Like any other firearm:
1- Ensure weapon is unloaded and no round is in the chamber
2- Disassemble weapon
3- Clean external and internal parts (with special solvent if needed)
4- The barrel and chamber should be cleaned with a brass brush and patches on a rod
5- Areas of metal to metal contact should be lightly oiled
6- Reassemble the weapon
7- Perform a functions test (ensure it was reassembled correctly, safeties work, etc...)
.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.
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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.
It was chambered in both 32 ACP and 380 ACP.
9x17mm, otherwise known as the .380 ACP.