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<blockquote data-quote="ldp4570" data-source="post: 1028323" data-attributes="member: 5168"><p>Even though GO didn't want to say it, its BB that puts out a +P loading for the .380. If your shooting this round in a steel framed gun i.e. Beretta 70 series there shouldn't be a problem. As to the other guns, the little bitty pocket rockets, your asking for problems. It may be the first round, or the hundreth, its an failure looking for a place to happen. If your using one of the Beretta 80 series or a Browning BDA380, I would only shoot enough to know where your POA/POI is, and practice with standard pressure, if thats what you want to carry. PS I wouldn't be trying this loading in a Walther PP series either, even though they are all steel.</p><p></p><p>The .380acp is very much affected in velocity like the .44spl is. Unlike some other cartridges out there when you start shorting the barrel velocity and energy levels drop fast. To me if your going to carry a .380 for PD/CCW go with as much barrel as you can i.e. Beretta 85, 84, Browning BDA380, or Walther PP(Hard to find, but they are out there), PPK&PPK/s. With the new loadings available today, and with these guns longer barrels, it really gives the .380acp a fighting chance, plus with the longer sight radius, and the quality of these guns you'll have better accuracy.JMOP/YMMV</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ldp4570, post: 1028323, member: 5168"] Even though GO didn't want to say it, its BB that puts out a +P loading for the .380. If your shooting this round in a steel framed gun i.e. Beretta 70 series there shouldn't be a problem. As to the other guns, the little bitty pocket rockets, your asking for problems. It may be the first round, or the hundreth, its an failure looking for a place to happen. If your using one of the Beretta 80 series or a Browning BDA380, I would only shoot enough to know where your POA/POI is, and practice with standard pressure, if thats what you want to carry. PS I wouldn't be trying this loading in a Walther PP series either, even though they are all steel. The .380acp is very much affected in velocity like the .44spl is. Unlike some other cartridges out there when you start shorting the barrel velocity and energy levels drop fast. To me if your going to carry a .380 for PD/CCW go with as much barrel as you can i.e. Beretta 85, 84, Browning BDA380, or Walther PP(Hard to find, but they are out there), PPK&PPK/s. With the new loadings available today, and with these guns longer barrels, it really gives the .380acp a fighting chance, plus with the longer sight radius, and the quality of these guns you'll have better accuracy.JMOP/YMMV [/QUOTE]
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