So how much improvement does the .380 with 16" barrel get? What can the user expect? What is the heaviest bullet the cartridge be loaded with and still fit the chamber?
Agreed. The .380 is a pocket-pistol round. Using it in a carbine makes no sense. You would be willingly giving up a lot of the potential of the carbine.380 is a silly carbine round.
The tradition of pistol-caliber long guns goes back to the early Winchesters. I'm not disputing that. Pistol-caliber carbines have their place. The M1 Carbine is a prime example. But the M1 Carbine also uses an uploaded, or beefed-up, pistol cartridge. What doesn't make sense is to use a downloaded pistol cartridge (such as the .380) in a carbine.By that logic any pistol round in a long gun makes no sense.
By that logic any pistol round in a long gun makes no sense.
Every part of that logical fallacy applies to 22LR also.Some folks are just contrarians. I mean, 9 mm is not wimpy enough for someone?
Why not a rifle in .32 or .25 ACP? Can anyone say rainbow trajectory for that .380.
I would just buy the Beretta carbine that takes 92 magazines.FWIW, and in case you weren't aware, a 9x19 carbine purposely using Beretta mags can also be made from a AR15 lower.
https://getstern.com/magazine-adapters/beretta/
I have an M1 carbine project too. Problem with the M1 carbine is it has a noisy short stroke gas system, clunky locking bolt, the arcane 1:20 twist rate pretty means I'm stuck with super sonic ammo if I want it to cycle.The tradition of pistol-caliber long guns goes back to the early Winchesters. I'm not disputing that. Pistol-caliber carbines have their place. The M1 Carbine is a prime example. But the M1 Carbine also uses an uploaded, or beefed-up, pistol cartridge. What doesn't make sense is to use a downloaded pistol cartridge (such as the .380) in a carbine.
Maybe....380 is a silly carbine round.
I'm thinking, too... .I know I should let this go but y'all got me thinking....
By the time that I was done I had about 70 pounds of loaded .380 rounds,,, and only two pocket guns in this caliber.
Maybe a .380 PCC might make sense, after all.