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Ameer wrote:

hirundo82 wrote:I don't see a role for centerfire handgun cartridges smaller than .380 for concealed carry. While cartridges such as .32ACP and .25ACP had a role in the mouseguns of the past, the guns they are chambered in aren't any smaller than .380's we can get now.

What 380 isn't bigger than a LWS 32? Maybe it's a small difference but the same with comparing 380s with the micro-nines.

The LWS .380 is the same size, which was kind of my point--if you can chamber a gun in .25 or .35 Auto, you can probably chamber it in .380 so why not get it in the more powerful caliber. Granted the LWS38 costs $300 more than the LWS32, but if you're looking for a mousegun on a budget you aren't looking at Seecamp, you're looking at Kel-Tec and Ruger.

I think that .380 definitely has a place in one's CCW armamentarium, especially with the proliferation of small .380 pistols designed for concealment and the improvements in .380 defensive ammo that has come along with the cartridge's rise in popularity for self-defense. I don't have a .380 yet (I have a .38 that fills a similar role), but I will be getting one if campus carry passes.

I don't see a role for centerfire handgun cartridges smaller than .380 for concealed carry. While cartridges such as .32ACP and .25ACP had a role in the mouseguns of the past, the guns they are chambered in aren't any smaller than .380's we can get now.