I own a Browning BDA380 (made by Beretta for Browning and no longer available because sales dropped off when the 10 round limit was placed on magazines). It's a little on the large side (bigger than some .40 & 9mm pistols) holding 13+1 rounds.
I've had it for around two decades, feed it everything, fired an estimated 6,000 rounds through it and have yet to experience a single jam -- not even one!
If I encounter 2 or 3 BGs with chains & knives, five .38's might not stop them but fourteen .380's will do the trick. Of course, half a dozen .40's or .45's should also be enough but then again, this topic is limited to .380's and .38's.
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Share what you know, learn what you don't -- FUD.
[This message has been edited by FUD (edited February 17, 2000).]