If you aren’t familiar with SCCY, they make a number of affordable pistols aimed toward the concealed carry market. Most notably their CPX-1 and CPX-2, both 9mm offerings with one having an external safety.
Most notable with the SCCY pistols is the action. While a lot of your similarly sized pistols are striker fired, SCCY took a different approach. They are instead DAO (Double Action Only). What this means is that ever trigger pull is roughly 9lbs. The pistol cycles just like a regular semi-automatic pistol, but upon resetting the trigger, you have another, consistent 9lbs trigger pull before your next shot. While experienced shooters may not find this appealing, I can appreciate the argument for this.
Newly offered this year is the SCCY CPX-3. It largely borrows from the CPX-2, both having no external safety, but is chambered in .380 Auto.
By the numbers:
- Caliber: .380 Auto
- Capacity: 10+1
- Action: DAO
- Overall Length: 5.7”
- Width: 1.1”
- Barrel Length: 2.96”
- Weight: 15 oz.
- Slide: Stainless Steel with Natural or Black Nitride Finish
- MSRP: $305
Being chambered in .380 Auto does a number of things for the pistol compared with the other CPX models. For one, it is dimensionally a little bit smaller. But more importantly, the amount of effort needed to work the slide is only 8lbs. This is important.
The ability to work a slide on a pistol has never really been of concern to me. Having said that, I recognize that there is a large number of people that this does effect. Some slides are frankly too difficult for people to manipulate for a number of reasons. Whether they lack grip strength due to age, size or perhaps an injury, this needs to be overcome. The SCCY CPX-3 is a potential solution.
With the streamlined controls and easy to work slide, chambered in a manageable .380 Auto, the CPX-3 has a lot to offer shooters. Ultimately the pistol provides a safe, inexpensive and easy to manipulate handgun designed for concealed carry. You can find out more information at SCCY.