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Should You Carry A .380 For Self Defense?

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  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,515 Founders Club
    UW_Doog_Bot said:

    Sledog said:

    The .380 ACP has been around since 1908 and was designed by firearms genius John Browning to go with his new Colt 1908 pocket pistol it was more powerful than the .32ACP cartridge. ACP stands for Automatic Colt Pistol. Also used widely in Europe as FN and many other European countries built guns for it.

    I think mine's a Spanish made Ruby which is a copy of the 1905? Browning. It's in surprisingly good condition and the design still holds up. Haven't shot it yet bc who knows what might happen. Both for safety and bc I don't want to destroy an antique with real history to it. Will post pics in the wam if @Sledog gets a hallpass.
    @DerekJohnson @Swaye @YellowSnow
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 70,404 Founders Club
    pawz said:

    UW_Doog_Bot said:

    Sledog said:

    The .380 ACP has been around since 1908 and was designed by firearms genius John Browning to go with his new Colt 1908 pocket pistol it was more powerful than the .32ACP cartridge. ACP stands for Automatic Colt Pistol. Also used widely in Europe as FN and many other European countries built guns for it.

    I think mine's a Spanish made Ruby which is a copy of the 1905? Browning. It's in surprisingly good condition and the design still holds up. Haven't shot it yet bc who knows what might happen. Both for safety and bc I don't want to destroy an antique with real history to it. Will post pics in the wam if @Sledog gets a hallpass.
    @DerekJohnson @Swaye @YellowSnow
    Okay @Sledog has a free pass until Sunday midnight.
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  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 39,025 Standard Supporter
    edited July 2022
    UW_Doog_Bot said:

    Sledog said:

    The .380 ACP has been around since 1908 and was designed by firearms genius John Browning to go with his new Colt 1908 pocket pistol it was more powerful than the .32ACP cartridge. ACP stands for Automatic Colt Pistol. Also used widely in Europe as FN and many other European countries built guns for it.

    I think mine's a Spanish made Ruby which is a copy of the 1905? Browning. It's in surprisingly good condition and the design still holds up. Haven't shot it yet bc who knows what might happen. Both for safety and bc I don't want to destroy an antique with real history to it. Will post pics in the wam if @Sledog gets a hallpass.
    If it's in good shape and functional shooting it would be fine. I've never know steel that has a modicum of care to get weaker to the point of failure. I shoot old guns. I shoot old ammo. Oldest ammo was 1918 shot fine. Have 1930's ammo that shoots great.
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