Originally Posted by
AndyLate
Reliability is paramount, for certain. The 6 round mag supplied with my LCP was not 100%, but the Ruger 7 rd. mags I picked up on sale were. Ruger sent me a second 6 round mag when I called and it worked fine. All the magazines are 100% with ball now that I ran a few boxes of ammunition through the pistol. I guess I needed to "break in" the pistol for the original mag to work.
I was not really interested in buying enough pricey 20-25 rd boxes of hollow points to thoroughly test it before the ammo drought, and refuse to do it now. The performance benefit of HP over ball doesn't justify it in my opinion.
My LCP runs fine with ball and I have enough ammo on hand to famiiarize myself with it occasionally.
Andy