.380 Auto for self defense

[jocko]

smee781: he will be back, maybe alittle kinder and gentleler...

 

[wristtwister]

I'm just an observer in this one, but the .380 used to be called a "9mm short", and was the preferred weapon of the Mossad for many years.

I like bigger guns, such as the 9mm, .38 special, .357, .40 cal, and .44 mag, but I'd feel perfectly comfortable protecting myself with my .380's... either of them. "Cartridge envy" is like "penis envy", and usually done for the same reasons... a feeling of inferiority. If you hit what you shoot at, there's no problem... otherwise... get a shotgun and fill it with buckshot.

WT

 

[george29]

george29. I hear pros and cons on the R9, not price as much as just very very ammo sensitive. It's a small bugger for sure. My pm9 is bigger no doubt but it can ride in my front pocket with ease and mine at least willshoot everything I put in it, and I have 12,800 rounds down range through it. If I can't shoot um, I don't want um. not sure the R9 would take that type of shootings. I bet it would be a fun gun to shoot once you got it running right though..

Do you have pics of the PM9 that you could post. I keep thinking of a good small 9 to buy. What I really want is a 9 in .380 platform size. Wishful thinking.

 

[kokapelli]

Americans like big trucks, big cars, big houses and big guns.
It's the American way.

 

[Funderb]

zombieeeee!!!!!!

 

[jocko]

about the only 9 in the 380 platform size would be the R9 at around $1000 and extremely hard to find. Some swear by them, some swear at them..

 

[kokapelli]

Do you have pics of the PM9 that you could post. I keep thinking of a good small 9 to buy. What I really want is a 9 in .380 platform size. Wishful thinking.

Here are my small pistols in order.

Para Hog on the top
PF9
PM9
P3-AT

Notice I don't use rubber grips on the Para Hog or the Kahr PM9 because they both are smooth shooters and easy to hang onto.

 

[jocko]

that HOG is a nice shooter. Owned a carry 9 and it sure was deadly accurate, the best LDA trigger system--ever.

 

[Stephen A. Camp]

Locked. This revived thread's run its course and some of the posters simply cannot go by the rules.