Biggles Wrote:Correction. Vaughn Meiss was tenderized by a Shitload of .380s from a Mac 11 machine pistol. A couple of .380s to center mass would have been survivable.
Refering to Win's 9mm Hi-power, Ed says, "What do you use that for, shooting mice?" Win replied, "Meiss was shot with a .380, wise guy."
Who shoots to center of mass? A .380 hardball to the center of the sternum would
not be survivable. Shot placement is important in any situation, with small calibers, it is supremely important.
I just remembered, I have another pistol chambered in .380 ACP . . . a Model 51, made by Remington-UMC in 1918. It's a locked, recoiling breech-block, semi-auto, with 7+1 capacity . . . extremely complex mechanism with low felt recoil. The full length grip safety locks out the trigger, and locks the slide in place. It also locks the slide open if it's released with the slide held back . . . awkward. But it has some very nice features you won't find on modern 380's.
Back in those days they didn't have the alloys we now have, but the machinists and engineers of that era were every bit as good as any you would find today . . . many were
better.
For an example of brilliant engineering and close tolerance machining, look at a century old Singer sewing machine.
Ken V.