If I could be so bold........ DO NOT invest in a .380. It's a cap gun. A good .22LR would be heads and shoulders above the defensive stopping power of a .380. And this is to make no mention of accuracy.......

Were I to recommend a round (or two), I would say no smaller than a .38 and you won;t need anything larger than a .40 (no offense to the .45 crowd...it's fine too, but the .40 will do). A .357 is, in my opinion, out of the question. I say that ONLY because you chose to test with a .22. Good target, but it's a telling tale.

Good for you redddog. I'm in big favor of people with guns. And I agree with what a friend of mine said several years ago when the airlines started confiscating nail clippers, "What? What's wrong with knives? I think every passenger, when they sit down in their assigned seat, ought to be wrapping their mitts around a 9" bowie handle, sticking straight up out of every armrest on the plane!!!"