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Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... 2muchgun #11390770 08/22/16
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 67,667 N. Central Florida, and Miami Mannlicher Campfire Kahuna
Mannlicher Campfire Kahuna Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 67,667 N. Central Florida, and Miami	some years back, I bought a nice little Colt PocketLIte .380. Everytime I had it with me, and there was the slightest chance of something going South, I regretted buying it. Traded it off for a CZ 9mm, and never considered a .380 again. Sam......

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Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... 2muchgun #11390783 08/22/16
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming S Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker
Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker S Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming	Stupidity is expensive If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... 2muchgun #11390787 08/22/16
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 15,565 Michigun 2muchgun OP Campfire Ranger
OP 2muchgun Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 15,565 Michigun	Thanks John. I don't think a Glock could ever really be considered a bad choice. I consider them a meat and potatoes gun that is very reliable. Which is all I am looking for. Great link Mike! Thanks. I just skimmed over it real fast. I am still checking it out. I load almost all of my ammo, but will probably just buy factory stuff for this gun. I have long been a fan of CorBon and Gold Dot bullets, and am interested to see how they fared. Will also check out the Hornady you mentioned...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... Mannlicher #11390797 08/22/16
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 15,565 Michigun 2muchgun OP Campfire Ranger
OP 2muchgun Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 15,565 Michigun	That is what worries me Sam. You can carry a larger round and probably never need it, or go light and wish to God you didn't when that one time comes.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... Snake River Marksman #11390808 08/22/16
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 15,565 Michigun 2muchgun OP Campfire Ranger
OP 2muchgun Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 15,565 Michigun	Very nice little combo. I can almost see me buying a small 9 and a 380 Wanna hear something funny? I have a small semi auto in the safe right now and don't even know what it is Mebbe I should go check it out. It is some foreign made thing, which is why I forgot what it is...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs

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Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... 2muchgun #11390863 08/22/16
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 15,565 Michigun 2muchgun OP Campfire Ranger
OP 2muchgun Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 15,565 Michigun	This is it. Apparently I already own a 380 and didn't know it. It is marked "9mm Short". It is used, in nice shape, but I have never fired it..... http://www.hungariae.com/FegR61.htm

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... 2muchgun #11390907 08/22/16
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming S Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker
Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker S Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming	Does it fit the bill? Stupidity is expensive If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... 2muchgun #11390927 08/22/16
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 15,565 Michigun 2muchgun OP Campfire Ranger
OP 2muchgun Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 15,565 Michigun	It would work if proven reliable. Maybe get a LC9s also... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... 2muchgun #11390946 08/22/16
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming S Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker
Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker S Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming	Be sure and shoot the 9 before you buy one, the recoil impulse was just really "different" for me. I also normally shoot .4s. Stupidity is expensive If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... 2muchgun #11390961 08/22/16
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,742 C.S.A. SAKO75 Campfire Tracker
SAKO75 Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,742 C.S.A.	Mike That testing was done with 2.5" barrel I believe? I say another review where the gold dot was tested with a Glock 42, longer barrel, different results "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered." ― George Orwell, 1984

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Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... 2muchgun #11390968 08/22/16
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 18,075 GA, USA ready_on_the_right Campfire Ranger
ready_on_the_right Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 18,075 GA, USA	10-4, would never discount a Gold Dot they are proven performers. Mike God, Family, and Country. NRA Endowment Member

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... SAKO75 #11390978 08/22/16
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,742 C.S.A. SAKO75 Campfire Tracker
SAKO75 Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,742 C.S.A.	Originally Posted by SAKO75 Mike That testing was done with 2.5" barrel I believe? I say another review where the gold dot was tested with a Glock 42, longer barrel, different results https://youtu.be/a87wHWFDBPE "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered." ― George Orwell, 1984

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... Mannlicher #11391850 08/23/16
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,659 Md Hotload Campfire Tracker
Hotload Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,659 Md	Originally Posted by Mannlicher some years back, I bought a nice little Colt PocketLIte .380. Everytime I had it with me, and there was the slightest chance of something going South, I regretted buying it. Traded it off for a CZ 9mm, and never considered a .380 again. Maybe 20 years ago I had Colt Model M .380 but sold it. Great pre WWII handgun. Humphrey Bogart carried one in several of his movies. I often think about buying a second one. Last edited by Hotload; 08/23/16. "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much" Teddy Roosevelt

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... 2muchgun #11392252 08/23/16
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,742 C.S.A. SAKO75 Campfire Tracker
SAKO75 Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,742 C.S.A.	I was watching Joe Kenda the other night and he was investigating a double murder where there was a "a horrible amount of blood loss", I found it interesting that the cartridge used was a 380.... I never would've guessed it from reading how marginal it is.... "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered." ― George Orwell, 1984

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... 2muchgun #11392261 08/23/16
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 73,096 Punta Gorda, FL T LEE Campfire Kahuna
T LEE Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 73,096 Punta Gorda, FL	Upper left in this pic is my Colt MK IV Series 80 Government .380 with factory Laser-Max laser. Very nice .380 and the longer barrel does justice to velocity of the cartridge. The shorties just don't get it for me anymore. BTW, it LOVES Power-Ball stuff by Cor-Bon. George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you! Old cat turd! "Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison. I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... 2muchgun #11392286 08/23/16
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,742 C.S.A. SAKO75 Campfire Tracker
SAKO75 Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,742 C.S.A.	Awesome gun What's the dark earth colored Glock "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered." ― George Orwell, 1984

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... SAKO75 #11392342 08/23/16
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,452 USA T The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage
The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage T Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,452 USA	Originally Posted by SAKO75 I was watching Joe Kenda the other night and he was investigating a double murder where there was a "a horrible amount of blood loss", I found it interesting that the cartridge used was a 380.... I never would've guessed it from reading how marginal it is.... Hit a main artery and that's going to happen regardless of caliber.

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... SAKO75 #11392343 08/23/16
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,452 USA T The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage
The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage T Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,452 USA	Originally Posted by SAKO75 Awesome gun What's the dark earth colored Glock 42.

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... SAKO75 #11392372 08/23/16
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,121 NC 4 41magfan Campfire Regular
41magfan Campfire Regular 4 Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,121 NC	Originally Posted by SAKO75 I was watching Joe Kenda the other night and he was investigating a double murder where there was a "a horrible amount of blood loss", I found it interesting that the cartridge used was a 380.... I never would've guessed it from reading how marginal it is.... It wasn't too awfully many years ago that the .380 was considered a "big" gun by street thugs and it was a bit unusual to find them routinely carrying anything like a 9mm or something larger. It's worth noting that 99% of the "stopping failures" I witnessed were due to bullet placement and had absolutely nothing to do with caliber or bullet type. Last edited by 41magfan; 08/23/16. The uninitiated are always easily impressed. NRA Endowment Member

Re: Talk to me about the 380 ACP...... The_Real_Hawkeye #11392374 08/23/16
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,742 C.S.A. SAKO75 Campfire Tracker
SAKO75 Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,742 C.S.A.	Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye Originally Posted by SAKO75 I was watching Joe Kenda the other night and he was investigating a double murder where there was a "a horrible amount of blood loss", I found it interesting that the cartridge used was a 380.... I never would've guessed it from reading how marginal it is.... Hit a main artery and that's going to happen regardless of caliber. I thought 380s dont penetrate enough to hit a main artery....😉 (Joking) "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered." ― George Orwell, 1984

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