380 automatic penetration

Ft Collins, CO — - Ammoland. The Auto's enduring popularity is due partially to the fact that it is a low-pressure round, even by pistol standards. And, because there are so many blow-back pistols chambered for this round, commercial ammunition manufacturers load the Auto strictly within SAAMI Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute specifications. Some among my colleagues consider any pistol in Auto caliber to be inadequate for serious purposes, and maybe they're right. And yet, Glock's G42 Glock's single-column Auto pistol has been extremely popular among consumers many of whom are admittedly naive since it was introduced several years ago. Reputable manufacturers all make their own versions.

Written by: Greg Ellifritz. The single most viewed article of all time on my website is A Comparison of. People are very interested in the. The guns are popular because they are easy to conceal. The issue of stopping power gets somewhat complex.

During this test, we discovered something unexpected: Even a quarter inch of barrel length can change the effectiveness of the cartridge. It was originally introduced in for the Colt Automatic Pocket model. As a young shooter, I knew it as the.

Hardcast F. The auto inhabits a valuable and useful place in our society, mostly because of the easily concealable, tiny pistols chambered for it. However, because of the very limited size of the cartridge, it is plagued with limited power and therefore most of the existing ammo in auto suffers from not being reliable as a man-stopper. The current auto frangible ammo delivers a large amount of surface trauma but lacks serious penetration. For example, if you shot me or another sane man in the face with modern frangible ammo, it would blow off a big portion of my cheek and send a few teeth down my throat, I would undoubtedly fall to the ground in shock and pain, but I would be very much alive and functional if I could get past the shock and pain as that frangible bullet would have stopped somewhere inside my face, never making it to my brain.