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Heavy crimp permanently displaces soft lead in bullet. Spring tempered brass cartridge returns to original diameter. Result is loosely crimped bullet that is more prone to setback.

Anyone chrono the Winchester Q4429? These were available as overruns a few years ago. I got a few cases for $15/box of 50. Boxes said made to military specs +10-15% over standard 9mm pressures. ...

It can be a hot round. It uses a small rifle primer. The Maximum Average Pressure (MAP) allowed for the .327 by SAAMI is 45,000 psi. By contrast, MAP of the .357 Magnum is 35,000 psi and 36,000 psi...

Of course you need to practice until you are accurate under pressure! But tell the "ammunition doesn't matter" story to all the poor officers who fell in the line of duty because they were stuck...

Ah, Demoted! Seems like on topic for an ammunition discussion. Guess I couldn't get past the censors.

I will say that my uncle once saved a woman's life using a .380. He was a carpenter doing some work on a house in an inner city ghetto. A women on a nearby porch was screaming while being attacked...

Guess so. I have been a "lurker" here for a long time and reading message boards on terminal ballistics since the early Ammolab.com days

Or maybe I would, if I was stuck defending myself and /or my loved ones from a deadly attack with one.

I can't for the life of me see any justification for carrying this "widow-maker" round as a...

Sorry, duplicate post

Sorry. I was responding with agreement to your initial statement, "I have always despised the .380.....but"

I know I'll probably be reprimanded for being off topic but my preference for a backup...

So it seems you agree, some 9mm (0.356 inch) holes are more spectacular than others.

Once I did an informal test. I shot a .380 hollowpoint (Remington, I think) into a jug of water out of a FEG .380 copy of a Walther PPK with a full length barrel from several feet away. Water...