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From: jkh@jade.UUCP
Newsgroups: mod.rec.guns
Subject: Re: Still looking for a small .380.....
Message-ID: <2883@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Fri, 20-Mar-87 20:55:12 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 20 20:55:12 1987
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Author: voder!kontron!cramer@ucbvax.Berkeley.Edu (Clayton Cramer)
Article: 3:27

> A while back I posted a request for information about the AMT "backup."
> I would like to thank the people who replied.  It was, in general, a most
> unfavorable review.....
> 
> I am still looking for a small .380 semi-auto.... someone suggested that I
> consider the Colt "Mustang."
> 
> I finally located one, but in calling around to compare prices, I was
> told by on store owner that it was a "piece of junk."  The problem, they
> insisted was that "it won't feed, and if it won't feed, we won't carry it."
> 
> They also insisted that the design was "a bunch of compromises", and
> that most small .380's have feed problems.  
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations/comments?
> 
> Joe Maybee

The Colt Mustang is mechanically identical to the Colt Government Model
.380 -- the difference is the Mustang is shorter in barrel and butt.
My experience with my Colt Government Model .380 is that some brands of
hollow points do not feed reliably (Winchester Silvertip and PMC), but
other brands of hollow point (Remington and Federal) and all brands of
full metal jacket feed reliably.  Of course, this problem is common to
most semiautos -- individual differences in guns (not even a particular
model) can cause some hollow points to feed reliably and others not.

It's possible that the store owner feels that a gun that doesn't feed
Winchester Silvertips is a "piece of junk" because these are supposed to
be the hot tip in self-defense ammo right now, and he may feel that .380
FMJ isn't a useful round.

Buy the Mustang.

Clayton E. Cramer