7.65 = .32acp?

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spankaveli
May 28, 2003, 10:21 AM
my dad has this old war gun that he gave to me that my parents got from my moms dad. he was in wwii i think. anyway, its marked "CAL 7.65." aren't these the same size as .32acp? I think the gun is a beretta, it has the "circle PB" thing in the grips and it has a kinda open slide like on the beretta 92's. sorry guys, don't have a pic. ill post one later.

anyone know anything about this handgun? it's small, maybe 3" barrel.
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Wil Terry
May 28, 2003, 10:38 AM
WHAT WE CALL THE 32 ACP.
Sometimes it is noted 7.65MM BROWNING in Europe also.
spankaveli
May 28, 2003, 10:44 AM
Thanks for the quick [and great] responses guys!

Now I know what ammo to go buy. :D
RON in PA
May 28, 2003, 10:48 AM
SaxonPig: You're confusing the 7.63 Mauser with the .30 Luger(can't remember if it's 7.62 or 7.65 Luger). The 30 Luger and 9x19 Luger were based on the Mauser which in turn was a higher pressure version of the Borchardt case. They all have the same rim diameter.
Tamara
May 28, 2003, 11:47 AM
What it sounds like you have is a Beretta M1935, the service sidearm of the WWII Italian navy and air force. It is basically the M1934 (sold postwar as the "Cougar", IIRC) but chambered in .32 rather than 9mm Corto.
spankaveli
May 28, 2003, 11:50 AM
yep, that's it

http://www.gunsite.narod.ru/beretta_m1934.gif

Thanks again :D
BigG
May 28, 2003, 02:33 PM
Never fired, only dropped once. :D
AndABeer
May 28, 2003, 03:06 PM
"Delivery like a brick through a plate glass window." ;)
Mike Irwin
May 30, 2003, 01:58 AM
"Hmmm, I thought that the .30 Luger (what we call it) and the 7.65 Mauser (what Europeans call it) were the same thing. Maybe I am wrong."

Yep, you're wrong.

The .30 Luger, as we know it here, is known as the 7.65x21 Luger round in Europe.

There's also a 7.65 Mannlicher round, which is also known as the 7.63 Mannlicher round, which employs a longer case and the 7.65 Browning round.

Then there's the 7.65 MAS round, which was based liberally, if not completely, on the .30 Pedersen round.

Finally we have the 7.65 Roth-Sauer round, which has a case slightly shorter than the 7.65 Browning.
Cal4D4
May 30, 2003, 02:09 AM
AndABeer:
I recall that line also. Wonder how Mr. Fleming would describe the delivery of a 10MM?
BigG
May 30, 2003, 08:00 AM
"Like being run over by a ten ton truck." apologies to Ian Fleming, hack writer. :D
AndABeer
May 30, 2003, 10:59 AM
Oh I dunno, the bullet diameter of a 10mm is only 30% greater than the 7.65, how much more powerful could it really be? :what:

:D
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