Pablo Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Is there no SAAMI .380ACP +P?Seems none of the gun (.380 Semiauto) companies (Ruger, Kahr, S&W) will stand behind +P usage. Not surprising I suppose, but S&W told me this today:"Because there is no industry specification for .380 +p, we cannot recommend that you use it in our firearms."Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryinIN Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 I can understand why they don't. With no set standard, an ammo maker can call their ammo "+P" and load to any pressure above standard. That might be 10% over like 9mm +P or it might be more. With most .380s being blowbacks until a fee years ago, it's even riskier in them. A blown case could happen easier.9mm +P+ is used that way. It's not a SAAMI spec either, so anything over +P's 37,500 psi can be called +P+ whether it's a little over it a lot (although from what I've been able to gather, it's not much over in most cases).I also suspect the term is used as a gimmick sometimes, marking ammo that's standard pressure at most with a +P+ mark so it sounds "more better". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted December 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 I do wish SAAMI would designate a +P .380 round.Funny thing, at a gun show this summer, the Ruger guy was saying you can run +P in the .380....sales guy, of course...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryinIN Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 I think it would be nice if this was done in several calibers, and different levels were sold like when there were HV (Hi-Velocity) or rifle-only loadings in the "dash cartridges" like .32-20, .38-40, etc. I'd like to see a true SAAMI-spec'd +P on the .38 Super, .45 Colt, and lots more, but they won't because of the old guns. And manufacturers might not load it if they did. Too much chance of a 1930s Guatemalen .380 with no name going boom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted December 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 I bought a box of Corbon .380 +P at the gun show this AM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjxlr8 Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 That Corbon stuff is good defensive ammo. What's the bullet weight and velocity listed on the box?I'm using the Hornady Critical defense which has a bullet weight of 90gr. and a velocity of 1000 fps.Generally speaking for personal defense HP ammo, you want a high velocity and lower bullet weight to provide good expansion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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