Most folks that are Pico fans know and feel the Pico is very under priced for the quality. Every part of the Pistol is Stainless steel. The receiver, the sub chassis, and even ships with a stainless steel recoil guide rod. The sights are removable and easy to replace with Night Sights. The magazines are some of the finest magazines I have seen with any Pistol. All stainless Steel and looked like high end custom 1911 mags. Even have a STEEL Follower The heavier barrel and receiver are designed to aid in recoil management, which it does very well. A very smooth shooter. The trigger is a nice hammer fired double action. WITH RESTRIKE.
Longevity and durability-- I can tell you with all sincerity that the Pico will out last the aluminum frame/chassis guns. I had many LCP's go down with cracked frames, grips, split rails, etc. Owned a total of 4 of them and all but the last one had to be sent back so many times and or replaced.
I have two Pico's. And One I use extensivly for the range has thousands of rounds fired thousands of rounds through the gun and looks new. I stopped counting at 2,500 rounds and that was a long time ago.
The other has about 1500 rds.
The modular design is great for doing any minor repairs that you may have and changing the grips if one were to fail or crack, (which they haven't).
The Pico is a beautiful gun to just hold and admire. The machining is beautiful. It really is a top shelf Pocket pistol and totally has been flawless with all kinds of ammo. Yes, a gun that is easy to be a fan.
The Spectrum is trying to copy the Pico in some areas. However it just is not the quality. You can say the Pico is built to last a lifetime. I do not know if mine will last to 10,000 rounds or 20 Plus. But it will out last the others.
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