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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Duck L&#039;Orange" data-source="post: 2826337" data-attributes="member: 7814">As far as I'm concerned, .380 pistols come in two flavors:The "semi" compact blowback guns like Walther and browning bda with their 3.5 inches, and the tiny locked breeches with their 2.5 inch barrels, like the kel tec or ruger.Chuck Hawkes didn't specify which pistol he carried, or whether or not he tested them. But most of the recommendations were for the older, blowback flavored guns. In my case, that's the .380 in question here. All I know is he said the "truncated cone" design might cause feeding issues, and that this made the xtp a garbage round not even worth considering. His personal pick was the federal hydras or Corbon loads, although the former seems too low in penetration (10.5 from most tests I see) or very hot for .380 (Corbon). I also haven't ever seen the Corbon for sale in anything but .32 NAA, oddly enough.I've seen those Lehigh rounds on other forums when I asked about this topic. I'm still really skeptical with its reliability, as even the manufacturers seem to be pretty cautious to recommend it unless you know it works. I also haven't seen it available anywhere but their site.I really don't want to do the "shoot a ton of different types till you find what works", simply because I don't have the time or money to shoot more than once a month, at most. And assuming my pistol eats what I give it, I'm still unsure of real life performance. Like I said, a lot of people criticize the xtp for lack of expansion, and as I'm not a ballistics expert or coroner I'm not sure how important that really is.There's not a lot of info I can find about +p .380 rounds by buffalo bore and others. As these exceed SAAMI specs I assume, are they safe to use? Will they cause any reliability issues or undue wear, particularly in the older blowback .380s?</blockquote>

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