It looks as if we are on the threshold of another battle among the giants of gunmaking. For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, there is a sharp resurgence of interest in .380 ACP pistols. Combined with increasing numbers of CCW holders, this renewed interest has driven handgun designers to create smaller than ever versions of the .380 ACP. New designs from Kel-Tec, Ruger, Rohrbaugh, Kahr, Sig Sauer, Taurus and possibly others will be going head to head in 2009. Almost certainly, this will stimulate interest on the part of the ammo makers and they will be cranking out elephant stopping loads for the .380, a cartridge that has slithered past the century mark in age. Many shooters would be better served by a compact 9 mm pistol, but those guns recoil enough to pre-occupy some folk. I can't deny that the .380 compacts are easier to handle, so let's hear it for the 9x17 mms.
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