Anyone using .380 as primary carry?

[wuluf]

Another P238 fan here. When my back won't let me carry a .45 or a 9, the .380 is light, reliable and accurate. I've started collecting the Black Hills Honey Badger ammo in every caliber I carry, but started with the .380. I feel confident I can do some damage if, God forbid I ever need to.

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[growr]

But, I read on the interweb that the recoil of a .380 is "snappy" and might hurt younger shooters or shooters with smaller hands................

Sarcasm intended!

Randy

 

[crstrode]

Tune your TV to Forensic Files, The First 48, Homicide Hunter, et al, and you'll soon learn that lots and lots and lots of folks have been sent to the morgue via teensy little .380, .32, .25, and yes; .22 bullets.

Happiness is a warm gun - even if it is a Baby Browning or a Colt .380.

 

[BAM-BAM]

My "suit gun" and primary carry gun was a Walther PPK/s then a PPK in .380 from about 1985 until I got my first 3913 in 1990(?).

The PPK got some work; polished the feed ramp, add a beavertail and Hogue checkered wood grips.....carried in a Milt Sparks Summer Special with a spare mag.

When I first trained to shoot double taps in response to a threat.

 

[sigp220.45]

Inspired by this thread and this big box o’ ammo from Cabelas, my lovely 84BB has dethroned my Colt Agent.

I know it’s basically the same size as a Glock 19. I don’t care. My shooting-people days are most likely behind me, and try as I might I can’t come up with a single realistic scenario where I would prevail with a Glock 19 and expire with this Beretta. And this way I don’t have to be yet another guy with a Glock 19.

 

[Jim1392]

Other then taking my dog for a walk in my neighborhood I carry a Shield 9 Gen one with the 8 round mag, and the 7 round in my pocket. If I'm just going to take the dog out I'll drop a LCP Gen 2 with an extra mag in my pocket.

 

[Echo40]

I had a dental appointment this morning, so I left my M&P40 Shield at home and just brought the LCP in my pocket with a spare magazine.

 

[Buick]

Forgot to mention i also occasionally carry a Kahr CT380. It is even smaller than the Bersa, and has a great striker fired action. Not 100% reliable for me so far. Im looking for a new magazine.

 

[ladder13]

Yeah, because in the hot months when wearing gym shorts almost every day I don’t want to wear them around my ankles.

Coming into the cooler weather going back to my P365.

Of if I need to go through some **** area like Durham or Greensboro then I’ll bring the 365.

The Max is a handy little gun for my needs.

Ruger is selling a boatload of these.

 

[Old cop]

I’ve been burnt by new models before so I’m waiting awhile. For those that made the leap what’s been your experience?

 

[NCBeagle]

My primary carries are .38 or 9mm, but .380 has a place in the rotation. Deep concealment, short walk with the dog, etc. Like the Glock 42 and LCPII. Had a Kahr CW380 but it was never reliable enough for carry. To be fair, I did not give it much of a chance.

My wife has carried an LCP since Ruger released the model. No problems.

 

[ladder13]

I’ve been burnt by new models before so I’m waiting awhile. For those that made the leap what’s been your experience?

I’ve only put about 75 rds through the Max due to conserving my 380 ammo.
Not a single issue from round one.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I’ve put about 75 rounds through my new Ruger LCP Max.
No problems.

 

[minconrevo]

A Ruger LCP II with a spare mag in a pocket holster works when it's not possible to tote a belt holster gun. With both mags loaded with the current best JHP I figure I can get myself and those I need to protect out of harms way if the threat is 15 yards are closer. The LCP II shoots good enough I can make all headbox shots if I hold where the bowtie would go on a threat. Good center of mass hits at that distance are easy. Carry transitions back and forth between a carry size Glock and the LCP II are seamless since the trigger pulls are very similar. I'll consider getting a LCP MAX in the future to double my ammo carried.

 

[JDBoardman]

I am another carrier of the venerable Colt Model M Pocket Hammerless in .380. During the summers here in Texas, it is too damn hot to strap on a belt and holster for my 1911 or my S&W Model 58. And any bad guys I should encounter are probably wearing lightweight clothing as well. Besides, all my .380 has to do is give me a running start outta Dodge; I am not going to stand toe-to-toe and slug it out with some miscreant.