My first project. The Diamondback DB380

The first experience I am going to share is my evaluation of the Diamondback DB380. I chose this handgun as my first project as it is my most recent purchase after picking it up this afternoon from TDR Firearms.

I am a newbie to shooting and purchased my first firearm almost a year ago due to some moron breaking into my home. Since my experience has been limited mostly to Glocks, having purchased all of the 9mm models Glock produces, except for the Glock 18 (thank you Hughes Amendment). So yes I am a fan boy. To make matters worse most of my Glocks are Gen4s and I have not suffered from the failures that others have posted about.

Back to the DB380...
Like the Glocks the DB380 is a striker fired hand gun. It also has several of the same features as a Gen3 Glock. Take down is the same. First think I noticed on this one is that the trigger is different by not having the trigger safety like the Glocks. The model I purchased is the DB380EXO which has a slide that appears to be stainless steel. Mine also included a unique trigger lock that is made of three pieces of plastic that fits well, if you use it.

The fit and finish does seem to be rougher then the Glock as there are machining marks on the underside of the slide and on the barrel. Also included Is a single magazine with a flat bottom. There are magazines on Diamondback's website that have the Finger extension and available are the plates with the finger extension to change over the flat bottom magazines as well. Also note if you go to buy one of these handguns that also included in the box is a coupon code for a discount on the manufactures' website.

Now for the project...
I have purchased 8 different types of 380ACP ammunition for this handgun because of all the comments I read that this gun works with some makes of ammunition but not others. My plan is to load a magazine of each type of ammunition and shoot one magazine of each until I have shot 6 rounds of all. I will then repeat the rotation until I have shot 48 shots of each ammunition. This is to allow the gun to break in and to not go through a good box of ammunition with failures due to the break in.

Along the way I will keep track of failures to eject/feed/fire and will report back my experience.