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UPDATE: S&W .380 Bodyguard
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2010, 06:47:43 PM »
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Re: S&W .380 Bodyguard
« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2010, 08:08:08 PM »
It's really not that over priced if you consider the cost of adding a Crimson Trace laser to an LCR/LCP. Gun = $275, Laser $200 and your still competitively priced.
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Re: S&W .380 Bodyguard
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2010, 08:24:07 PM »
CT's are high. Demand is high, so their riding the Laser Highway in pricing.....Lasermax is doing the same thing.

$575 seems pretty steep, even if it "reality" sells for $450-475.....

No .380 should be over $400... But well,.....I got my Walther PPK/S for over $500 so,...what the market bears....

Still wouldn't spend the over $600 for a Kahr, or close to $1000 for a Rohrbaugh..even if I did win the Powerball...

Still waiting on ammo to catch up with all the "new" models
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Re: S&W .380 Bodyguard
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2010, 06:31:49 PM »
If S&W had made a 9mmMak version, they'd sell a million of them...  8)
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Re: S&W .380 Bodyguard
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2010, 08:35:37 PM »
Ya know, I'm surprised no American or western European companies have introduced anything in the tokarev or the makarov round. The ammo is pretty cheap by today's standards and the 9x18 is hotter than the 380, also easier to find.
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Re: S&W .380 Bodyguard
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Re: S&W .380 Bodyguard
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2010, 08:48:19 PM »
Quote from: Neon Knight Anubis on January 22, 2010, 08:35:37 PM
Ya know, I'm surprised no American or western European companies have introduced anything in the tokarev or the makarov round. The ammo is pretty cheap by today's standards and the 9x18 is hotter than the 380, also easier to find.

Ammo is great, from a ballistic standpoint and a cost point, but the gun manufacturers would really have a challenge taking the butt UGLYNESS out of a platform... ;)

Ask deepwater, or look at his avatar, shoots great, but it makes a "G" gun look "pretty" :P
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Re: S&W .380 Bodyguard
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2010, 08:50:25 PM »
We've discussed the 7.62 X 25 on here if an American company came up with bullets more advanced than the soft point that could be a heck of a cartridge.

TW, Those are 2 things Glock's and Tok's have in common, ugly, but they go bang EVERY time you pull the trigger.
As for putting the caliber in better looking guns, It ain't nothing but a reamer.
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Re: S&W .380 Bodyguard
« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2010, 12:25:51 PM »
I'm surprised no one has come up with an aftermarket barrel for the Mak cartridge.
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Re: S&W .380 Bodyguard
« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2010, 01:31:17 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on January 22, 2010, 08:50:25 PM
We've discussed the 7.62 X 25 on here if an American company came up with bullets more advanced than the soft point that could be a heck of a cartridge.
Which I've also heard about .380acp, .410 shotgun and .30 carbine.  Well, it's happened with the first two due to demand...

(still wondering why I can't load .308 bullets into 30 carbine brass)
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Re: S&W .380 Bodyguard
« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2010, 01:45:28 PM »
What gets me is why .380? A .32 for a mouse gun I get, and Kel Tec makes a good one. .380? The difference in size vs power seems to favor 9mm. I would rather carry a very slightly larger 9mm than a .380 any day of the week, and that's excluding ammo cost and availability. I have never once gone to the store and been unable to buy 9mm. It may not have been what I wanted, but I was at least able to get something.
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