[OldDeckHand]

"Actually I got 500 rounds of it delivered to my door for about $140 bucks. List on it was 500 for $125. That's $12.50 a box, plus shipping."

That is cheap - about $9 a box less than what I'm paying now. And, about $7 bucks a box cheaper than my local gun store sells .380 (Federal).

[Lurker]

That's one of the reasons I settled on this C&R purchase. 9X18 is dirt cheap right now, AND it's available.

Heck it's even cheaper than far weaker .380 ammo. So I figured 'why the heck not?'.

Nobody is ever going to win a match with one of these, but that's not why I bought it. These guns are going into the "Oh Crap!" kits we keep in our cars. The gun, a couple spare mags, and two boxes of ammo will set us back less than $350 or so a piece.

You can't beat that with a stick.

Believe me both Mrs L and I own and regularly shoot 'better' guns, but we're not going to toss the Colts, Springfields, or S&W's into the trunk and just leave them there.

While not perfect, I think these things are a pretty good choice for that purpose.