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Fire · 08-29-2009, 03:43 AM

not to be unfair to one of history's great cartridges, but .380 has another problem- Its near impossible to fucking find any in a lot of places these days...have not seen a single box on a shelf anywhere in my town of 100,000 people in gun loving missouri, with our Dicks sporting goods, bass pro super store, midway USA down the road about 3 miles, and 3 super walmarts that stock a mind bogling variety of ammo types..... oh, and 4 dedicated gun shops as well..... and thats for at least six months now-

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in answering the OP's question, the option I went for with regard to a really small pistol was first- a PA -63- the 9mm mak is ever so slightly more powerful than the .380, and is also priced about like 9mm round these parts- and it was available all through the darkest parts of the still continuing ammo shortage, mail order and on shelves locally - found the PA -63 to be easily carried, light, but it had a HELLISH recoil (damn thing is freakish in that regard, NOTHING else in my collection, including the .410 deringer, hurts to shoot like that) and so I ordered a spring kit from wolf gun springs, hoping that helps solve that ( have not been able to check yet) also go a good deal on a CZ-82- love the HELL outa that one, a little wider than the PA-63, but REALLY a heluva better gun- better sights, 12 round capacity, beter ergo, everything .... But then, Note that I am a self acknowledged fan of comblock milisurp guns, and something of a combat tupperware hater..... Sure, they do work, and damn well for the vast majority of shooters, but they just do not feel right to me.... someday I will most inevitably sip the glock coolaide, but not for a while at least........

08-29-2009, 03:43 AM	#51 (permalink)
Fire Warrior Smith Location: missouri	not to be unfair to one of history's great cartridges, but .380 has another problem- Its near impossible to fucking find any in a lot of places these days...have not seen a single box on a shelf anywhere in my town of 100,000 people in gun loving missouri, with our Dicks sporting goods, bass pro super store, midway USA down the road about 3 miles, and 3 super walmarts that stock a mind bogling variety of ammo types..... oh, and 4 dedicated gun shops as well..... and thats for at least six months now- ---------- Post added at 06:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:28 AM ---------- in answering the OP's question, the option I went for with regard to a really small pistol was first- a PA -63- the 9mm mak is ever so slightly more powerful than the .380, and is also priced about like 9mm round these parts- and it was available all through the darkest parts of the still continuing ammo shortage, mail order and on shelves locally - found the PA -63 to be easily carried, light, but it had a HELLISH recoil (damn thing is freakish in that regard, NOTHING else in my collection, including the .410 deringer, hurts to shoot like that) and so I ordered a spring kit from wolf gun springs, hoping that helps solve that ( have not been able to check yet) also go a good deal on a CZ-82- love the HELL outa that one, a little wider than the PA-63, but REALLY a heluva better gun- better sights, 12 round capacity, beter ergo, everything .... But then, Note that I am a self acknowledged fan of comblock milisurp guns, and something of a combat tupperware hater..... Sure, they do work, and damn well for the vast majority of shooters, but they just do not feel right to me.... someday I will most inevitably sip the glock coolaide, but not for a while at least........ __________________ Thought the harder, Heart the bolder, Mood the more as our might lessens Last edited by Fire; 08-29-2009 at 03:45 AM..