Testing the .380 AutoThere’s good reason why this cartridge is still the cool kid in schoolLet’s look at the .380 Auto, a cartridge usually carried in pocket sized pistols.

According to Speer Manual No. 14, “The .380 Auto was introduced to U.S. shooters in 1908 when Colt chambered it in the Pocket Automatic, a compact and well-built pistol designed by John Browning ...

Inside a child's backpack, police found a Colt government model .380 auto pistol with one bullet inside. Heckstall told police he owned the pistol, but did not have a valid permit for it ...

According to Colt, the limited run of vintage 'Black Army' pistols were designed to invoke the World War I heritage of the M1911's original blackened finish that Colt used in lieu of the standard ...