For those who have been reading this blog for a while and who have watched my YouTube channel That Delta Bravo, you should know that I was a fan of the SCCY CPX-2. It was my go-to pocket carry gun.
Let’s be real... It was inexpensive and the lifetime, no questions asked warranty was very attractive. What a lot of people don’t think about is that for the time, 10+1 rounds in a 9mm firearm of that size was not nearly as popular as it is now. There were only a small handful of firearms that could do that, and none of them were around $250 like the SCCY.
The biggest complaint most people seemed to have at the time was the heavy trigger, but most people didn’t realize that was done for a safety reason. A trigger that’s harder to pull (like a double action revolver) means there is less of a chance of it going off when you don’t want it to. Sure, carrying it correctly would mean that doesn’t happen, but still. Regardless, I shot it very well.
However, I have stopped carrying it. I always carried full sized handguns. First was a 1911, then a Smith and Wesson M&P 9, but in January of 2014, I decided I wanted to suffer and take up jogging. Doing that with a full sized handgun was not the smartest thing.
Enter, the SCCY CPX-2. I wanted something that could fit in my pocket, hold at least 10 rounds of 9mm, and was inexpensive. The SCCY checked all of those boxed. It even helped that it was made in Daytona, which is pretty much my backyard.
I loved it. It shot well, was accurate, and there were a couple companies like Galloway Precision and Traction Grips that made some parts for them. So I did some modifications, posted them on my YouTube channel, and people started getting interested.
At one point though, my trigger went soft. It would engage sometimes, then other times it would just not do anything. Knowing there was a lifetime warranty, I sent it back, and it was fixed at no cost to me. Great! (Foreshadowing...)
Somehow I convinced SCCY to send me one to torture test, and torture test I did! I buried it for two weeks, bathed it in Coke, used it as a hammer, kicked, tossed, and dropped it, used it as a hammer, emptied the contents of a vacuum into it, and even ran it over twice with a heavy SUV.
I got so much flack from people asking why I would do that and that it was not realistic. Well... It was fun, and it was a free gun. Why not?
Shockingly, it passed all the tests flawlessly! Well... Almost.
After the bury test, I did not spray it down with a hose and I attempted to pull the trigger. Well, it instantly broke. Not surprising... There was a lot of junk in it. However, it was the same issue I had a while back on the one that I carried, and THAT one was NOT buried for two weeks.
I sent it back to SCCY, they fixed it, and I continued my tests.
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| My torture tested SCCY CPX-2 after all of the tests were completed. At this point, it still functioned. |
For years I continued to pocket carry my first SCCY, but something was eating away at me... That trigger. What if there was a situation where I needed it. Heck... There almost was a situation where I thought I needed to draw my firearm. What if when I needed to do that, the trigger failed?
I could not live with that thought.
It was around that time where higher capacity compacts were really taking off: Sig P365, Glock 43x, Springfield Hellcat, and so on. I figured instead of pocket carrying a CPX-2 and on the other days hip carrying a M&P9, I should look into loosing a couple rounds for one handgun that could do either.
At the time, my best option seemed to be the Glock 43x MOS with Shield Arms magazines. That would give me 15+1 capacity, in a footprint only slightly larger than the CPX-2 (with 5 more rounds), and a decent amount smaller and thinner over the M&P 9 (with only 2 less rounds).
While not a Glock fan, they are pretty darn reliable handguns. After carrying it for a couple years now, I can say I’m happy with it.
While I will never go back to carrying my SCCY, I would still say that they are decent options for someone on a budget that desires a firearm. I would still highly suggest those people wait just a little longer to save a few more bucks to get one of the firearms mentioned above.
It has been a while since I have written here, but I’m trying to get back into it. What do you carry? Let me know in the comments.
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