TNWNGR

I love the 375 H&H, the 300 H&H is a real beauty as well, both will do for any dangerous game hunting anywhere in North America. My experence with the 375 was a pre 64 Winchester Model 70 and a converted Mauser. I didn't own the Winchester but sure wanted it, nice rifle. What I remember most about shooting the 375 H&H was its firm "push" rather than a sharp recoil, it was much more plesent to shoot than a 338 Winchester Magnum and far more comfortable than a Ruger #1 loaded rather warmish in 45-70 I then owned.

I'd suggest purchasing a Ruger 22/45 and shooting it a lot you'll really love the pistol and will also be able to let your wife shoot it as well. Now, so far as reloading equipment and space to set it up in, well you don't need to move out to the shed to do that. There's all kind's of space saving set up's people have used in houses and apartment's. I think simply mounting the press on a piece of 1" thick plywood and "C" clamping it to a table will do nicely until you've got more room. Starting out for your need's a Lee Classic turret press will get the job done, but a Dillon Square Deal B will bring a smile to your face.

Hand's down an H&K 4 in 380 from back in the mid 1970's closely followed by a stainless steel Walther PPK/s 380 from the mid 1990's.

Maks are pretty nice pistol's and I've known a couple of fellow's who carried them as off duty/back up pistol's, one of them even had a pretty nice ankle holster set up. FWIW if you go this route with the Mak you might find a good OWB high rise holster will better serve your need's and I'd steer clear of the Wolf and other stuff for carry ammunition.

Howdy, Native Chatt. boy myself, of course we moved away when I was still a wee lad and all.;-) Observation's I have from outside of the box on your Bersa problems are pretty simple. If you haven't gone to another pistol yet try these steps. Have a friend who is an experenced shooter do a course of fire with the ammunition you've already tried. If they have no FTF then your having problems by "limpwristing" it happens more often than you'd realize. If the friend has FTF problems with the pistol than try some other brands of 380 ammunition and see how they work out. If no success than either you have a magizine problem or a feed ram problem, both of which are easily corrected so don't fret. Insofar as other pistol recommendations, well I've gone from one extreme to the other type and brand wise, but for dollar and reliability value I'd recommend a KelTec P3AT 380 or a PF9 9mm, both do suprinsingly well once broken in. FWIW I'm a big time "gun snob" and generally won't look twice at anything new, but KelTec's service, value and overall reliability changed my view on that company.

TNWNGR here saying hello and all that stuff, long time shooter and LEO, live in the Palmyra. TN area, got tired of policing my neighbor’s and wanted some peace and quiet. Firearm’s interest’s lay in tinkering around with old firearms and shade tree gunsmith repair, bullet casting and centerfire pistol and rifle reloading. I’m trying to teach myself a little bit of blacksmithing and gas welding so that I can repair or rebuild parts on old tractors and farm equipment. That’s my stress management methodology, I’ll let you know how it works out.