mapsjanhere
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One of my last range outings, we had two people shooting their ccw guns - an old Walther PPK in 380 ACP vs. what I think was a Ruger LC9. Both guns are pretty much identical in weight and size, so the automatic argument was performance of the 9mm vs. 380, especially from short barrels. The PPK has a 4" barrel and probably gets most of the 380's power. The Ruger only has a 3" barrel and seemed to have a rather impressive fireball. Does anyone have hard data on what is left from a 9 mm performance advantage if fired from a short barrel?