380 Day

[Nasty Canasta]

I missed 308 day so declared today 380 Day. We have four between me & the wife, all cost about the same amount. It was perfect weather for poppin’ off a couple hundred rounds. The Black Lable is our new favorite, Sally & Siggy are basically the same guns, & the Walther is in 3rd place in this line up, the heaviest of the bunch & the only blowback one that makes it the hardest to rack & feels like a 9 compared to the soft shooting tilting barrel models.

 

[Walkalong]

Pico (It's the wife's, but I like it a lot)

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Also rockin the Pico-


Kinda the spiritual successor to his one-

 

[WheelGunMan]

I have to 4 to choose from..a Firestorm (Bersa) blowback, Ruger LC380, LCP and my recently acquired LCP Max. The two front runners are the LC380 and the LCP Max. I purchased a LC9 conversion barrel and slide for the LC380 and really like it as a LC9. The LCP Max is my chosen one. Had my first a year ago and had a myriad of problems with it..after several trips back and forth to Ruger, they agreed to trade me out of it for the LC380. The LC380 is a great shooter but not as compact as I would like. The new LCP Max is the 75th Anniversary edition and is a much improved firearm..all the problems I had with the first one are non existent on this one. I only have a about 100 rounds thru the new Max so far and it has been flawless. The Firestorm I shoot the most accurately, but its size and being a blowback (to snappy) put it in third place. My LCP is a great shooter but is the hardest to rack. It's slightly smaller than the LCP Max. I carry it when heavier concealment is needed.

 

[halfmoonclip]

G42 gets my personal nod, with an honorable mention to the Smith BodyGuard.
Moon

 

[commygun]

This is the looker of my .380’s but there’s an RM380 in my pocket when there isn’t a Nano and a S&W EZ in the safe waiting for my infirm old age.

Oops, I forgot about the Beretta 70S. So maybe the Walther isn’t the looker….

 

[Tallball]

I have a few. This Colt is my favorite to shoot.

Colt Government 380

• Tallball
• Jan 23, 2018

 

[jar]

I have a herd of 380s and my Walther CCP is likely the most enjoyable to shoot while for the last few days I have been carrying the S&W BodyGuard 380.

 

[halfmoonclip]

I have a herd of 380s and my Walther CCP is likely the most enjoyable to shoot while for the last few days I have been carrying the S&W BodyGuard 380.

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Jar, let me ask about both guns? How do they run? The BG is my current candidate for all-the-time carry; I've two, one runs 100%, the other wants to short cycle. Number 2 is back to Springfield, for the second time. Hope they get it right this time.
The Walther is another matter; never handled one, though the gas retardation is intriguing (got an H&K squeeze cocker back when they were cheap, and it's always worked without a hiccup...even with .380s). How does yours work?
Moon

 

[jar]

Jar, let me ask about both guns? How do they run? The BG is my current candidate for all-the-time carry; I've two, one runs 100%, the other wants to short cycle. Number 2 is back to Springfield, for the second time. Hope they get it right this time.
The Walther is another matter; never handled one, though the gas retardation is intriguing (got an H&K squeeze cocker back when they were cheap, and it's always worked without a hiccup...even with .380s). How does yours work?
Moon

The Walther CCP has worked well enough to get me to buy three of them, the .380 and two 9mm, one of the 9mm a version one (that took the tool to takedown) upgraded to M2 frame and slide and an M2+.

.380 M2+:



V1 upgraded to M2: Now has three different serial numbers;



and 9mm M2+: The + versions take Glock sights.



The CCP is the same size as the S&W EZ380 and the Ruger Security 380:

 

[Hasaf]

Here are some. The browning is my favourite. I like the Walther, but it is very tool-like, it is just hard to feel anything about it. The Glock convinced me that I don't like Glocks, yet it is the one I have on right now. However, I only wear it in a full holster with active retention.

This is the only holster that I am comfortable having the Glock in:

Of course, a Colt Government model:

Here is an odd one, a PT-58s

My Makarov is 9x18, not 9x17, but I will throw it in anyways:

 

[bannockburn]

I have four .380s: a Colt Mustang, SIG P238, Ruger LCP MAX, and a KelTec P3AT. This is pretty much the preferential order which I would put them in.

 

[Targa]

Wow nice .380’s everyone. Looks like a nice range day Nasty.

Here is my only .380, I would like to pick up a Cheetah 80x sometime.

 

[Pistolay]

Here are mine, at least as of today. I have a stainless Walther PPK with the black polymer grip on order that I hope will be in by the end of the week.

 

[Ridgerunner665]

I've only got the Bodyguard 380, a few hundred rounds through it and I'm happy with it... it is my EDC these days due to a real need for deep concealment.

 

[Speedo66]

My .380 is a first gen LCP, the smallest.

I had a couple of nice looking W. German PPK/S’s, but they were always trying to take blood samples from the web of my hand.

 

[tercel89]

So far my 2 most reliable .380's ....

 

[bassjam]

I just have a lowly regular lcp but at least it has a story. My first one died on me with empty brass stuck in the chamber after about 10 years and 1200 rounds. For the life of me I couldn't get the slide back to retrieve the brass. Called Ruger, they said to send it in. Said it was unrepairable and gave me a new one! I think the first one was out of spec, I couldn't reliably hit an 8.5x11 piece of paper past 5 yards but I can ping a 6" gong at 17 yards 6/7 times with the new one.

 

[Pistolay]

Here are mine, at least as of today. I have a stainless Walther PPK with the black polymer grip on order that I hope will be in by the end of the week.

I was hoping the PPK would get here by Friday, but it came in today. What a beautiful pistol! It'll be going to the range on Friday. The slide is actually easier to rack than my KelTec P32s, and I imagine the recoil will be tolerable, which is all I'm looking for.

 

[Riomouse911]

At first I did a double take at @Nasty Canasta s photo, the fabric print threw me off and I thought the guns were sitting on a pile of fired brass .380 cases. I was thinking THAT was quite a .380 day!

I am like many of the others, have an LCP. But I added an LCP II for the MUCH better trigger. I also have an SMK-380 from FEG, and the Mother of all sharp, clumsy and unergonomic micro .380’s, an AMT Backup.

(The .380’s are sitting with some micro 9’s and. a TP-22 in a size comparison.)


Stay safe.

 

[Howland937]

 

[Radom Guy]

Here is my favorite 380. The second photo with the "BEFORE" text on it is how I bought it. It looked like it had been chewed up by a German Shepherd and then dragged behind a truck when I got it (for a good deal as a project gun). Chambered in "9mm Short" on the slide. This all Model 84 is wearing its original walnut grips from Beretta. I sanded them down very slowly by hand over the course of a couple days until I had the look I wanted.
I love shooting this gun and its cousin, a Model 81 in 7.65 (32 ACP of course), seen in the third pic with the 84 right grip. The Cheetah series is one of the most comfortable handling pistol to me. Shooting the 81 feels like a 22LR because of its robust aluminum frame soaking up much of the already minimal recoil.

If anyone is curious, parts are completely interchangeable between the two.

I would certainly enjoy getting my hands on one of the new Girsan Cheetah clones, or the Tisas Fatih, or any of the other clones. But whenever I almost buy one, I end up changing my mind because I tell myself that I already have the Beretta original, so I should spend the money on another gun, something entirely new or different.

 

[Radom Guy]

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Here is an odd one, a PT-58s

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Very cool Taurus PT-58S. Do you happen to also own a Beretta 84 in 380ACP? I have always wondered how the Taurus shoots and feels in comparison to the original Beretta that it is based on.

 

[Radom Guy]

I have to 4 to choose from..a Firestorm (Bersa) blowback, Ruger LC380, LCP and my recently acquired LCP Max. The two front runners are the LC380 and the LCP Max. I purchased a LC9 conversion barrel and slide for the LC380 and really like it as a LC9. The LCP Max is my chosen one. Had my first a year ago and had a myriad of problems with it..after several trips back and forth to Ruger, they agreed to trade me out of it for the LC380. The LC380 is a great shooter but not as compact as I would like. The new LCP Max is the 75th Anniversary edition and is a much improved firearm..all the problems I had with the first one are non existent on this one. I only have a about 100 rounds thru the new Max so far and it has been flawless. The Firestorm I shoot the most accurately, but its size and being a blowback (to snappy) put it in third place. My LCP is a great shooter but is the hardest to rack. It's slightly smaller than the LCP Max. I carry it when heavier concealment is needed.

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I almost never shoot it, but I love my Bersa Thunder (like your Firestorm). Such a great gun for small change.

 

[WheelGunMan]

I almost never shoot it, but I love my Bersa Thunder (like your Firestorm). Such a great gun for small change.

Mine is spot on accurate which I attribute to the blowback design. Great little shooter.