My "2 minutes of gun talk in 1 minute" segment was somewhat scrambled, so let me summarize the point I was trying to make. I was discussing whether .380 was a "good" self-defense round. The short answer is "no." I would describe it, rather, as mostly adequate. But it may be the best you have available, particularly when you need a small pistol for concealed carry. An example of this are guns small enough for pocket carry. Even the small 9 mm pistols such as the P365 or Glock 43X are too big for realistic pocket carry. Another factor may be recoil for people sensitive to recoil. Your standard pocket sized blowback pistols in .380 are snappy, to say the least; but go to a larger pistol or one that uses a Browning short recoil system where the barrel is locked for a split second, and the recoil on the .380 can be considerably more tame than a 9 mm.
VIDEO: Episode 149 (47 min.)
Well I got what you were trying to say :)
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