Relaxed CC laws opened up a vast new market for packable pistols.Enter the Kel-Tec P32 and then the P3AT. There was now no legitimate reason to resort to a. With the advent of the Kahr K9, and especially the MK9, the little AMT was suddenly just an underpowered handful of recoil. I carried an AMT 380DAO for years, when that was the pocket pistol to have. 380 become such a great round for self defense? Since you can get them in basically the same size gun, I think I'd rather have a. 380 for a pocket carry gun the past couple of years? Since when did the. Seems like everyone has gone crazy over the. 380 if I still had it, and not because it was smaller or lighter (it in fact wasn't that small and light). 44M, but I wouldn't hesitate to carry my old Beretta. 380 may not make someone fly back in the air and crash through a window like a Hollywood movie, but it'll kill something if you can shoot it well, and the.
380 to have very little recoil, be accurate, be very accurate on fast follow up shots and put a 9mm hole in something. 380 would penetrate a person's brain or heart at those distances.Ĭarrying a. I don't know the specifics about the average distance you might encounter a bad guy and make the decision to shoot, but my guess is the. 380 and I don't shoot the 9mm very often at all. 380, 9mm and 40 and went to the range with all three at the same outing over and over and over. I bought a "set" of pistols, Berettas in. Never bet your life on a Cheap Pocket Pistol!!! I personally carry a Glock model 29-sub compact in 10mm. I would advise you to check out the "sub-compact" GLOCKS in the model 26 (9mm Luger cal.) or the model 27 in the (.40 Smith & Wesson cal.) However, you must try the pistol in your hand and see how that fit stacks up against others on your list. I later installed a spring kit by Wolf in the pistol and now it is just right for her, as 1st shot is 6 pounds of pull and the remander of the shots will be at 4 pounds of trigger pull. She could not hit the target on the first shot. She always liked the Sig Sauer pistols (grip & feel in hand) model P-239 but never could get passed that 1st shot with the double action trigger pull set by the factory at 10 friggin pounds. She also had a Turas Millenium and that pistol Jammed the first time out the gate! It went back for a trade on a Glock model 17 as I remember. I ended up keeping the last Kel-Tec (polished ramp and fluff & buff factory job with new barrel) this pistol did NOT jam as much as the others. She had at least 6 different pistols during this session of over 5000 rounds of ammo fired at the range.
My wife went through the entire summer learning how to shoot and what is what in a carry gun.