A few Questions About +P and +P+ Ammunition

[fxvr5]

An archaic term for 9mm short (9mm kurtz) or .380 auto as it's more commonly known.

I've found no reference for that term to the 380 Auto. The 380 Auto has many names, but have never seen that before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.380_ACP

 

[dogtown tom]

Never heard of a 9mm ACP.

Neither have I. Yet I've had people call and ask if I have it for sale.

Among gun dealers the following is legendary:
Customer walks into store, asks for "Glock ammo".
Clerk says "what caliber?"
Customer says "Glock".
Clerk says "What caliber of Glock?"
Customer says "Do you have it or not?

 

[DustyGmt]

Neither have I. Yet I've had people call and ask if I have it for sale.

Among gun dealers the following is legendary:
Customer walks into store, asks for "Glock ammo".
Clerk says "what caliber?"
Customer says "Glock".
Clerk says "What caliber of Glock?"
Customer says "Do you have it or not?

The best.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

I've found no reference for that term to the 380 Auto. The 380 Auto has many names, but have never seen that before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.380_ACP

As archaic terms go, it's a rare one. I remember hearing it years ago.

In the caliber, "ACP" only truly refers to what we most commonly call ".380 Auto" or "9mm Kurtz" (for those of us familiar with markings on, say, the PPK/S chambered for the round).

I rather suspect it was an affectation of older people (relative to my own age) who understood it was a 9mm caliber and simply ended up mixing/matching terms to come up with "9mm ACP". The generation of people I heard it from were of WWII age, which might explain how "9mm" entered the vernacular.

Don't ask me why. Language/dialects are funny things. I'm from Indiana...Dad's side of the family is from Kentucky. I remember getting my first BB gun from an uncle in Kentucky when I was a kid. Another uncle, seeing how I spent a lot of time oiling it up and getting it to function again, had one of my cousins take me into town so I could buy me some "BB-shot". Never heard BBs called that before in my life and never seen it on any marketing or packaging...and yet, there it was!

 

[lysanderxiii]

I understand we live in a litigious society, but safety wise I'd rather hear it from an engineer.

As an engineer, I might refer you to my lawyer . . .