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KenBry said:
From someone that had an older PPK… (in the 1980s). Don’t be in a hurry to get one. The slides will bite you.
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I have a stainless PPK from Interarms, and yes the slide slices my hand as well. I softened the edges of the slide, but that only means I can now shoot a couple more mags through it before I start to bleed. Still an iconic pistol and cool as hell, even if it's a better looker than shooter.
 
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I own a PP in 7.65 made in Germany, as all the German pistols of that era its a blued gun. I have owned it for over 35 years, never had ANY malfunction of any kind ever or slide bite. It shoots where aimed.......PP stands for Police Pistol, so its a tad longer than the others of this type.
I now everyday carry a H&K P7 a never Police Pistol variant.
Yeas I often carry 1911s, a Colt Combat Elite (5 inch) and a Springfield Ulta Compact (3 1/2inch)
Recently added a Glock 19 to my carry pistols......yep I'm slow to change.

I love my little PP........works great!
 
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Schlitz 45 said:
I will admit misspelled Kurz by adding a t but I stand by my statement that 380 Auto & 9mm Browning are the same cartridge. I’m open minded if you know otherwise.
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Was that just a statement you wanted to make or do you have evidence of something otherwise?
I really dislike it when false statements are just thrown out there like MSM news.
 
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Assuming Wikipedia can be trusted:

Synonyms:
 
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9mm Browning is a much longer cartridge (9X20mm SR) that was developed for the FN Browning 1903 pistol. The cartridge generally featured 110 gr. bullet at over 1000 fps. It was a moderately successful pistol (adopted by Sweden and produced by them as well), but not the huge seller that other Browning pistols had been. The FN 1903 was a much larger version of the Colt 1903 that came out in America the same year. In 1908, Colt introduced the .380 ACP version of that pistol in 1908. FN introduced their version in a new, more compact pistol (another Browning design)- the FN 1910, which could be chambered in both .32 ACP and .380 ACP (called by the name of the country in which they were being marketed, of course.

With all the translated names and marketing terms flying around the various European languages, it's not surprising that there has been some confusion. FN traded heavily on the Browning name, of course.
 
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Electricmo said:
Was that just a statement you wanted to make or do you have evidence of something otherwise?
I really dislike it when false statements are just thrown out there like MSM news.
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Believe me I’m not trying to spread any misinformation, there’s plenty already out there. 380 Auto goes by more names than any other cartridge I can think of & have read where it’s been referred to as Browning 9mm. I don‘t use the term, just listed it as one of the many synonyms used referring to the round. It’s an obscure usage, but it’s out there.
Here’s a few:

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LOL I just wondered how many ways you can say the same thing......a simple YES would have sufficed. But nooooo!!! It has been interesting to read all the responses.
 
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Don't even try and understand why cartridges got there names. And the 9mm, 38 special, 357, 380, 38Super and a whole bunch of 9mm's are all basically the same. Well not really but they were all ABOUT the same size case. None are a 38 or 9mm bullet. A 44 isn't a 44 ( 429 ) however a 40 is a 40 and a 45 is a 45, well maybe a hair larger but close, 452. A 41 magnum is a 41, I really like those. And some like a 45-70 refers to how much black powder they would hold but a 38-40 is actually a 40 caliber. Confused yet, me to!
 
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glider said:
Don't even try and understand why cartridges got there names. And the 9mm, 38 special, 357, 380, 38Super and a whole bunch of 9mm's are all basically the same. Well not really but they were all ABOUT the same size case. None are a 38 or 9mm bullet. A 44 isn't a 44 ( 429 ) however a 40 is a 40 and a 45 is a 45, well maybe a hair larger but close, 452. A 41 magnum is a 41, I really like those. And some like a 45-70 refers to how much black powder they would hold but a 38-40 is actually a 40 caliber. Confused yet, me to!
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Some were measured at the case mouth and then named. Don't ask me why because I don't know.

What's so "Special" about .38? I don't know that, either. I'd rather have a .357 Magnum. But, .38 was measured at the mouth of the case.
 
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Yep, and a 9mm is just .380 converted to metric = 9mm. And then we have rimed, rimless, straight wall and tapered cases. The one consistent thing is that the 38/9mm bullet was thought to be the perfect size by an awful lot of engineers. Since we are on the subject, the 36Navy [ wild bill Hickock's favorite 6 shooter] wasn't a 36 caliber either. Nope, another 38!!! I have read that the 36Navy was about equal to today's 380 but I doubt that's correct. He did after all kill a man in Springfield Mo. with 1 shot at a reported 75 yards.
 
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glider said:
Yep, and a 9mm is just .380 converted to metric = 9mm. And then we have rimed, rimless, straight wall and tapered cases. The one consistent thing is that the 38/9mm bullet was thought to be the perfect size by an awful lot of engineers. Since we are on the subject, the 36Navy [ wild bill Hickock's favorite 6 shooter] wasn't a 36 caliber either. Nope, another 38!!! I have read that the 36Navy was about equal to today's 380 but I doubt that's correct. He did after all kill a man in Springfield Mo. with 1 shot at a reported 75 yards.
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9mm is more like .355 when we're comparing bullets. You write like a madman.
 
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