MrChicken
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MrsChicken has had a major shoulder injury and carpal tunnel in the last four years. She has not and is not likely to make anything near a full recovery. She has not fired a shot since the shoulder injury.
This is why I started looking at 380's as a serious option for a CCW and home defense. Her CCW and HD pistol is a G19. I bought the Browning 1911-380 a couple of months ago and put a couple hundred rounds through it, the S&W 380EZ yesterday. All three functioned perfectly for me.
The G19, She can't rack the slide. It had a failure to feed about every other shot. No-go on her Glock. She couldn't clear the malfunctions because she couldn't rack the slide. She says that she judges the G19 has 40% more recoil than the 380EZ and 1911-380. My observation is that the G19 was doubling the muzzle rise of the other two.
The 380EZ, as the name says, EZ... She said it was easy to load the magazine, easy to rack the slide, easy to shoot. She had a few last round stove pipes of the last round with one magazine only. She could clear these malfunctions easily.
The Browning 1911-380, she couldn't fully load the magazine. Slide is as easy to rack as the 380EZ. As easy to shoot as the 380EZ. No malfunctions. Most accurate of the three for her.
My perspective on all three. All three worked perfectly for me. I shot the G19 better, no surprise as I have put thousands and thousands of rounds through Glocks. More recoil with the G19 but a minimal difference to me, same with muzzle rise. No doubt the 380's shoot softer and I feel it but the 9mm isn't enough to make me slow down over a 380. I didn't run the timer and it might have shown few hundredths faster on a six shot string with one or the other but that would be about it. I shot the Browning better than the 380EZ but I also have more rounds through the Browning and a dozen hours plus of dry fire. For carry the Browning is so thin and light that it just disappears. We don't have a holster for the EZ yet but again it's light and thin. The G19 is very much thicker and with full mags in each much heavier. Heavier bullets and twice as many per mag add up.
The 380EZ is replacing the G19 for her as the G19 is essentially a single shot pistol for her after the injuries.
This is why I started looking at 380's as a serious option for a CCW and home defense. Her CCW and HD pistol is a G19. I bought the Browning 1911-380 a couple of months ago and put a couple hundred rounds through it, the S&W 380EZ yesterday. All three functioned perfectly for me.
The G19, She can't rack the slide. It had a failure to feed about every other shot. No-go on her Glock. She couldn't clear the malfunctions because she couldn't rack the slide. She says that she judges the G19 has 40% more recoil than the 380EZ and 1911-380. My observation is that the G19 was doubling the muzzle rise of the other two.
The 380EZ, as the name says, EZ... She said it was easy to load the magazine, easy to rack the slide, easy to shoot. She had a few last round stove pipes of the last round with one magazine only. She could clear these malfunctions easily.
The Browning 1911-380, she couldn't fully load the magazine. Slide is as easy to rack as the 380EZ. As easy to shoot as the 380EZ. No malfunctions. Most accurate of the three for her.
My perspective on all three. All three worked perfectly for me. I shot the G19 better, no surprise as I have put thousands and thousands of rounds through Glocks. More recoil with the G19 but a minimal difference to me, same with muzzle rise. No doubt the 380's shoot softer and I feel it but the 9mm isn't enough to make me slow down over a 380. I didn't run the timer and it might have shown few hundredths faster on a six shot string with one or the other but that would be about it. I shot the Browning better than the 380EZ but I also have more rounds through the Browning and a dozen hours plus of dry fire. For carry the Browning is so thin and light that it just disappears. We don't have a holster for the EZ yet but again it's light and thin. The G19 is very much thicker and with full mags in each much heavier. Heavier bullets and twice as many per mag add up.
The 380EZ is replacing the G19 for her as the G19 is essentially a single shot pistol for her after the injuries.
