Finally said the hell with it, on the BG2.0...

[kbm6893]

Pretty much every UTV, 4 wheeler etc I've ever seen has a 25 hour break in period for the engine, listed in the manual. Most of these cost more than what I spend on my cars, and certainly more than most people spend on a gun.

Easing into the first 25 hours is one thing. No need to do 100 on the way home from the dealership, but if your wipers didn’t work, or the car would occasionally stall, you’d bring back a new car. And cars are significantly more intricate than a gun.

A cleaned and oiled gun should work. Period. Yeah, some ammo might be the issue, but factory quality ammo if any brand should work reliably.

 

[LVSteve]

As I contemplate this thread, it is interesting to me that anyone is worried about a tactical reload with a .380. Why not carry a more reliable and powerful caliber in the same size handgun not known to have issues - 9mm or better? If a reload is even considered a potential necessity then a .380 should never be on a carry list. A reload is required if your shots with the first mag are misses or not incapacitating. A story that I will make short reminds me of a partner that went to the local drug store about 9 am to pick up a Rx before coming to work. We were plain clothes working evening vice. Upon entering, he quickly realized he had just walked into a robbery in progress. The bad guy pointed a handgun (make and caliber not recalled) at him and started screaming as he was now a 3rd “hostage” with two other customers. My partner had a Walther PPK/S in an ankle holster. He told me later that he never felt more under gunned and the Walther on the ankle felt a mile away… This was the real deal for sure. A silent alarm had been tripped and when the bad guy fled, my partner then drew his Walther and followed him outside of the store. As they rounded the corner of the building there was a marked LEO car facing the back of the store waiting for a back up unit. Lots of screaming commenced by the uniform officer and my partner in plain clothes wanted the uniform guy to recognize him and then the bad guy started shooting at both of them. The Walther was fired several times as the bad guy was getting into his car with no body hits but the uniform officer stopped the fight with several rounds from his 357 as his backup arrived and exited with his Remington 870 but did not fire. My partner stayed busy the rest of the day giving statements and such but the following day, traded the Walther for a Colt LW Commander in 45 ACP.

What I read there was that your buddy was a lousy shot with a .380 PPK. I suspect most people are. Those small, blowback 380s are nasty things to handle. The big advantage of the BG 2.0 and several other recent 380 offerings is that they used locked breech operation.

Regarding a tactical reload in a civilian self-defense event in any caliber, I'm still waiting for evidence that it has ever happened.