380 ACP Hollow Point For Sale

380 ACP was never designed to be a defensive powerhouse. John Browning built the 9x17mm cartridge in 1908 for straight-blowback pocket pistols, and everything the round does today is downstream of that decision: light bullets, modest pressure, and barrels short enough that a hundred feet per second can decide whether a bullet opens up or sails through.

That is why hollow point selection matters more in 380 than in any other carry cartridge. Our 380 ACP hollow point selection runs from 60 grain solid copper up to 102 grain bonded jacketed loads, with 90 grain sitting as the center of mass. Out of a 2.7 to 3.5 inch pocket pistol barrel, most of these leave the muzzle between 850 and 1,000 fps, which puts them right at the threshold where jacket design, cavity geometry, and alloy hardness stop being spec-sheet trivia and start being the whole ballgame.

Three ways manufacturers solve the 380 expansion problem

• Conventional JHP: Fiocchi, Prvi Partizan, Speer, and Remington HTP run classic jacketed hollow points at 88 to 94 grains. Proven, affordable, and the most sensitive to velocity loss from short barrels.
• Engineered expanders: Hornady XTP and Remington Golden Saber use controlled jacket serrations and bonded construction to hold weight through denim and drywall.
• Non-expanding solids: Barnes TAC-XP and the Black Hills HoneyBadger sidestep expansion entirely, using fluted or monolithic copper to cut a wound channel without relying on velocity the cartridge does not have.

Whichever route you pick, run at least a box through your specific pistol before you carry it. Pocket 380s are notoriously particular about hollow point feed ramps.

Which brands load 380 ACP hollow points?

• Federal 380 Ammo - home of the Hydra-Shok and HST Micro defensive lines
• Hornady 380 Ammo - XTP and American Gunner JHP loads
• Remington 380 ACP Ammo - HTP and Golden Saber bonded JHP
• Fiocchi 380 ACP Ammo - affordable 90 grain JHP in 50 and 1000 round counts
• Underwood 380 ACP Ammo - +P Xtreme Defender and Xtreme Penetrator solids

Use the Manufacturers filter in the left sidebar to narrow this page to whichever brand you carry.

Related 380 ACP ammo

• 380 ACP Ammo - the full catalog including FMJ range loads
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380 ACP guides and comparisons

• Best 380 Self Defense Ammo - our tested picks, ranked
• Hollow Point vs FMJ - when each one belongs in your gun
• Are Hollow Points Illegal? - state by state restrictions
• 380 vs 9mm - the comparison every pocket carrier runs eventually
• 32 ACP vs 380
• 38 Special vs 380
• 380 ACP vs 45 ACP
• Best Caliber for Concealed Carry
• Federal Hydra-Shok 380 Review

For muzzle velocity, energy, and trajectory numbers across every 380 load we carry, see our 380 ACP ballistics database.