Tried the Lifecard today - what a nightmare
Had a range session with some friends at a facility that has a 75 yard tactical bay last weekend. We always set up multiple steel plates at different distances, including one that's about the size of a standard scoring zone. One of the newer guys brought along a Lifecard and let me take a few shots with it.
The entire experience was frustrating from start to finish. Getting the thing ready to fire is like solving a puzzle - unfolding the mechanism, getting a round chambered, then trying to work that little charging handle while wearing winter gloves. When I finally got set up at the 10 yard line, I aimed what I thought was center mass on the target and squeezed the trigger. Dead silence - no impact sound at all. That bullet could have gone anywhere... left, right, into the dirt, who knows.
For reference, I can consistently nail that same steel with my striker-fired pistol from 45 yards using irons, and I'm decent with a snubnose revolver at reasonable distances too. Two other experienced shooters gave it a try and had identical results - complete misses with no idea where the rounds ended up.
After that experience, I'm convinced this thing might actually make you less safe than going unarmed. The mechanics are so clunky and the accuracy so poor that I can't imagine trusting my life to it in any real situation.