cb51
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This question was started by a conversation with a gun counter salesman at one of the Academy Sports here in the Austin Texas area.
I buy a fair amount of .380 ammo to shoot through my two Rugged LCP's. I love the small size and ease of carry of them. I noticed that my local Academy was a bit short of .380 ammo and I asked why? The answer was, they sell so many of the Ruger LCP's, S&W .380 bodyguards, Keltec's Browning, and Glock 42's and the latest Sig, that the ammo ordering has not kept up. He went on to state that in the last year, the small .380's have been the most selling handgun flying out of the displays.
Now this is Texas, with long hot summers like the one we just had, with over 50 days of 100 degree or plus temps. Not much in the way of cover garments here. Maybe the rest of theo country not so much.
But when I was buying .38 special ammo before I got rid of my last .38 revolver, it was almost 20 dollar a box, with 9mm going for 15. Now the 9mm is 12 dollars with .380 going for 15, and .38 special at 20 dollars or more. The .380 stuff on the shelf from Remington, Agulla, Winchester, Sig, Browning, Federal, Magtec and others are all in the 15 dollar range with some steel case stuff going for 10 dollars.
The .380 seems to be gaining in popularity down here.
I buy a fair amount of .380 ammo to shoot through my two Rugged LCP's. I love the small size and ease of carry of them. I noticed that my local Academy was a bit short of .380 ammo and I asked why? The answer was, they sell so many of the Ruger LCP's, S&W .380 bodyguards, Keltec's Browning, and Glock 42's and the latest Sig, that the ammo ordering has not kept up. He went on to state that in the last year, the small .380's have been the most selling handgun flying out of the displays.
Now this is Texas, with long hot summers like the one we just had, with over 50 days of 100 degree or plus temps. Not much in the way of cover garments here. Maybe the rest of theo country not so much.
But when I was buying .38 special ammo before I got rid of my last .38 revolver, it was almost 20 dollar a box, with 9mm going for 15. Now the 9mm is 12 dollars with .380 going for 15, and .38 special at 20 dollars or more. The .380 stuff on the shelf from Remington, Agulla, Winchester, Sig, Browning, Federal, Magtec and others are all in the 15 dollar range with some steel case stuff going for 10 dollars.
The .380 seems to be gaining in popularity down here.
