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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins View Post
I always like what the good Colonel Jeff Cooper said about the .380 and other such rounds. "Do not shoot anyone with one of these. If they find out about it, they are likely to get upset, and you will be standing there unarmed."
Plenty of gangsters in the 1930s carried a Colt 1903 in .380 ACP. General Patton carried one.

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I'd run FMJ or better yet, flat nose FMJ in .380 rather than JHP.
I agree with this and get the longest barrel. I really like the 1903 for carry. I have one with Ceracoat.
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