I WOULD JUST IGNORE THE FIOCHHI ROUNDS . to many other good defense rounds out there IMO and fiochhi ain't one of them.
This is the only head to head photo of the two I have:mag318 said:Camper, great range report and the first of many to come on this forum. I'd love to see a head to head with an LCP. I love carrying mine but it is no fun to shoot, which is why I sold the LCP and just bought a P380. The P380 just feels better in my hand and is only slightly larger than the LCP. As soon as the weather warms up here in Illinois I'll be posting my own range report. Thanks again for yours.
You read my mine Granpa. I will try and do today (and post pics). I'll use factory American Eagle as my test bed. Hold that thought.oldgranpa said:agreed, kraigster, smileys have not yet produced a documented problem. Maybe I am too concerned about perfection. But how 'bout doing a smiley test just for me. I'm curious to know and now that some of you have P380's I'd sure like to see how it compares to the LCP ala P3AT's.
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(don't forget Murphy's Law :)
kraigster, I am wondering at looking at that 380 RN with that very small indentation on it, if possable that could have occured even upon trying to eject that bullet to check for a smiley. When I eject manually, sometimes it is damn hard to even get the round out with it hitting the barrel hood or ejection port. These guns are basically designed to eject a brass (shorter) casing and not the entire round. Just my obsevation. I have since checked a few more of my RN bullets and occassionally I will see a very very small dent but it is usually when I screwed up trying to eject the round and it hangs up inside the ejection port etc. These P380 are not the easiest to rack a slide IMO and when I do a perfect ejection, the bullet looks fine but when I screw up and don't get the roundout of the gun properly, I see that small dent. I attribute that to hitting the barrel hood or right side edge of the chamber and not clearing those two areas properlykraigster414 said:Here is a comparison of "smileys" between the LCP and the P380. Both are American Eagle 95 gr. FMJ factory rounds. Note that the LCP incurred a more traditional "smiley" while the P380 blem is less pronounced, more of a roundish indentation at the very top of the bullet. Regardless, smileys have no bearing on either the gun's ability to go bang or land on target. And for an upfront and personal, point-and-shot pocket gun are not worth worrying about.
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