Right about now you’re probably thinking the same advances in ballistics that have favored the 9mm also apply across the board to. Tis the season: pumpkin entrance “wound” picture left, exit “wound” picture right. 380 ACP – 9mm was designed by Georg Luger in 1901 and entered production in 1902 – and has a landslide of ballistic advances to back it. Yes, the two cartridges have the same bullet diameter. The 9mm round has an overall length of 1.169”, a bullet diameter of 0.355”, and a maximum pressure of 35,000 psi.
If you hold it up against 9x19mm Parabellum it might not seem quite as impressive, but the difference is still there. If you compare it to something like 10mm Auto the contrast is enormous.
355”, and a maximum pressure of 21,500 psi. Many feel it’s undersized and it is, indeed, a diminutive cartridge. 380 ACP, gun owners tend to fall into one of two groups – love or hate – with middle ground being uncommon. Browning’s design may date back more than one hundred years, but it still influences the firearms world to this day. Then the barrel stops moving while the slide continues rearward (of course, variations abound). 380 ACP remain true to the original blowback design, but some have a locked-breech action in which the slide and barrel initially recoil in tandem. Blowback-operated pistols lack a barrel locking mechanism the combination of the slide’s mass and the recoil spring’s strength bear the brunt of recoil. 380 ACP was designed by John Browning more than a century ago for the era’s blowback pistols – specifically the Colt Model 1908. 380 ACP – Ruger LCP, Browning 1911 380, Kimber Micro.
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