[Gorzaloon]

comments about .380 (e.g. "great for shooting mice" or "what are you going to do with it, THROW it at your attacker?").

As a person who loads and carries many calibers, I think these statements do not bear out with ER statistics. A .380 Hydrashock, etc. can be a deadly round. I do not weigh 300 pounds. I cannot conceal my .45 Colt Combat Commander MKII in the Summertime. I carry a .380 simply because I cannot conceal the Sig 226, either.

I think comments like that are best reserved to the useless and annoying .25ACP. They neglect that fact that in many places, if used in self-defense, you WILL use it at powder burn range, or you will go down for murder.

[Pistolshot]

Here is the other problem with what to carry. The size packages available for summer carry are limited. The Glock mini's are nice, but bulky. The 380 size guns are pocketable, also kinda bulky. The KAHR is a smallish pistol with the 9mm/40S&W at its caliber. It is about the same size as a lot of 380's and in a more effective cartridge.

The 22/25 are a compromise in carry package, certainly not in caliber choice. The 25 starts to come into a better cartridge, but only with specialized ammo....Glasers. The 380 is an ok cartridge, but if you are looking at a package that small, there are many good 38 Special revolvers in the same size and even less weight with Titanium available. And you get a more effective cartridge.