PISTOL CALIBER

harold42usa1 · 05-02-2008, 10:48 PM

I just got a Bersa 380 pistol from a friend. Is a 380 a 38 caliber gun or is it something similar or something else?

thanks

Pumpkinheaver · 05-02-2008, 11:26 PM

.380 ACP some companies call it the .380 auto some the 9mm Kurtz. Nothing like the .38 spl, it's kind of like a 9mm only shorter.

stalebiscuit · 05-02-2008, 11:29 PM

9x17 versus the standard 9mm (9x19) or the makarov round (9x18)

toolman · 05-02-2008, 11:30 PM

^+1, the only thing I'd add is that it does use the standard .355 dia. 9mm bullet. The 9x18 Makarov round uses a .363 dia. bullet.

Windwalker · 05-03-2008, 08:59 AM

Hope you enjoy the new pistol.

Muddog · 05-03-2008, 11:42 AM

Also called 9mm Browning short, but around here its usually just .380 auto

damage855 · 05-03-2008, 12:33 PM

Yeah what they said. LOL Also you will like the Bersa its a fine firearm for the $.

SwedeSteve · 05-03-2008, 02:35 PM

I like the Bersa's as well.

Sins-of-Mosin · 05-03-2008, 04:14 PM

Pictures!

mitch_mckee · 05-03-2008, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harold42usa1

I just got a Bersa 380 pistol from a friend. Is a 380 a 38 caliber gun or is it something similar or something else?

thanks

the .380 ACP (also know as the 9mm kurz) is actually .355 caliber and has nothing to do with any other .38 caliber.

Taurus Fan · 05-03-2008, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitch_mckee

the .380 ACP (also know as the 9mm kurz) is actually .355 caliber and has nothing to do with any other .38 caliber.

Maybe we should also point out to him that so called .38's are actually .357 caliber. A beginner may not know that.

mitch_mckee · 05-03-2008, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taurus Fan

Maybe we should also point out to him that so called .38's are actually .357 caliber. A beginner may not know that.

Aye, Mate!

05-02-2008, 10:48 PM	#1
harold42usa1 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 Trader Rating: (0)	PISTOL CALIBER I just got a Bersa 380 pistol from a friend. Is a 380 a 38 caliber gun or is it something similar or something else? thanks

05-02-2008, 11:26 PM	#2
Pumpkinheaver Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,315 Trader Rating: (0)	.380 ACP some companies call it the .380 auto some the 9mm Kurtz. Nothing like the .38 spl, it's kind of like a 9mm only shorter. __________________ Just because your paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you!

05-02-2008, 11:30 PM	#4
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,361 Trader Rating: (0)	^+1, the only thing I'd add is that it does use the standard .355 dia. 9mm bullet. The 9x18 Makarov round uses a .363 dia. bullet. __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!

05-03-2008, 08:59 AM	#5
Windwalker Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,288 Trader Rating: (0)	Hope you enjoy the new pistol. __________________ America: Love it and protect it or leave it

05-03-2008, 12:33 PM	#7
damage855 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Carolina / Lake Norman Posts: 889 Trader Rating: (0)	Yeah what they said. LOL Also you will like the Bersa its a fine firearm for the $. __________________ If total goverment control will make us all safer, then why are prisons so dangerous?

05-02-2008, 11:29 PM	#3
stalebiscuit Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: atlanta, but much rather be in valdosta Posts: 1,396 Trader Rating: (0)	9x17 versus the standard 9mm (9x19) or the makarov round (9x18)

05-03-2008, 11:42 AM	#6
Muddog Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Kansas Posts: 116 Trader Rating: (0)	Also called 9mm Browning short, but around here its usually just .380 auto

05-03-2008, 02:35 PM	#8
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,136 Trader Rating: (0)	I like the Bersa's as well. __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

05-03-2008, 04:14 PM	#9
Sins-of-Mosin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: IL Posts: 194 Trader Rating: (0)	Pictures! __________________ Leave me alone I am not an angel yet. [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...13/themets.png