Reviews

I carry a minimalist Ridge wallet, I had been asking if anyone knew if a Lifecard would fit in my wallet. But no answers to my question so I purchased the Lifecard .22 Magnum. And it fits perfectly no one has any idea I’m carrying a defense weapon. BTW I have a concealed carry permit for my state. So buy the Lifecard it perfect, just remember to take it out of your Ridge wallet if going to Walt Disney World.

I like the conealability of this pistol. I found the handle latch difficult to engage, but with practice it is now easier to open and latch the handle. The extra rounds rattle in the handle. I used a small wad of cotton to reduce the noise.

I was able to hit my target 10 out of 10 at 10 and 20 feet, which I feel is acceptable for a close-in weapon. The LifeCard requires a good fingernail to extract spent casings because of case expansion. There is no case extraction device, so I recommend a few seconds wait to extract the case since it will be hot. If you intend to reload quickly, remove the extra rounds from the handle first.

I purchased the sheath holster and although very nice, it tends to rotate in my pocket which makes a discreet removal difficult. There is an IWB holster available, but no OWB holster through Trailblazer. I purchased a 5.11 SB latex glove pouch through Amazon which is an almost perfect fit for a discreet OWB holster. It also doubles as an earbud carry case. In all, the LifeCard is a nice EDC weapon which is discrete and non-threatening.

I believe i heard about it from demolition ranch on YouTube, in any case I was at a gun expo in Chantilly va at the expo and there one was for 400$, I love small guns and this one is literally with me everywhere where I don’t wanna remember to bring my edc. My car got broken into and my ppq 22lr and Glock 19 were both stolen when they were stashed in the glove box and center console but the best part is this lifecard was sitting out in the open on the center console and they never took it. It blends in to where I’m out at dinner and can put it on the table so it’s readily accessible and the waiter and everyone else has no clue it’s a gun and not a fancy wallet. The only issue I have is I can’t afford a magnum one yet and I want all the other gadgets and other varieties of the lifecard. I really wish y’all would get the price down and get more attachments and Knick knacks like a folding knife and such for it so it really becomes something more. For people that love collecting guns like this it’s also more rewarding to have other collectible stuff with it, hence the collectable part of this gun. TLDR it’s a gun I always keep in my left breast pocket for dress clothes, jacket, gym short pockets when I’m at the gym, I keep it in my wallet on long motorcycle rides, etc. I love this gun and I want to support this company more, take my money.

No complaints. Awesome design. I recommend lots of practice to master it’s use. I’ve fired dozens of rounds through mine without an issue. Fits in the smallest of pockets and looks like a little…I repeat, little, cell phone! It’s the best single shot alternative out there. Period.

I would LOVE to leave these guns a 5 star review, and I am perhaps the singly most qualified person to leave a review of this nature, and allow me to explain.

I love the idea of “having guns where you need them, when you need them.” In other words, stashing a gun here, another there, and this gun met that description with absolute PERFECTION. I bought one when I first learned of them a couple of years ago, and then another. Then another, and another. Based on the serial number that you buy, there are slight variations in terms of where the spare rounds can be stored (and how), as well as the attaching mechanism of the barrel to the rest of the gun after if pivots up and down to close.

I WANT to love this gun. I love the size, I love the feel, and frankly it IS accurate “enough” for what it is. I have quite literally put over 1,500+ rounds through my various Lifecards (full disclosure, I have never owned the .22WMR version, only the .22LR, but I suspect the same flaws apply there).

The GOOD:

Highly concealable, SHOOTS reliably (more on that later), accurate enough, super fun factor

The Not-SO-Good:

This gun has a problem that I consider WORKABLE, but they COULD (and should fix this). The little spring things on either side of the gun, SHOULD be larger and wider. These are what you depress down in order to “open” the gun into its full “gun-mode”, but they are a bit “sharp” and will eat into your thumb and index finger, or whichever fingers you manage to use to open this little piece. They could round out the edges, and make this at least TWICE as big and it would make opening the gun in a hurry MUCH easier. This might not seem like all that big of a deal, but this gun in a stressful situation could use all the help it could get in terms of ergonomics.

The BAD:

This is the deal breaker to me. AND the MOST FIXABLE aspect that I have even messaged the owner about, and he politely thanked me and then proceeded to take no further action. The problem here is that once you fire a round, OFTEN times you will get the little .22LR case/casing STUCK in the chamber. Again, these would not be easy to reload under normal circumstances, but once stuck, you need a knive or something similar to PRY out the case in order to fire another round. NOT FUN! I have had this happen to me DOZENS of times over the course of 1,500 rounds over the course of months and months. This CAN be SOLVED by ever so slightly enlarging the actual case chamber, or better yet, creating a SLIGHT half moon cut in the steel so that a FINGERNAIL could fit underneath the case rim (these are RIMMED ammo with .22 after all) and then properly rim the case OUT of the chamber. In fact, I tool a file and manually FIXED the gun myself to ensure that I could do this. No issues, and now it works GREAT! They STILL get stuck (on any one of my five Lifecards, so it isn’t just a “lemon”) but now I CAN get them OUT as needed finally.

Again, I emailed the founder, HE RESPONDED, but hasn’t issued any new updated to the Lifecard in over a year since I first reached out.

If they would just fix these clearly fixable problems, this gun would be PERFECT… for what it is. I am not trying to hold this gun to any standard beyond what it is TRYING to accomplish, but for that standard, it currently shoots shy of the mark.