Softest Shooting .380?

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I have a SIG P232 SL that is the softest shooting & most accurate .380 I have ever shot.

Not even close to the hand spanking a Walther PPK will give you.

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I am carrying a kahr p380 right now that is very soft shooting. I put 400 some rounds down range in a single session when breaking it in. No issue there.

The GF carries a sig 238. It is very soft shooting as well. Doesnt beat you up at all.

Both have run very well, are easy to carry, and are plenty accurate.
 
In a single stack mag design, I would have to say the Colt Government .380. In a larger double stack mag pistol, then the Beretta Model 84 or the Browning BDA .380.
 
I think its the size and mass of the Beretta 84 that put it closer to the locked breech designs more than any others, with the exceltion of the CZ and Makarov, when found in .380.
 
Walther PK380.

I also had a Browning BDA and of the two the PK380 definitely has less felt-recoil.

The PK380 is a relatively large locked breech .380, I have yet to fire any fixed barrel .380 that shoots as soft.
 
Colt gov't model, heavier than the P 238 or Mustang but has locked breech. The actual amount of newtonian reaction is the same of course, but the split second delaying action seems to tame it a bit.
I for one don't understand the talk about the PPK/s or PPK recoil being bad, but they are blowbacks. The Keltec is extremely light, so even with the locked breech it does kick some, certainly not noticeably when a 250 pound drunk with a broken bottle is rushing at you I would guess.

I shot a .308 bolt action pistol, nothing mentioned here kicks very bad. :)
 
I have a bunch of 380 pistols and the Sig 238 is the softest shooting by a large margin. Feels a lot like shooting a 22. Seriously.
 
I also have a recently acquired Bersa 380 but have not fired it yet. I am currently carrying a S&W 640-1 357 and have not had trouble with that; I've shot it for years but would like to carry the semi-auto. The Bersa is relatively easy to rack the slide and I am a very small women with small hands. Any info on the Bersa appreciated. Don't mean to hi-jack a thread. If I need to go somewhere else to look just tell me where to look, please. ;)
 
Thank you for the information. I didn't know a 9mm and a 380 were the same. I can handle my husband's 9mm Keltec and I shot a Glock 9mm in my gun training class with no difficulty. I guess the Bersa 380 would be about the same. I hope so.
 
A .380 and 9mm are NOT the same!!

I think he meant that many 9mm's kick less than most .380's

If you can handle a 9mm, then that's a better choice than a .380
 
I didn't know a 9mm and a 380 were the same
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Same bullet diameter, NOT the same cartridge.

9mm-9mm Luger, 9x19mm, 9mm Parabellum, 9mm NATO

.380-9x17mm, 9mm Browning Short, 9mm Kurtz, 9mm Corto

The .380 case is shorter and smaller in diameter, and has no taper. They are not interchangeable.
 
AEA said:
The softest shooting .380 is actually a 9mm!
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Depends on the gun.


Yeah I'd agree that a lot of small 9's do have less felt recoil than some .380s, but this is because the .380s are fixed barrel designs and the 9s are locked breech.



However there is no way a 9mm is gonna shoot softer than a locked breech .380 in a gun of similiar size and weight..
 
Colt gov 380.

The locked breech makes it a very soft shooter when compared to my 84F or BDA380. The locked breech of the gov 380 completely takes away that smack of the slide against the frame you get on the 84f.
 
Been working with a "new" Taurus PT638 PRO SA, 15-round medium-frame .380.
Shoots easy, should be quite affordable.
Fits my hand the best out of any .380 pistol I've ever shot.
Denis
 
Maybe it was shooting dad's lead reloads that have me disagreeing completely about the Gov't 380.

That is pretty snappy compared to my Pa-63 in 380.
 
I have a bunch of 380s, 16 at last count. My wife can't rack any of them.

+1 on the Colt Govt 380, especially the all-steel or stainless version. currently about $600
If you stumble onto a nice older (1940s) Llama .380 with locked breech, they shoot the same as the Colt, and are a little more slim.
Star SS pistols are still plentiful, and excellent shooters with good triggers.
Sig 238 is a bit small for a range pistol, but they do dampen the recoil noticably.
Have not fired a PK380. Sounds like I "need" one.
 
Rex B said:
I have a bunch of 380s, 16 at last count. My wife can't rack any of them.

+1 on the Colt Govt 380, especially the all-steel or stainless version. currently about $600
If you stumble onto a nice older (1940s) Llama .380 with locked breech, they shoot the same as the Colt, and are a little more slim.
Star SS pistols are still plentiful, and excellent shooters with good triggers.
Sig 238 is a bit small for a range pistol, but they do dampen the recoil noticably.
Have not fired a PK380. Sounds like I "need" one.
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Your wife could rack the slide of a PK380. There's your justification for buying one right there :D
 
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