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    A Lorcin 380 lives up to it's reputation

    This one will be short one...

    Today I was able to fire the magnificent Lorcin .380.

    I friend of mine bought one from a rather rustic individual who had fallen on hard times, and needed $50 more than the pistol.

    Pistol was disassembled, cleaned, and lubed. Appeared to be in new condition, no easily discernible evidence of being fired could be noticed.

    All we had available for ammo was the loading from Dynamic Research Technologies. Yes, that's right, we were firing DRT ammo out of a stinking Lorcin.

    I tried the pistol first and found that, surprisingly, it was reasonably accurate with about zero recoil, and it functioned for the complete mag without a malfunction.

    Next fellow up had one hangup half way through a mag.

    Third guy to try it made it half way through a mag... when the end of the freaking slide broke off... and the trigger parts caught the rest of the slide before it slung back into the shooters eye!

    Yeah we got pics...




    Close up via Kodak Easy Share...



    No way this pistol could have had more than 100 rds ever fired through it before it gave up.

    I'm done with anything Lorcin myself. I don't even want to look at one.

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    Looks like the rustic individual got the better end of the deal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by perna View Post
    Looks like the rustic individual got the better end of the deal.
    Agreed!

    The Lorcin ended up being 'more expensive to fire', than the new Remington 338 Lapua we were working with that day.

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    Awesome.

    I think I've seen more Lorcins confiscated at my dept. than any other single brand.

    They should be air dropped over every major city. If I have to get into a gunfight, I hope the other guy is using one of these.

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    I never even heard of a Lorcin until I became a street cop. What a POS.

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    I guess that zinc alloy couldn't withstand the pressure and recoil of the mighty .380 Auto cartridge.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pilgrim View Post
    I'm done with anything Lorcin myself. I don't even want to look at one.
    Well, duh! Lorcin's fine print specifies that it should only be fired on Saturday evenings.

    Too funny. Glad nobody was hurt.

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    I see these allll the time at fun shows for less than 100 bucks. I guess you get what you paid for with these!

    Glad you werent hurt my man
    Its only until we have nothing that we're free to do anything

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    Thanks for destroying a perfectly good low rent pimp gun .....what a POS! if you want a good gun get a Jennings
    Formerly known as "Son of Vlad Tepes"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pilgrim View Post
    Ah, just needs a little.

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