My GF had a Colt .380 Government that didn't shoot well for her, she couldn't see the sights and it malfunctioned enough to be called unreliable. Soooo, I bought her a Ruger SP-101 and she loves it. She shoots it well and prefers .38+P loads.
Then I took her .380 and sent it out for new sights and a reliability package. It's back and what a difference. 'Course, I should have bought the gun off her and then sent it out, but it's her first gun, so I couldn't do that.