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Thread: .380 carry ammo

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    .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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    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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    Gold Dot in my LCP here, too.

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    Interesting video on .380 ammo here

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    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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    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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    Is your thumb hitting the slide stop? Or is the bullet itself activating it?

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    I load my Kel Tec P3AT with Cor-Bon 90 grain JHP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZaneMasterx View Post
    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.
    I had the same problem riding the slide catch. The G42 is so small it's easy to do. Thanks for the heads up over 95gr tho!

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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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    Barnes X bullet gets my vote.

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