I bought a Ruger LCP when they first came out about 10 years ago.I am a avid pocket gun shooter and spent thousands of round and have gone through 3 of them, and now own the 4th. When the new LCP ll came out, for many reasons, I did not want it. Looked around and found the Pico. Love this gun, shoots like a dream and ended up buying a second one. 2000 rounds now without a hiccup. MILD shooter, modular design, stainless steal frame. and on and on. Last week I bought a Kahr CW 380. Again nice MILD shooter, and so well made. Now have 325 rounds of no hiccups and love shooting it.
The LCP's are ok, if you do not shoot often and can handle the ridiculous snappy recoil. They are not made to last long. Not the tanks like so many other Rugers. I own a lot of Rugers, but the LCP is so highly over rated. While the Gen2 has a very nice trigger, I hated the trigger of the LCP ll and felt it very unsafe for pocket carry.
Over the years, I had a number of frame cracks, a split rail, and a few broken take down pins. Also the take down spring can go as well. Ruger needs to bring this gun up to par of quality. Steel frame, or like the Kahr, steel inserts. A modular design would be great and get back to the Gen 2 trigger. The Gen 2 is now selling at my LGS for $179, a much better buy if Ruger is the way you want to go.
That said, Ruger has one of the best customer service's I have ever seen. They were always quick to repair my gun or guns and in one case sent me a New LCP.