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S&W’s Bodyguard 2.0 .380 Pistol – One Tiny Lifesaver!

March 10, 2025March 4, 2025 by Mike Hardesty

The new S&W Bodyguard has earned its “2.0” status. To put it bluntly… the original 6-shot Bodyguard .380 left much to be desired. The new 2.0 version fixes what was wrong with its predecessor. The older one was stubby, slick and had a trigger that made you want to say wirty dirds. The sights sucked, … Read more

9mm Kurz Wunderwaffe Wettbewerb: Walther PPK vs SIG P230SL

March 6, 2025June 27, 2021 by Luis Valdes

Before the age of the micro-compact double stack polymer framed 9mm pistol, there was were two elegant, more refined (though lower capacity) options; the Walther PPK and SIG Sauer P230. They were considered by many in the second half of the 20th century to be the classic concealed carry pistols. These guns are from a … Read more

POCKET PISTOLS: We’ve Come A Long Way in the Last 100 Years, Baby

March 21, 2019 by John Boch

America has changed in a lot of ways in the last 100+ years, not the least of which when it comes to the small pocket pistols we carry. At the turn of last century, just as they do today, plenty of gentleman and more than a few gentle ladies carried pocket pistols for personal protection. … Read more

The Great Caliber Debate: .380 ACP vs 9mm

October 18, 2018 by Kat Ainsworth Stevens

On January 30, 1948 a Hindu nationalist advocate by the name of Nathuram Godse secured his claim to infamy by carrying out an assassination. At 5:17 PM Godse used a Beretta M1934 he’d apparently stolen to shoot Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi in the chest – three times – point-blank. By doing this Godse sealed … Read more

Why Don’t You Carry A Backup Gun?

August 17, 2018 by John Boch

Millions of Americans conceal carry a gun every day. And that number keeps growing. Even in places you might not expect. Fewer people, though, carry a backup gun. Innovations in smaller, lighter guns firing more potent cartridges, along with training, have sold me on the idea of a backup gun. That should cause you to … Read more

Gear Review: Ultimate Holsters Cloud Tuck Rapid IWB Holster & Single Clip Mag Carrier (P238)

March 30, 2018 by Conner W.

I’ve reviewed a handful of holsters here on TTAG, dabbling in many more that have yet to be mentioned. And to be honest, I feel somewhat remiss for not bringing this one to you sooner. When I started using Ultimate Holsters gear eighteen months ago it quickly became – and still remains – the carry … Read more

.380 for Self-Defense? Question of the Day

March 9, 2018 by Robert Farago

I pocket carry a Ruger LCP II chambered in .380. “Some among my colleagues consider any pistol in 380Auto caliber to be inadequate for serious purposes,” gun guru John Farnam writes below, “and maybe they’re right.” Hang on; I carry my gun fun! But seriously folks, shot placement, shot placement, shot placement. And a .380 … Read more

Gear Review: Hanks Gun Leather IWB Holster for SIG P238

October 24, 2016 by Conner W.

As soon as SIG SAUER worked through the initial hiccups with the P238, I had one on order. And when Underwood Ammo’s 90-grain .380 Auto Xtreme Penetrator +P round utilizing Lehigh’s CNC’d billet copper bullet hit the market, the P238 became my EDC sidearm of choice. At the time, the market’s general interest in the … Read more

Gun Review: Kel-Tec P3AT .380

September 13, 2010 by Don Gammill Jr.

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Kel-Tec’s P3AT is one of the most popular pocket pistols pistol purveyors purvey. And no wonder. It’s small, light and cheap. And . . . there you have it. For most buyers, it’s enough; size, weight and price are the only three boxes a mouse gun needs to check. Especially one chambered in the doyenne of downsized destructive devices: 380. Of course, skin-flint gun enthusiasts want more. Safety. Reliability. Accuracy. Beauty. Ergonomics. Well, you can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, you just might find, you just might find . . .

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