Still learning to post properly ... this is actually (Part II) but of course I managed to neglect to edit my copy/paste.
Maybe by the end?
Don’t apologize for blog posts just because some easily triggered failed blogger snowflake might give you crap for it instead of making a useful contribution of their own. If it is interesting and beneficial information, carry on by all means.
For later.
Thank you for informing us with this one.
I’ve been a fan of both the HydraShock and the Gold Dot.
I mix ‘em in the magazine.
.380 is not a powerful pistol round but it’s one you can have with you always, in all situations.
And 95gr at 900fps in the eye is effective, which is what most .380 pistols are capable of. Especially my Sig.
It will blow a hole out the other side.
Why can one concealed pocket carry a .380, 9mmMak, or .32 ACP and mot most “higher caliber duty rounds?” Because .380 & 9 mm Mak are sort of the upper end of small blowback pistols.
Pocket carry demands a small light weight hand gun.
Even if some say that the round is “marginal” a marginal round is better than no firearm and that is where the .380 shines.
So far as stopping power goes, that was back in the 95-grain or thereabouts hardball days until Super-Vel's 80 grain JHP came out in the early 1970s. The general choice was one of one more round in the mag if you had a .32 PPK, CZ27, Femaru or Astra, a little more power with a .380. After my right hand was disabled by the poor choice of trying to run a tow chain around a lower front-end frame member of a '67 GMC pickup with power steering and running my three middle fingers thru the fan belt & pulley, I found running an M1911 or Browning GP a little unhandy, and reloading worse. I switched to a left-side carry S&W .41 magnum M58, plus a 2" Bodyguard S&W snubbie for backup, and a .32 or .380 pocket pistol in an ankle rig instead of extra mags or speedloaders. But I'm much better now, thanks!
The last .380 I carried with much regularity was an Ingram M11 while I owned and operated an armored express service, mostly delivering pharmaceutical narcotics to hospitals from the manufacturer. It worked. wouldn't deafen me if it had to be fired from inside a vehicle, and was sufficiently impressive at night to discourage foolhardy amateurs. It also fit in the glove box of my vehicle, sometimes the tin can transporting the goodies, often the unmarked chase car backing up the transport and load. I never had to use the little Ingran buzzsaw, but figured that hardball would be okay for the purpose if I did, multiple hits being expected, and help pretty quickly on the way.
Nowadays? I'm more likely to have a 9mm Makarov if a concealment rig is needed, again as a *third backup* or speed reload. I do have a Star SI in .32, could switch it out with a Slide/Barrel/Magazine change if I really, really needed a .380. I don't.