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Originally Posted by JRD77VET
Bullet construction and performance has greatly improved over the last 10 years.
.380 acp is now a decent round due to better construction ( no I am not recommending one )
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Not really... that’s what people like to say, but a lot of law enforcement agencies still carry the 9mm 147 Ranger SXT. This is basically the “Black Talon” round introduced in 1992. It’s not a bad round, but it’s getting long in the tooth. I prefer the Gold Dot G2 147 grain 9mm which is bonded and delivers superior performance out of a full size 9mm handgun. ‘
Where 9mm gets it’s bad name is that most people “insist” on carrying ammunition that is optimized for full sized law enforcement duty weapons that have 4”+ barrel lengths. This 9mm ammunition does not perform well in subcompacts such as the Glock 43 and SIG P365 due to loss of velocity and incomplete powder burn.
If you use 9mm ammunition that is optimized for subcompact weapons when carrying a small micro 9mm, then you can expect good results and excellent terminal ballistics. Sig recognized this issue and came out with the V Crown series of ammunition which performs well in the P365 and other micro-subcompacts.
I never considered ammunition to be bad. People just made bad ammunition choices.
Same goes for .380. If I’m carrying a .380, I carry 95 grain full metal jacket. Controlled Expansion rounds just don’t deliver consistently good results out of most .380 subcompacts.