.32 ACP drifting away?

[Walkalong]

I have 11 guns that use the .32 acp.

11 guns chambered in .32 ACP, or 11 guns that can shoot .32 ACP?

 

[pockets]

Hmm, didn't think of 'guns that shoot .32acp'.

Checked my spreadsheet just now, I currently own 13 pistols chambered in .32acp.
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[hedrok]

Oh, C'mon ...Spreadsheet??? That's cheatin'!!!
Ya gotta keep workin' those memory cells or you'll forget where your man cave is!!

 

[Shawn Dodson]

I pocket carry a Seecamp .32 ACP and a spare magazine every time I step out of the house. It's loaded with Winchester 71gr FMJ-FP.

 

[armabill]

7.65 which can shoot .32 ACP.

 

[MedWheeler]

Gym, yes, it's been a few days, but I did just see your post (#50) in this thread. This thread is (supposed to be) about the .32 ACP cartridge specifically; it's not one of the all-too-frequent "which caliber is best?" threads.

 

[heeler]

Although I don't carry my Kel Tec P32 on a daily basis I do carry it many times on the evenings when I go to a certain park to fast walk or run due to it's very light weight compared to even my ever trusty Ruger LCP.
And as has been mentioned by several other posters the available and very controllable follow up shots this little lightweight mighty mouse of a pistol offers is really one of it's unique positives along with the fact that mine at least has been utterly reliable over several hundred rounds of operation.
Although the 32 ACP is no sledgehammer of power such as a .357,40,10mm and so forth offer, I cant imagine anyone debating it's inferior performance while eight rounds are barking out of it's little barrel into someone of felonious behavior in a quite accurate rate of fire at zero to ten feet distance if the chips are down and that's all you have got between you and him and living and dying.
My P32 is one of my favorite pistols.

 

[Skribs]

I've actually been thinking about getting a Kel-Tec P32. I've heard mixed reviews about the P3AT over other 380s, but the P32 seems pretty solid from what I've read. Reasons are: smaller, lighter, and increased capacity compared to my Ruger LCP.

I consider 9mm the minimum I would carry with JHP, so I carry FMJ in my LCP (penetration tests for .380 are only good when they fail to expand, so I might as well just go the route that doesn't expand AND is cheaper). Most people who disparage the .32 say that it's because you can do .380 JHP vs. .32 FMJ, I see .380 FMJ vs. .32 FMJ, and they're not that different.

 

[Dean1818]

We have some gutsy ccw guys......


40 or 45 for me.

 

[MedWheeler]

Dean, I just offered the following to "gym" just a couple of posts before your "contribution."

This thread is (supposed to be) about the .32 ACP cartridge specifically; it's not one of the all-too-frequent "which caliber is best?" threads.

 

[jimbo555]

A loaded p-32 weighs less than most anything else out there empty,so it has a use as a secondary weapon.

 

[gym]

Sorry

 

[Redlg155]

You may repent by purchasing a .32

 

[.455_Hunter]

One of my primary EDC weapons is a pocket holstered .32 acp NAA Guardian with spare mag. I also have a CZ-50, and just missed out of a beautiful Beretta M1935 post-war a few weeks ago.

Go .32!

 

[Dean1818]

Dean, I just offered the following to "gym" just a couple of posts before your "contribution."

Sorry.........

I just am one of those guys who likes a bigger bullet........

Shoot on my man!


Edit....... I would add that i owned a CZ27 at one time...... It was sold

The tiny 32 bullet didnt seem to do much to targets.

Shoot what you want, but to the OP, most people have moved on to the popular calibers.....

9, 40, 45.............. So I would assume demand for 32 is also dropping

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

A .32 auto bullet is 40% larger in diameter and a few grains heavier than a 5.56mm SS109 bullet.

 

[MedWheeler]

You may repent by purchasing a .32

Or two. Then, you'll have a .64. Way bigger than a .45.

 

[Sergei Mosin]

Although I don't care for the .32 ACP as a defensive cartridge, there are a couple of classic old guns chambered in it that I wouldn't kick out of the safe - mainly the Colt Model 1903 and FN Model 1910 and 1910/22.

 

[lloveless]

I have a p32 that was a constant carry til 6 months ago. I love the lock back last round feature. Unable to find ammo. .380 ammo very available so I upgraded to an Ruger LCP. It is not as brutal to shoot as the P3AT. Sights are a PITA, but better since glow in dark paint put on the sights.
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[heeler]

lloveless...Wideners has Privi .32 ACP right now for $12.00 a box.

 

[Onward Allusion]

A loaded p-32 weighs less than most anything else out there empty,so it has a use as a secondary weapon.

The only commercial modern production handgun I know of that weighs less are the NAA Mini-Revolvers.

 

[mavracer]

I just am one of those guys who likes a bigger bullet

I am too but I also understand the ageing process and realize that my choice to be in manufacturing is going to eventually leave me with arthritis. So I'm keeping my options open and keeping my 1903 colt around with it's size and weight and shooting 32 ACP it's an easy gun to manipulate and a dream to shoot.

 

[kBob]

I have meantioned elsewhere and before a life long friend now gone on ahead that liked the big stuff even more than me. Full sized 1911 type when he could, Officers ACP, when the first was a bit much to hide, Charter .44 Bulldog when that was too much.......but as his cancer advanced and he feared any sort of physical mix up he started to use a Beretta 950 in .22short for everyday carry. Mind you when he was not at work and not dressed for the beach or some such he generally lugged along one of the "starts with a four" guns, but the Beretta was ALWAYS on him or with in reach except when in the water.

His theory was simple......first rule of gun fighting is have a gun.

Many times he got the "You'll just make them mad" or his favorite "A .22 Short would be like stabbing someone with a pencil" This last he would laugh about and tell the speaker he would be happy to fight him till an Uncle got given with a $1000 prize at stake IF my friend got to stab the expert twice in the face twice in the chest and twice in the gut with a sharp #2 Faber before any grappling or blows took place......remarkably he never had a taker.

This is how I sort of view the P32 and others. Also as much as I love my big stuff it gets harder and harder to just walk around with them what with bad back and knees. Before you say "loose weight" I have had a change up down and up of near 100 pounds in the past two years and when I was "too skinny" or "just right" those big guns still frequently awoke the dreaded mini football (spasimed muscle) that lives near the base of my spine on occasion give n the proper ( improper) twist or turn or reach.

I wore a full sized 1911 type twice last week.....but I had the KelTec P32 on me every time I walked out the door.

That is why I do not see my .32 drifting away.

-kBob

 

[heeler]

Speaking of drifting away...I have looked on Gun Broker for about two months at the availibility of a new Kel-Tec P32 and the supply is pretty much dried up.
Someone must be buying these relatively low cost pistols.
And to think I bought one for a mere $225 just two summers ago.

 

[hedrok]

It's shorts & light shirt weather in Cleveland, Ohio...at least for a while...and my .32 is right there and unseen in my pocket. Everything else from .454 on down in most configurations is in the safe.