SCCY - What do owners think?

[pbagley]

Update: I checked the UPS tracking number at lunch time today to find out that the barrel had been delivered to SCCY. Less than an hour later Danice called to let me know that it had arrived and that she would be sending the replacement this afternoon.

That is excellent customer service.

I am hoping to get to the range early next week to give it a try.

[pbagley]

Update... The replacement barrel had not arrived yet, so I e-mailed Service @ SCCY . com Monday. No reply to e-mail, so I called SCCY today. The barrel was sent via standard mail with no tracking. Danice confirmed the mailing address and we found two numbers transposed in the zip code. She is sending another today, this time with tracking.

Despite no reply from the generic Service e-mail, I am still rather impressed by SCCY customer service. The people I've talked to have been good company representatives and have done a very good job in their customer facing role.

Pictures when the new barrel gets here... plus a few days. Tune in again on March 17 for the next installment of "As The SCCY Turns".

[89grand]

When I first bought mine I had a bum mag out of the two the gun came with. I called them and had a new one in about 4-5 days

[pbagley]

The SCCY replacement barrel arrived while I was out of town for work. Here is a look at the bore:


Pretty rough for a hand picked replacement.

Then a second replacement barrel arrived. Had to look this one over to see which was better.


This one looks a lot like the one that put bullets through the paper sideways.

Range trip soon, I'll report the accuracy results.

[Longitude Zero]

That looks like piss poor manufacturing.

[wyntrout]

Wow! What a difference in rifling. Those two replacement barrels are totally different.

For the Kahrs, I would expect the 9mm to have less turns per foot(1:10), but it seems to have a faster rate of turn than the .45(1:16+)... a slower bullet... usually. The pictures seem otherwise, though.

Wynn

[pbagley]

That looks like piss poor manufacturing.

I'd call it manufactured to a price point. A low price point. I'd prefer that the transition into rifling be smoother. I will tell SCCY that they sent me two and see if they want one back. I think I may do a little polishing on the one I keep - maybe 800 grit, 1000 grit, etc. Unless I get to keep both, then I polish both until I get good accuracy.

[pbagley]

Range trip earlier today. Once again I used a larger piece of paper with a 25 yard center for an aiming point. I shot 50 rounds of Federal Champion 115gr RN through each barrel to see how they compared.

Barrel #1:


Compare to barrel #2:


The circled hole looks like it may be a bit of a key hole.

Not the best accuracy from the replacement barrels. The more rounds shot the better the accuracy became with both barrels.

[pbagley]

After all this I like the little SCCY. It is easier to work than the Kahr CM9, the brass is easier to find - stays close by, and it seems pretty reliable. Today I had some FTE's with barrel #2. The brass was lodged on top of the magazine. I could lock the slide back, drop the magazine, then just shake the brass out. A drop of oil on the top round cleared what ever was in the chamber.

After the 100 Federal's I shot 40 Mag-Tech 115gr RN's, then 10 reloads. All fired fine, but the accuracy was sub-par compared to the Kahr CM9.

Some of you may question whether I can shoot a sub-compact well. The guys at SCCY thought no one could shoot a subcompact well enough to keep 10 for 10 on a NRA 25 yard repair center at 25 yards. Here is a target shot with the CM9 using a light but accurate reload:


And one from the CW45 using a medium power reload:


It isn't bragging if you can do it. That, and I have to quit throwing 7's. Embarrassing.

[HAP1978]

Nice groups!

I was thinking to sell my CW .45 so I could buy a CW .380 but it shoots so well and I like it too much so I couldn't bring myself to sell it.

Kahr's are straight shooters for sure.

[Longitude Zero]

Kahr's are straight shooters for sure.

Agreed.

[pbagley]

Kahr's are straight shooters for sure.

I cannot disagree.

[muggsy]

"Best of all, every SCCY is backed with a No-Questions-Asked Lifetime Warranty that stays with the gun."

Whose lifetime, your or the Gun Companies? I'm not impressed with life time warranties. At 67 a life time ain't all that long.

[berettabone]

You need a lifetime, to try and shoot the thing accurately. Makes me nervous when things have a lifetime warranty..................tells me that it doesn't cost them diddly to replace.

[pbagley]

Comments in two parts:

You need a lifetime, to try and shoot the thing accurately.

You'll never get a 9mm to shoot as accurately as a tuned 1911 in .45ACP. A lot of people have tried, it is not as accurate a cartridge. That said, you should be able to get everything into 3-4" at 50 yards from a Ransom rest using a decent tunable platform. For a SCCY, I'd be happy with 3-4" from a rest at 25 yards. I can shoot reasonably accurately... not great, long way to go to be a Master. But I should be able to hold the 8 ring with most things as long as the sights are on. I'll be polishing the bore a little to see if I can get the rough spots out, and we'll see if that helps.

Makes me nervous when things have a lifetime warranty..................tells me that it doesn't cost them diddly to replace.

That, or they do a good job from the start so they do not need to spend money on repairs. Parts cost is far less than labor. I have not needed any warranty service on the Kahrs or the Taurus, so they are doing it right. SCCY may be suffering from their success - ramping up manufacturing and not spending time in inspection during final assembly. Higher support costs will be one way that the executive side can measure the product quality and customer satisfaction. Let's hope they make the right changes.