Based on the range trip prior, I wanted to revisit the 32 vs 380 topic, and since I have both now I figure I have all the dogs in this fight.
Pistols in question are a Kahr P380, Ruger LCP and a Keltec P32:
First off, I got the scale out and weighed them. I saw some conflicting data online and figured it's easy enough to get my own on this with the actual guns, all with mags in and loaded with carry ammo. Had the scale give me grams and converted since when in US mode it displays fractions instead of decimals on ounces.
I pulled chrono data from several sources of people actually testing the same bullets in the same gun, so the ft/lbs of energy is based on my carry ammo. I should have chronoed this myself and probably will at some point, but this wasn't that day.
Next up was some accuracy testing, but instead of from a bench I wanted something more practical. I setup an IDPA target at just over 7 yards and fired 2 shots from low ready to make it consistent. I switched guns between each run, and also had my G34 in the mix just to see how much faster a full size was. It's significant, but not what we're here for.
The target after. At least my misses were in the C zone! I pasted anything outside the A between runs.
At 7 yards I was trying not to "point" shoot, but with the P32 that's about what it is. You can see the diminishing sights as we go down the chart (P380 vs LCP vs. P32):
So let's put it all on one chart. Weight and Power are basically facts, "Accuracy" is just a thing based on my performance today at 7 yards. The P32 is very new to me, and I'm sure this would change once I've got more time behind it, but for today this is what it is:
Draw from it what you will.
Pistols in question are a Kahr P380, Ruger LCP and a Keltec P32:
First off, I got the scale out and weighed them. I saw some conflicting data online and figured it's easy enough to get my own on this with the actual guns, all with mags in and loaded with carry ammo. Had the scale give me grams and converted since when in US mode it displays fractions instead of decimals on ounces.
I pulled chrono data from several sources of people actually testing the same bullets in the same gun, so the ft/lbs of energy is based on my carry ammo. I should have chronoed this myself and probably will at some point, but this wasn't that day.
Next up was some accuracy testing, but instead of from a bench I wanted something more practical. I setup an IDPA target at just over 7 yards and fired 2 shots from low ready to make it consistent. I switched guns between each run, and also had my G34 in the mix just to see how much faster a full size was. It's significant, but not what we're here for.
The target after. At least my misses were in the C zone! I pasted anything outside the A between runs.
At 7 yards I was trying not to "point" shoot, but with the P32 that's about what it is. You can see the diminishing sights as we go down the chart (P380 vs LCP vs. P32):
So let's put it all on one chart. Weight and Power are basically facts, "Accuracy" is just a thing based on my performance today at 7 yards. The P32 is very new to me, and I'm sure this would change once I've got more time behind it, but for today this is what it is:
Draw from it what you will.