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I haven't used it, but my dad likes Corbon Glaser Pow'rball. It is supposed to expand like a regular JHP bullet, but because of the polymer ball in the cavity it is supposed to feed as well as any FMJ ammo. They claim that it penetrates deeper and has better velocities as well... of course they all claim that.

Anyway, it might be a good option for a .380 if feeds and penetrates better than a regular JHP.

I also had found some of the Liberty Civil Defense in .380 on sale at my local gun store. The Civil Defense round is a high velocity lightweight bullet that fractures instead of expands. I'm not sure if it has any advantages over a jacketed hollow point lead bullet, but my Taurus .380 never had trouble feeding it even though it has a huge cavity in the bullet. I've run several magazines of it and done double taps and rapid fire with it and never had a failure.

I think that there are lots of voices out there saying that if you carry .380 you may be just as well off carrying FMJ ammo as self-defense ammo. I rarely carry the .380 anymore in favor of carrying 9mm, but if I were to keep carrying the .380 routinely I would probably switch to FMJ ammo after I use up the self-defense ammo that I bought.