commygun
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No 1900’s yet?
32 ACP Day
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aaaaa
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My collection grows and there is a FN 1910 that is calling for me at the LGS. I would have 4 but offed the nasty Seacamp, it was so miserable to shoot. FN 1922, Tomcat & Kel Tec P32:
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jar
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I have more 32 family handguns than any other caliber including 32S&W, 32S&W Long and 32acp/7.65mm.
Here are some that get to go WalkAbout fairly often:
Maybe my two favorites, a revolver and a pistol.
My Colt Pocket Positive 3½" barrel:
and one of my JP Sauer & Sohns 38h pistols: this one was made in 1941 and lasted throughout the war and then was repurposed as a VoPo Police handgun.
Here are some that get to go WalkAbout fairly often:
Maybe my two favorites, a revolver and a pistol.
My Colt Pocket Positive 3½" barrel:
and one of my JP Sauer & Sohns 38h pistols: this one was made in 1941 and lasted throughout the war and then was repurposed as a VoPo Police handgun.
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halfmoonclip
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I have an SBR Scorpion; no happy switch, but even the wire stock makes it much more 'shootable'. I did homebrew an aperture sight for mine, and it is a ball to shoot.
Snagged one of these at a gunshow, and yes, it is an absolute sweetheart.
Got a 1910-77 at another show; we sometimes have a "Murder the Archduke" evening at the range.
I have an assortment of .32s, and reload to feed them. It's an easy enough cartridge to reload.
Moon
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That spacer was to prevent rim lock when using the prescribed SilverTips. Never realized that the spacer was removable.
It seems to me I owned one of these little buggers once. Beautifully made, heavy for caliber, snappy to shoot, not especially reliable.
Moon
aaaaa
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Spacer is a L shape with the long part up the back of the magazine and the short part under the base plate with a notch in it to lock the base plate on. I just cut some sheet metal a little shorter than the base of the L so the edge would lock in, a crude fabrication, but it worked. For the range, to try it out, just remove the spacer. Your hand extending down off the tiny grip will keep the base plate in. For self defense I would put the Seacamp in its box and take my Kel Tec P-32.
riverats
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Just a couple WW2 GI bringbacks, here … a Kal. 7.65 CZ-27 & a Cal. 7.65 Mauser Model 1934
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You are a prudent man.
Had a Kel-Tec P-32 some years ago, in pursuit of pocket perfection. Mine had to be loaded carefully, to avoid rim lock, and I used FMJs. It was reliable, and, for the little I got on a trade, wish I'd kept it. It was bunches more comfortable to shoot than its .380 cousins.
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aaaaa
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There is a Beretta Model 35 in .32 ACP at LGS marked $400 and they have no tax this weekend, so out the door $400, but I prob can get them down to $375. But the gun is rather worn looking but guess that is going to be the case for an old gun like that. Is it worth it?
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I've been a big 32 ACP fan since my first 1903 Colt. Branched out to include the H&R Self-Loading, each of the Savage variations and way too many more. This is a dangerous rabbit hole to fall into. The ugliest is the Warner Infallible, not sure why I bought it.
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dogkinkead
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Is that a Warner Infallible bottom left?
jbhighroad
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I want one of those so bad. Prices are too high for me..I found the picture of my Beretta Model 100. I need to take this one to the range again soon!
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Dave Markowitz
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I have a few .32 Autos. Most recent acquisition is a Beretta Model 1935, dated 1944 on the slide.
The exterior finish is a bit rough but I expect that it'll run like a top.
The exterior finish is a bit rough but I expect that it'll run like a top.
aaaaa
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Very nice. I just picked mine up a couple weeks ago. It is also dated 1944 on the side. I had it to the range and with FMJ achieved a 4" group on 9 rounds at 5 yards. Super easy to field strip.
jar
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They kept making and selling that model until the late 1960s. Mine was made in 1955.
aaaaa
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Is yours dated on the slide? I am wondering if that 1944 on mine and Markowintz' pistols is the actual manufacture date or perhaps a version date. Looking on Wikipedia they have ranges of serial numbers for production and if production was level (probably not) mine would be about 1940, so maybe it is 1944. But it seems unusual that they would stamp the production year on the slide, changing it every year.
jar
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On the frame. And on guns meant for import to the US in Arabic numerals. European ones will have Roman Numerals dating from the fall of the Fascist regime (1944). The second image is my New Puma, the successor to the 1935 and was made in 1967 (XXIII). Guns made during the Fascist regime will have Roman Numerals on the slide showing the year of the regime (Post 1922).
The Fascist regime fell in 1943 so a 1944 gun should have the Roman Numeral I on the frame. BUT remember, by then things were somewhat chaotic and so no combination of marking would surprise me.
From Wiki, here is a War Years 1934. Note the Roman Numerals are on the slide.
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lincen
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Here is part of a listing for the 1944 made Beretta pistols.
German Army issued 1944 dated Model 1935 Beretta Pistol in 7.65 caliber. This pistol bears the well known German Army acceptance stamp of a 4UT in an oval. This was the inspection mark used by the German Technical inspector at the Beretta factory.
These later war pistols were widely used by the German forces operating in Northern Italy and are thought to have been issued to the Volksturm Units in the closing phase of the war. These German issued Beretta pistols have always been very popular with collectors.
German Army issued 1944 dated Model 1935 Beretta Pistol in 7.65 caliber. This pistol bears the well known German Army acceptance stamp of a 4UT in an oval. This was the inspection mark used by the German Technical inspector at the Beretta factory.
These later war pistols were widely used by the German forces operating in Northern Italy and are thought to have been issued to the Volksturm Units in the closing phase of the war. These German issued Beretta pistols have always been very popular with collectors.
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JERRY
The Model 90 was one of my favorite Berettas. The streamlined styling, the smooth DA trigger, the ergonomic design, and the lighter weight, courtesy of an aluminum alloy frame.
Oh and my all-time favorite Beretta... my Model 70S.
Excellent choice!
The Model 90 was one of my favorite Berettas. The streamlined styling, the smooth DA trigger, the ergonomic design, and the lighter weight, courtesy of an aluminum alloy frame.
Oh and my all-time favorite Beretta... my Model 70S.
berettaprofessor
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Okay, I'll play. Clockwise from 12:00; Beretta 100, Savage 1907, Ortgies variation 4, Colt 1903, two Keltec P32's, Beretta 82, Beretta 90, Beretta 70
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+1 on the Beretta 81.
Had a p32 for years and figured since I'm stocking .32 let's get another .32 pistol. But most good .32s aren't cheap.
Then the surplus 81s fell from the sky and I grabbed one. Love it.
And last year I stumbled across an early 70s police trade in Walther PP at a price I couldn't walk away from.
But I'd really like to see someone make a nice double stack modern lock breech polymer pistol in .32acp.
Had a p32 for years and figured since I'm stocking .32 let's get another .32 pistol. But most good .32s aren't cheap.
Then the surplus 81s fell from the sky and I grabbed one. Love it.
And last year I stumbled across an early 70s police trade in Walther PP at a price I couldn't walk away from.
But I'd really like to see someone make a nice double stack modern lock breech polymer pistol in .32acp.
