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What 380 self defense ammo are you using and why , preferably for a pocket gun with short barrel ? Thanks .

chuck j wrote:What 380 self defense ammo are you using and why , preferably for a pocket gun with short barrel ? Thanks .

I keep PowRball in my Sig. .380. I was torn between hollow point and FMJ for penetration in the .380 and read about PowRball and decided on that.

I have some Remington Golden Saber JHP in my Taurus TCP .380, mainly because that was all I could find at the time. I did take it to the range and test it out however. there weren't any failures, so it works for me.

I have always used FMJ , main reason was feed , always worried about cycling problems . I have three 380 pocket guns my main carry is a Ruger 380 LCP .

Hornady Critical Defense.

No feeding problems in a Sig P238

Wife carries Hornady critical in her LCP

I use FMJ. I worry that a HP won't penetrate far enough in a 380 round. But I might consider a HP at some point.

Seems like it does the job to me.

Here is a good review of the Hornady

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H9M6cZGd18

Federal .380 ACP 90 gr Hydra


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ6PgHhNYg0

Remington .380 ACP JHP 102 gr


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATTBudWGunI

Winchester Ranger .380 ACP "Law Enforcement" JHP T series



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxpHOB132ak

Thanks for all the info , I'll be a while sorting it all out . A long while back they made a triplex load in several calibers , havent seen any around lately .

Hornady CD. Feeds and has good reviews.

Cor bon high velocity .380. Hard to find but seems like the highest power, reliable round I could find.

Dirthawking wrote:Federal .380 ACP 90 gr Hydra


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ6PgHhNYg0

Same here, use it in my P3AT and have fired over 100 rds of it at the range without a hiccup..