Browning Black Label 1911-380
 

Just bought one today and took it to the range
WOW!
This thing is really hard to describe. It shoots much more like a 22 pistol than a 380. Very light recoil, very light muzzle blast, and from a VERY light pistol (15 oz empty)

The 4.25" barrel helps. Longer sight radius, higher velocity, lower muzzle blast.

My big fat fingers even fit on the grip...
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The sights are off a little so I only shot one box today until I can drift the rear sight over a little. No stoppages in the first 50 round box. When lowering the slide slowly by hand, however, the slide did not go into battery and had to be nudged once. But there were no hiccups while shooting.
This thing slides nicely into a pocket.

This seriously is just like shooting a 22 pistol. It's that comfortable and easy to shoot. One handed was a breeze.

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See if that's better

Nice pistol.

Neat gun.....

Nice. I have one, Sig Sauer.

I see it now, cool pistol.

Been on a search for the compact Black Label .380. For some reason they are hard to find.

Nice, cute lil thing! funny


looks like a great carry option!

A couple of weeks ago I took it out on an armadillo patrol at deer camp. Laid a few 'dillos in the dust with it. Dispatches them much much better than a 22.

It was really supposed to be a backup gun, but I find that I'm grabbing it pretty often as my primary when I'm in a hurry or just don't feel like carrying a 45. It's not the gun so much as the mags which are so much thinner and lighter.

Oh, and while at deer camp, I did a water jug test. (I previously did 9mm and 45 ACP water jug tests) It actually had a little more penetration than the 9mm and slightly less than the 45 (all using XTPs). Went through three jugs, hit the fourth, then bounced back into the third. The 9mm stopped inside the third jug. The 45 stopped inside the fourth jug.

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