.380 a good defensive round?

[phil413tx]

Very good video posted on defensive carry...shot out of a P380

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=soNdX36P-3E&feature=m-ch-fea

[codegeek]

Check out tnoutdoors9 channel. He tests lotsa different ammo, including 380 rounds.

[wyntrout]

The Buffalo Bore or Underwood +P Gold Dots are ferocious! See my avatar.

Wynn:D

[muggsy]

Here's another good link. And he's a Kahr Talk member.

http://mousegunaddict.blogspot.com/p/ammo-tests.html

[wyntrout]

AND some real-world tests including the P380:

Ballistics by the Inch:

http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/calibers.html

They have several sections of tests on the .380 and here's a chart on the .380 ammo compared with the +P .38 S&W:

http://www.kahrtalk.com/showpost.php?p=220645&postcount=23

http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/mepngs/380auto2010.png

http://www.kahrtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7592&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1360400866

Gunblast.com's review/test of CW380:

http://www.gunblast.com/Kahr-CW380.htm

This is one of the first reviews at kahr.com's list/archive of reviews:

http://www.kahr.com/product-reviews.asp

It would not be my only choice or my first choice, but it's the P380 with +P Gold Dots that I carry most of the time. Sometimes I want the smallest possible carry and it's at/on my side in and about home and short trips for necessities... like lottery tickets at the local convenience store.:D

The P380's larger siblings are my usual carry when I go shopping or whatever. The P380 is great for dentist and doctor appointments.:D

Wynn:)

[Ljutic]

Here's another good link. And he's a Kahr Talk member.

http://mousegunaddict.blogspot.com/p/ammo-tests.html


Awww shucks, thanks Muggsy. New test up today. http://mousegunaddict.blogspot.com/2013/07/hornady-custom-380-auto-90-grain-xtp.html

Thanks for the reminder that I need to add it to the list. :D

[muggsy]

A good man deserves a little praise, Ljutic. Your work help me to choose a load for my P380.

[ripley16]

I have always liked the .380 acp. I carried several guns of that caliber beginning in the 1970s and up to about 2005 when I went with a 9mm. Good round and most importantly there are some world class guns build around the caliber.

[jocko]

have to ageewith ripley. Dan!!! Just sayin