.380acp "better than" 38 Special? Why?

I dont know where all this fluff about snubbies being hard to shoot accurately comes from.

Has anyone seen the size of the sights on most pocket 380s. They are harder to shoot accurately almost universally. At least by those who have tried both.

Yes, I am a snubby fan and being that I am a snubby fan I am biased towards them. So my biased but not necissarily wrong opinion is that universally a snubby loaded with reasonable defensive ammo such as anything +P and over 125 grains is going to give better penetration, accuracy, quicker follow up shots, better grip, and a prettier gun than any 380 pocket rocket.

I do see your point. I like the snub nose revolvers too. I also do believe that a good 380 like a Walther PPK, Browning DBA, and even Bersa Thunder, others as well, are very comparable to the snub nose. Semi-Autos have good sight pictures, more round capacity, easy follow-up shots. The 380's have a lot going for them.

Try some double taps and firing at say 25 feet with each. The accuracy of the 380 platform just might surprise you.

Years ago I got an early Colt .380 and I have always been very very fond of it.

Never once carried it, even though I have shot it a few times.

It is very accurate, easy, natural, familiar, rationally designed, and elegent in every way.

Would I feel comfortable Carrying it for SD?

Yes.


Have I?

No.

Call me sentimental...but, my Model 10 S&W Snubby ( or Model 10, 3 inch ) seems more inviting and comforting to me, for SD or Carry.

More Powerful Cartridges, I am just as good a shot if not better, with them, than I am with the Colt .380, and, I have more easy choices for Ammunition variations in .38 Special with or without re-loading my own for them.

I have no doubt of the Colt .380 being an earnest and effective-enough Arm when in the right Hands.

If everyone else was under five feet tall, and weighed under a hundred Pounds, the .380 would probably be all I'd ever need.

But they are not.

I like both rounds but the 38 Special using the Buffalo Bore 158gr +p lead semi-wadcutters is one good and stout round.