Ammo for Beretta 85 FS Cheetah 380 AUTO

**NC Senior** · April 28th, 2009, 01:50 PM

Just purchased for conceal carry and home protection. 62 years old. Last experience with ammo was military in 70"s. Ammo now is like cereal, way to many choices. What kind of ammo can I use? Help.

**Feddog82** · April 28th, 2009, 01:52 PM

Beretta Cheetahs are great guns. They will run any .380 ACP ammo you feed them without a hiccup. I run Federal 90gr hyrda-shoks in mine.

**MEH** · April 28th, 2009, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by NC Senior

Just purchased for conceal carry and home protection. 62 years old. Last experience with ammo was military in 70"s. Ammo now is like cereal, way to many choices. What kind of ammo can I use? Help.

I use Remington Gloden Sabers in my Browning BDA .380 for defense and S&B FMJ for target shooting.

ETA: The BDA is similar to the Beretta 84.

**Fudmottin** · April 28th, 2009, 04:04 PM

I would recommend going with 95gr FMJ. If you must get hollow point (JHP), I would go with 102gr Golden Saber. Ammo is in short supply right now. So what you can get is what you should buy.

380 is less powerful than 38 SPL. That's why I recommend the FMJ. Penetration is more important than the hope of it opening up and just getting under the skin.

I've never met anyone who volunteered to get shot with anything larger than a 177 cal BB gun. But I've done some ad hoc experiments with reloads as well as research on what ultimately works based on other people's work, Dr Martin Fackler being my primary source.

The hardball you used in the military will work in the scaled down form. In some guns, it feeds more reliably. Don't know about the Cheetah. I've only heard good things about it reliability wise.

**AMBASSADOR** · August 20th, 2009, 03:22 PM

I have a S&W wALTHER PPK/S that I use CCI Blazer Brass 95grn fmj without any feeding or extracting problems.I have also loaded 95grn fmj Magtech bulleys behind 4.1 grns Unique,3.1 grns Red Dot all loads work very well.

**phillyd2** · August 24th, 2009, 09:35 AM

So far I have yet to find any brand that my Beretta 85 FS will not eat. Great little gun btw.

**gf45acp** · August 24th, 2009, 11:26 PM

Lots of different .380 ammo out there. First and formost, be sure that your gun will run the load you want to use for defense.
My .380's are both Kel-tec p3at's, and I use PowR'Ball in both.

BTW, welcome to the forum!