380 ammo has been in short supply in these parts recently, and I was down to a couple of boxes of aluminum jacketed stuff that has really not performed well in my P3AT at all. Today I found some 90 grain brass-cased ball by a South Korean company. The ammo name is PMC. I'd never tried it before. Wasn't sure about the 90 grain part but hey! It's fine. As soon as I swiched to it, it was like the difference in night and day for my guns performance. The aluminum jacketed stuff i'd been using was ball ammo, but every 2nd or third round failed to fire. The primer was dented in every case, but no ignition. I suspect bad headspacing - or the primers dead. Bummer either way. I almost blamed it on the gun, too. because I'd fluffed and buffed and cleaned and lubed the h#5$ out of it, and I was getting misfires anyway. So I was happy as a clam when when I loaded the PMC stuff and shot an entire 50 round box with nary a problem. It fed perfectly and spent cases ejected perfectly. Needless to say, I bought a couple of boxes of the stuff on the spot, and it will certainly be my load of choice in my P3AT from here on out because it does the most important thing that a cartridge can do for me. It goes bang! when I pull the trigger.
If you have a P3AT you might want to consider this stuff yourself. I don't know what the ballistics are. I'd assume its a little higher velocity than the standard 95 grain stuff, but don't know for sure. Just know it works in my gun.
If you have a P3AT you might want to consider this stuff yourself. I don't know what the ballistics are. I'd assume its a little higher velocity than the standard 95 grain stuff, but don't know for sure. Just know it works in my gun.
