.380ACP or 7.62x25

The tokarev ammo is some hot stuff!

.380 ACP guns are often straight blowback designs requiring weak ammo, and loads, making the cartridge quite unsatisfying IMHO.

Only down side to the tok stuff is it will overpenetrate quite a bit, if you are thinking of a home defence scenario.
 
Lots of info covered already....

I'll just throw this out there....

TT-33 pistol [in 7.62x25] = restricted.

Just about anything in .380 ACP would be a prohib in Canada due to barrel length of the firearms that usually chamber it. There are some exceptions [like the vintage Browning 1922 for example]. But if you are going to have a 4.2" barreled pistol to get to restricted status you might as well have something in 9mm.

Just my .02

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NAA said:
Lots of info covered already....

I'll just throw this out there....

TT-33 pistol [in 7.62x25] = restricted.

Just about anything in .380 ACP would be a prohib in Canada due to barrel length of the firearms that chamber it. There are some exceptions [like the vintage Browning 1922 for example]. But if you are going to have a 4.2" barreled pistol to get to restricted status you might as well have something in 9mm.

Just my .02

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There is also the restricted length Makarovs that Teapot2 has. They are in both 9mm mak, and 380acp. :)
 
Here's a little .380 ACP I'm kinda fond of... 1920's vintage Colt Model 1908 pocket hammerless.

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It's a 12(6) prohib due to barrel length. But my son will be eligible to acquire it as a 12(7). :cool:

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The .380 and the 7.62x25mm are very different rounds. The .380 is relatively mild to shoot, is considered by some as the minimum for self defense, is usually associated with "pocket" pistols, and is at tmes hard to find. I have one of the .380 Colts shown in a previous post. It has a "restricted" barrel, which extends beyond the end of the slide a bit less than an inch. It's a very nice little pistol. The CZ model of 1938 already has a restricted barrel and shoots the .380, but is relatively rare and collectible.

I have a Tokarev (doesn't need to have a "restricted" barrel made for it) that shoots the 7.62 x 25mm round. Lots more muzzle blast, but fairly mild to shoot. Compared to the .380, this round is "high powered". In the 1920s, it was used to test the bulletproof vests of the time because of its ability to penetrate. Shoots a small bullet at pretty high velocity. It is dimensionally just about the same as the .30 round fired in the Broomhandle Mauser.

As was pointed out before, it really depends on what you want to do with the pistol.
 
Boomer74 said:
Seeing how most .380 pistols are PROHIBITED in Canada, the 7.62 will defiantly be the most "effective" because you're not allowed to shoot Prohib's. (even @ a range)

Which is :bsFlag: in my opinion...
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You CAN in fact shoot 12/6 class pistols if you're licensed to do so :)
 
Seeing how most .380 pistols are PROHIBITED in Canada, the 7.62 will defiantly be the most "effective" because you're not allowed to shoot Prohib's. (even @ a range)
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Another poor uninformed soul..As stated you absolutely CAN use your prohibs at the range provided you are licensed accordingly..
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daBear said:
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Another poor uninformed soul.. As stated you absolutely CAN use your prohibs at the range provided you are licensed accordingly..
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OK, I was under the wrong impression... So you insert snide emoticons & comments, insinuating I'm some lemming who takes everything on CGN as gospel...?

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And isn't that kinda self-explanitory...? "if you're licenced accordingly.." ???

If this is the case, a simple "prohibs' fall under the same canopy of laws as restricteds do, concerning discharge & transport" would've sufficed...

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