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Well, I got off to the range and tried all of my magazines with Herter's 95-gr FMJ and S&B 92-gr FMJ. No problems... until I tried the Winchester 95-gr Ranger-T defense ammo. With the new mags, it wouldn't go up the ramp... from slide lock or hard slingshot... no go. Those work okay in my older P380, but I'll have to re-think the Ranger-T for my wife's SD ammo! The BB is definitely out. I may have to use Speer Gold Dots for that... more ammo to buy.
I had one weird thing happen. In the new P380 I tried my carry mags with BB 90-gr +P Gold Dots. The 7-rounder spare mag had a stove pipe on round 7. I dropped the mag, cleared the case and then let the slide go forward. Then I couldn't pull the slide to the rear! The slide lock was fully inserted and I couldn't see any problems but it took me a while to get the slide to move to the rear... LOTS of force. Then the pistol was okay...???
My shooting wasn't great... lots of jerking and sprinkling the letter-sized paper targets. I seem to do best if I point and focus on the trigger PULL... not jerking. I did get a lot of rounds downrange and the pistol should be broken in.
I put maybe 50-60 rounds through it on the first trip to the range, but all of the extractor related problems made that no fun and I shot MY P380 for the rest of the time.
I shot two boxes of Herters, 27 rounds of S&B, around 18 or so rounds of Ranger-T, and 15 BB 90-gr +P Gold Dots. I shot most of the Ranger T in MY pistol. A few random BB were certainly noticed!
When I can get my wife to the range we'll see how she shoots the pistol. She's going to SW Colorado to visit her mom for Mother's Day and picking up her sister in Phoenix on the way... as a surprise. After she gets back I want to try to get her scheduled for the CCW Permit. We can make an appointment and have the picture, prints, and application all-in-one stop done.
Wynn
I had one weird thing happen. In the new P380 I tried my carry mags with BB 90-gr +P Gold Dots. The 7-rounder spare mag had a stove pipe on round 7. I dropped the mag, cleared the case and then let the slide go forward. Then I couldn't pull the slide to the rear! The slide lock was fully inserted and I couldn't see any problems but it took me a while to get the slide to move to the rear... LOTS of force. Then the pistol was okay...???
My shooting wasn't great... lots of jerking and sprinkling the letter-sized paper targets. I seem to do best if I point and focus on the trigger PULL... not jerking. I did get a lot of rounds downrange and the pistol should be broken in.
I put maybe 50-60 rounds through it on the first trip to the range, but all of the extractor related problems made that no fun and I shot MY P380 for the rest of the time.
I shot two boxes of Herters, 27 rounds of S&B, around 18 or so rounds of Ranger-T, and 15 BB 90-gr +P Gold Dots. I shot most of the Ranger T in MY pistol. A few random BB were certainly noticed!
When I can get my wife to the range we'll see how she shoots the pistol. She's going to SW Colorado to visit her mom for Mother's Day and picking up her sister in Phoenix on the way... as a surprise. After she gets back I want to try to get her scheduled for the CCW Permit. We can make an appointment and have the picture, prints, and application all-in-one stop done.
Wynn
I thought that I had really screwed the pooch with that barrel. I really worked at the ramp with a round file and sandpaper around the round file to create a smooth ramp again. I seem to have succeeded and it works fine, but I thought was going to have to buy another barrel! Those DLT thingies can wreak havoc with metal and worse with plastic... as I have found out a few times! 25,000 to 30,000 RPM and plastic vaporizes... POOF!
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