Many tend to choose handguns that are really Talismans. In other words, they are relying on hope as a strategy.
Yeah,...well, maybe. But a lot of work has gone into small .380s. A .25 or a .32 might be considered a talisman. But I carry a Ruger LCP Max loaded up with 11 rounds of hardcast 100 grain flat points at about 950 fps. It has real sights, a "Glockish" trigger and it's no big trick to deliver rounds at center of mass at 50' with it.
All handguns are a compromise. But a 100 grain hardcast bullet doing 950 is going in the front and coming out the back regardless of the delivery system involved.
Basically, a .380 is the 21st century ballistic equivalent of a .36 Navy Colt if you can use it effectively.
I consider it a much better fighting tool than the snub J frame .38s that people have been packing for years.
