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Norma Ammunition [4] The .380 ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol, also known as .380 Auto, .380 Automatic, or 9×17mm ), is a rimless, straight-walled pistol cartridge developed by firearms designer John Moses Browning. The cartridge headspaces on the mouth of the case. [5] It was introduced in 1908 by Colt, for use in its new Colt Model 1908 pocket ...
Saturday night special is a colloquial term in the United States and Canada for inexpensive, compact, small-caliber handguns [1] made of poor quality metal. [2] Sometimes known as junk guns, some states define these guns by means of composition or material strength. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, they were commonly referred to ...
The .380 Long is a straight rimmed cartridge originally designed for use in rook rifles for target shooting and hunting game up to the size of smaller deer. [2] In addition to British munitions makers, the .380 Long was also made by DWM in Germany and a number of cheap European pistols were chambered in it. [1]
The Thunder 380 is a lightweight, relatively small semi-automatic pistol series chambered in the .380 ACP caliber made by Argentine firearms manufacturer Bersa, S.A. [1] It is similar in design to the Walther PPK, but also has design features vaguely in common with the compact Beretta 70 pistol; although it sells for about half the price of a PPK.
M&P Bodyguard 380. In 2014, Smith & Wesson introduced the M&P Bodyguard 380 to replace the Bodyguard 380. The M&P Bodyguard 380 is functionally identical to its predecessor but is now considered a part of the Smith & Wesson M&P ("Military and Police" line of pistols. The first M&P branded Bodyguard, the 380 removes the integral laser sight of ...
Pages in category ".380 ACP submachine guns". The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Design. The FN 140DA/Browning BDA 380 is a semi-automatic, blowback-operated firearm with a DA/SA (double action/single action) trigger mechanism. The frame is aluminum, but the slide is steel. The FN 140DA had plastic grips with the FN logo, whereas the Browning BDA 380 had wood grips. The pistol is fed with double-stacked magazines of 13 ...
The Pistole Parabellum or Parabellum-Pistole ( Pistol Parabellum ), commonly known as just the Luger or Luger P08, [10] is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The Luger was produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 to 1949. The design was first patented by Georg Luger. It was meant to be an improvement of ...