View Poll Results: What kind of ammo for .380
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Hard Ball (any)
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Thread: .380 carry ammo
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23 September 2014, 19:38 #1
.380 carry ammo
Just bought the wife a G42 for passing her concealed carry course. I've heard/seen varying things about what ammo to use for a .380 being Hollow points or hard ball. If you have a .380 for defensive use, what do you load in the gun?
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23 September 2014, 20:58 #2
I use Speer Gold Dot ammo. The bonded jacket and the high-quality nickel case make for a great performer. I know some folks like to use hard ball in .380 but I prefer a good quality hollow point.
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24 September 2014, 06:53 #3Contributing Member
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Gold Dot in my LCP here, too.
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25 September 2014, 16:50 #4
Interesting video on .380 ammo here
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25 September 2014, 21:00 #5
Anything loaded with the Hornady 90gr XTP bullet is about as good as it gets for .380
Hornady, Fiocchi, and a few other manufacturers make factory .380 loads using the 90gr XTP projectile.
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2 October 2014, 14:21 #6New Member
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Don't use anything over 90gr in the glock 42, just a heads up. My wife has a g42 and we have put probably 2k rounds through it so far and have found any ammo 95+gr tends to lock the slid back when firing. Happens pretty after with 100gr loads from freedom munitions.
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2 October 2014, 14:29 #7
Is your thumb hitting the slide stop? Or is the bullet itself activating it?
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2 October 2014, 16:13 #8
I load my Kel Tec P3AT with Cor-Bon 90 grain JHP.
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2 October 2014, 22:33 #9
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13 October 2014, 18:07 #10New Member
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Hydrashoks are also right up there with the XTP's (from the shooting the bull video). I couldn't find any 380 xtp, so I went with hydrashoks.
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13 October 2014, 18:24 #11
Barnes X bullet gets my vote.