https://www.ruger.com/products/lcp/specSheets/3701.html
I am surprised though, it has a whole aluminum trigger unit that takes all the stress like LC9 or LC380.
How many rounds you shot before they started cracking?
One thing, it's a lot of pressure from the 380ACP putting on such a small pistol also. That's why I never want to push to the limit on the size and weight.
The good news is Ruger would keep replacing them. But they did give me a warning that I was coming to a end of getting them. So I keep the last one I received and just do not shoot it any more. The Gen 2 (Not LCP ll) with the nice DAO trigger.
You can push some small 380's to extreme limits. But they will have steel chassis or steel inserts. I am in the process or was pushing one very hard and no sign of wear.
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