Opinions on the SCCY CPX 9mm

[marc]

Hey Jimmy,

What do you think of yours? Is a CPX-1 or 2?  Anyone else have one?

Academy Sports sells them for $279. (lower on sale) and they seem to sell used for $150. to $200. in private party transactions around here. For the money, it seems like an answer to a couple of applications for me. Ten rounds in a subcompact is decent, and the heavy DA only is OK with me for a "get off me gun."

I want to stay with 9mm for this purpose, otherwise I'd be looking at the huge selection of .380 subcompacts.

For anyone not familiar with them: www.sccy.com/handguns

Marc

[graf]

I work with a guy that bought one so far so good has shot a couple boxes through it

[missasip]

I have two. There has been a bunch of bad mouthing them on the you tube vids. From what I've seen of them they test then and expect them to perform like $1000 guns. I got mine for $269 out the door. On the first shoot side by side at 7 yads with my $1100 Sig 1911 it bowed the doors off the Sig.... after some rear sight tuning the Sig lived up but for 10 yards or less that dang little SCCY is as good as on could want.

I did have to polish the feed ramp just a bit. Both would not fully feed about once every 25 rds or so. FMJ and HP did it. Now all is well. I would say that if one ran a couple of boxes of ammo thru it that problem would have cured itself.
I have 3 mags for the one I carry. It's a small weapon but feels good in the hand. I don't feel under-gunned at all.

The new CPX-3 is out at about the same price.

Jimmy

[marc]

Jimmy, I really do appreciate the insight.

I would never condemn or get comfortable with a new semi auto without running 400-500 rounds through it for break in. As you pointed out, slicking up the feed ramp can really cut that down dramatically. Being a belt-and-suspenders kind of guy with my guns, I like the manual safety on the CPX-1, but I could live with the CPX-2. (My thumb flicks the safety off on my 9 automatically)

The SCCY's seem like a great lower cost solution for a whole lot of applications!

Thanks again

Marc

[marc]

Jan 18, 2017 11:20:47 GMT -7 graf said:

I work with a guy that bought one so far so good has shot a couple boxes through it

Looks like I need to get one.

[mud]

My FIL has one but he doesnt talk guns much even though he shoots

[marc]

I met a guy at the range who is selling his SCCY CPX-2 for $200. When I asked why he was selling it, he said that he had replaced it with a Taurus. I shrugged it off when he showed it to me because, well… it’s a Taurus.

His claim is zero failures at 630 rounds. When I shot them side by side with the CPX-2, I was really impressed with the Taurus PT111 G2. Enough so that I didn’t buy his SCCY. The Taurus is available for around $250……

After doing a lot of searching online, this is about the only Taurus that I don’t see piling up massive complaints. I’ve never even considered or looked at a Taurus before. To me, admitting to buying a Taurus is even a step below a Hi-Point. But now I'm doing some thinking about my new truck gun…….

[missasip]

Jan 23, 2017 18:56:00 GMT -7 marc said:

I met a guy at the range who is selling his SCCY CPX-2 for $200. When I asked why he was selling it, he said that he had replaced it with a Taurus. I shrugged it off when he showed it to me because, well… it’s a Taurus.

His claim is zero failures at 630 rounds. When I shot them side by side with the CPX-2, I was really impressed with the Taurus PT111 G2. Enough so that I didn’t buy his SCCY. The Taurus is available for around $250……

After doing a lot of searching online, this is about the only Taurus that I don’t see piling up massive complaints. I’ve never even considered or looked at a Taurus before. To me, admitting to buying a Taurus is even a step below a Hi-Point. But now I'm doing some thinking about my new truck gun…….

I'm sure Taurus has stepped up their game. I've owned a revolver and a 1911. The revolver was good. Stiff trigger even for double action but it alway went bang. Only thing I will say about the 1911 was I only kept it a week before putting it down the road.

That's all the experience I have with them.

Jimmy

[crashdive123]

I own a couple of early Taurus 9mm's that I love (PT99's), a snub nose 357 and a TCP for a pocket pistol. I've never had any problems with any of them.

[thywar]

I'd join this conversation but since I own an RG I guess that makes me a gun snob so won't comment on lesser quality firearms.

[geron]

I bought a SCCY CPX2 just for S&G's. Had to make it workable in a couple of ways.

1. Trigger would fail to reset: Solution per SCCY is remove the trigger spring and rotate 180 degrees. Resets every time now.
2. 9 lb DOA trigger: Pull the hammer spring and stretch it till you get down to about 5 lb.
3. While the trigger is out for step one, use sandpaper of varing grits on it like a shoe shine rag to cut the sharp edges which tend to make the finger sore.

I may keep it for a kit gun . . . maybe.

[Cwi555]

Jan 24, 2017 6:29:05 GMT -7 thywar said:

I'd join this conversation but since I own an RG I guess that makes me a gun snob so won't comment on lesser quality firearms.

Come on, tell the truth. You'd miss being sprayed with shaved lead in the off times it'd fire wouldn't you?

[Cwi555]

Regarding Taurus, in the last few years they've been hit or miss in the quality control department. I've had two 1911s from them, one gave nothing but trouble, the other has yet to manifest any problems at all. Having torn down both side by side, the one giving me trouble did not mic the same dimensionally as the other.
.002 here, .005 there, in general a lack of consistency from one to the other.

I also have three older PT92 models. All are consistent dimensionally. All have given me no problems at all.

I don't have access to enough of their product to determine definitively when they went south, but based on my own experiences, and reviews found online, the problems seem to have started in earnest circa 2010 or so with minor issues going back to 2007.

I won't buy a new one again, but I would pick up an older used one if the price was right.

[missasip]

Feb 5, 2017 7:44:45 GMT -7 geron said:

I bought a SCCY CPX2 just for S&G's. Had to make it workable in a couple of ways.

1. Trigger would fail to reset: Solution per SCCY is remove the trigger spring and rotate 180 degrees. Resets every time now.
2. 9 lb DOA trigger: Pull the hammer spring and stretch it till you get down to about 5 lb.
3. While the trigger is out for step one, use sandpaper of varing grits on it like a shoe shine rag to cut the sharp edges which tend to make the finger sore.

I may keep it for a kit gun . . . maybe.

I read about those issues on YouTube but luckily never had any of them. Never measured trigger pull. It isn't enough to cause accuracy problems. The two I have may be later models.

But I understand your pause. Going with your gut is always best.

Jimmy

[marc]

Ended up trading a set of 10 year old stock Chevy Tahoe/Silverado rims (worth about $125-$150 for the set) for a Taurus PT111 G2. Wow - my lowly view of Taurus is changing - I like this little thing. It came with two 12-round mags and simple canvas holster. Previous owner got an itch for a Sig 938.

I like everything about it except the trigger of course - a lot of take up and a beak point almost at the back end of the trigger guard - at maybe 6-8 lbs. Trigger reset distance is a bit long for me, but still reasonable. For a "get off of me" gun, it is lacking nothing for me. It's striker fired SA with DA re-strike capability.

So far, I have only put 90 rounds of 115gr fmj, 25 rounds of Critical Duty 135gr +P JHP and 20 rounds of Buffalo Bore 147gr hard cast. No failures of any kind.

Marc