It can be used for hunting. Since it is a handgun, you would have to be closer to your target because it's less accurate than a rifle. Also, it may not immediately kill anything larger than a deer. So if you hunt bighorn sheep, or deer, and you can sneak up on them, and if you're a good shot, you can hunt with a 380 ACP.
.380 ACP is a specific type of ammunition made. 380 LCP is the name of a Pistol, made by Ruger which fires the .380 ACP round.
No. 32 ACP vs. 380 ACP
.380 ACP means .380 Caliber, Automatic Colt Pistol. Often shortened to 380 auto. In other parts of the world, the 380 ACP is called a "9mm short" (or Kurtz, Corto other languages for "short."). So yes.
If it's marked 38 ACP it takes an old cartridge that is generally no longer available. If it's marked 380 ACP the cartridge is available at any gunshop as the 380 Auto. The ACP stands for Automatic Colt Pistol. The 380 cartridge is a 9MM short.
380 ACP, 9mm Kurz
It is a .380 ACP caliber handgun produced by Colt Arms. It is a .380 ACP caliber handgun produced by Colt Arms.
Yup.
NO. NEVER try to use ammuntion in a weapon not chambered for it.
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You're comparing a pistol to a cartridge. If you're referring to the M9 vs. a .380 ACP pistol, no, the .380 is typically used in smaller pistols. If you're referring to the 9x19 mm cartridge used by the M9 vs. the 9x17 mm cartridge which is also known as the .380 ACP, again, no, they're not the same size.
Ruger is the name of the company that made the pistol. .380 ACP is the cartridge size. ACP stands for Automatic Colt Pistol- part of the cartridge name, as some of the first of the .380 cartridges were made for use in Colt pistols..
Any standard .380 ACP ammo, yes.