![]() ![]() 38spl is absolutely the most reliable, but less rounds, and not as small. 380ACP for now.380 can be much smaller and lighter than either of the other two choices. 38SPL snub nose revolver (perhaps still king) the pocket 9mm or the tiny. This leaves us with few choices, probably the best among them are. #5 Manageable recoil, if I can't shoot 5 shots within 5 seconds, from 5 feet into a 5 inch pie plate it's unacceptable. #4 Capacity - Hold enough ammo that give a second or fourth chance (5 rounds minimum) #3 Light/small enough that it can be carried most places, most of the time. #2 It must be of sufficient caliber to penetrate at least 9" (ok, FBI says 12" to 18" are idea). #1 You pull the trigger, it must go bang reliability is most important. 380ACP?įor me the priorities for a defensive handgun are: ![]() The point of this thread is to once again suggest, that if we are going to turn popular opinion and folklore on it's head and agree that the 9mm is every bit the equal (or better when all factors are considered) why not reexamine the. 380 Beretta, later I did own the 9mm Taurus PT99 (adjustable sights), and that was a splendid handgun. 380's that are out there, in fact the very first pistol I was tempted to buy was a mid sized. 32ACP! Now, CZ has completely reengineered it to be even more popular than ever in the 'right' caliber - 9mm and it's much larger. Remember the original Scorpion pistol, that was. 380 as a duty firearm, but it was typically relegated to a defensive sidearm for military officers (personal protection). 380, makes it as tiny as possible to take advantage of its greatest strength, lower power which allows the manufacture to put it into a much smaller package. 380ACP pistols that are reliable/rugged enough to serve as a front line 'duty' grade handgun. The other is that there are very few if any. 380ACP, chiefly for a couple reasons - its about 33% more powerful and costs less. 380ACP, which nearly everyone (until now) said was 'marginal' from a civilian personal defense perspective.īefore I post a few videos, and I do hope you watch all of them and come to your own conclusions let me just jump to what I think is the bottom line today:įor 'duty': The 9mm Luger (9x19mm) is still better than. 45 ACP are over (see FBI report on the matter) for best 'service' pistol (military, police and personal protection). Ok, so now that the debate regarding the. ![]()
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