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Like much of the country, Northwest Arkansas where I live is short of .380 ammo. Being off today, I was able to get to Cabela's, Academy Sports, and Walmart when they still had ammo left from this week's shipments.
Walmart had a pile of Perfecto (made by Tulammo). I've never used it and when I tried to run a magazine through my new P380 (still breaking it in), I never had one round chamber. I locked back the slide and used the thumb slide release. Ultimately, I had to pull the slide back some and drop the mag in order to get the misloaded round out. I should have known when I saw the price was $12.67. So, Perfecto was far from it. Now, I'm stuck with 3 boxes of 50 of that junk!
At Cabela's and Academy, I took .380 plinking ammo they had, which happened to be Winchester Train & Defend boxes of 50. I scored 6 boxes of these. I was about to get 73 rounds run through my P380, but it wasn't without trial and tribulation. Most of the time, I'd load the loaded magazine, press the thumb release for the slide, and nothing. I'd have to pull back the slide some and release the mag. All the ammo I've shot through the gun before today has been PMC and Blazer Brasses, and I've had no problems. The flat-nosed Winchestrer would fail to load (apart from chambering).
So, far, ammo notwithstanding, I'm loving my Kahr P380. It's fun to shoot, and my accuracy is quite good and tight. I'm waiting on my concealed handgun carry license. So, I'd like to shoot it quite a bit the next few wd
So the question--Are Winchester Training & Defend rounds bad for my P380? I keep quite cleaned and lubricated. In my prepurchase research, I remember reading the P380 can be picky on the ammo. Maybe that's what I'm dealing with.
Do any of you have a P380 and can help me out? I thank you in advance!
Walmart had a pile of Perfecto (made by Tulammo). I've never used it and when I tried to run a magazine through my new P380 (still breaking it in), I never had one round chamber. I locked back the slide and used the thumb slide release. Ultimately, I had to pull the slide back some and drop the mag in order to get the misloaded round out. I should have known when I saw the price was $12.67. So, Perfecto was far from it. Now, I'm stuck with 3 boxes of 50 of that junk!
At Cabela's and Academy, I took .380 plinking ammo they had, which happened to be Winchester Train & Defend boxes of 50. I scored 6 boxes of these. I was about to get 73 rounds run through my P380, but it wasn't without trial and tribulation. Most of the time, I'd load the loaded magazine, press the thumb release for the slide, and nothing. I'd have to pull back the slide some and release the mag. All the ammo I've shot through the gun before today has been PMC and Blazer Brasses, and I've had no problems. The flat-nosed Winchestrer would fail to load (apart from chambering).
So, far, ammo notwithstanding, I'm loving my Kahr P380. It's fun to shoot, and my accuracy is quite good and tight. I'm waiting on my concealed handgun carry license. So, I'd like to shoot it quite a bit the next few wd
So the question--Are Winchester Training & Defend rounds bad for my P380? I keep quite cleaned and lubricated. In my prepurchase research, I remember reading the P380 can be picky on the ammo. Maybe that's what I'm dealing with.
Do any of you have a P380 and can help me out? I thank you in advance!