Had too darn much 380 ammo laying around....

[Peter M. Eick]

I have a large stash of 380 auto I have reloaded laying around and I have pretty much stopped shooting my Gov 380 so I needed something to burn it up with.

About 10 years ago, I made the mistake of ordering 2000 pieces of 380 auto brass from starline to go with the 1000 pieces I already had. I meant to order 1000 more, so given brass, I reloaded it. My Gov 380 has developed a peening problem and it was my favorite 380 to shoot, so then I had this pile of reloads, not much interest in shooting it. Some of the reloads are now almost 10 years old so....

I picked up a BDA380 to go with my 84F.

I have shot my 84F a lot but when I picked it over the BDA about 15 years ago, I always regretted not getting the Browning at the same time. I really should have because I like the looks of the BDA over the 84f. My 84f was a carry gun for a long time so before it was replaced with the P7PSP's it had a lot of holster time. Now it just sits in the case, mostly pickled up with plenty of lube and oil on it as I don't think I have shot it in 3 years or so. I always liked the nickeled BDA look and the closed slide over the open 84f. The open slide 84f appeals as a carry gun for ease of ejection but I doubt I would ever carry the BDA. Why scratch up a nice looking gun?

Now with the BDA, I see I will be out at the range burning off some of the 380 stash so I can reload it.

 

[1KPerDay]

Pretty.

 

[AJChenMPH]

+1, that's purdy. I have a late 70's/early 80's vintage BDA-380 with the blued frame and slide that I inherited from my dad last summer:



I'd shoot it more often except (1) .380 ammo is hard to come by since I don't reload, and (2) even though recoil is virtually nil, it tears up the web of my hand (between my thumb and index finger) something fierce.

Too bad you're all the way down in TX, otherwise I'd offer to help you unload some of that .380 ammo.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

Now that I have some guns to shoot it out of, I will burn most of it up over the next few months. 3000 rounds will go pretty quick if I focus on those guns.