Vodoun da Vinci
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I'm a .32 auto lover. I have shot many and owned many. My favorites are the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless, the Walther PP, and the Beretta Cheetahs either model 81 or 82. I have several project guns in .32 and really like the Colt Pocket Hammerless in .32.
Further down the list? Check out the Beretta Tomcat and M1934, The Kel Tec P32, and the newer Walther PPK/s if you can find it in .32. With folks gaining some modern understanding that placement and penetration are actually the most important features of a defensive handgun the .32 auto does not turn some of us off quite as much as larger caliber aficionados would want.
I think one should carry the the most powerful handgun one can manage for SD but I manage to get 17"+ penetration out of my .32 hand loads and the Buffalo Bore hot load in .32 is pretty awesome as well. Not optimal but, hey, what hand gun round is? And I can accurately deliver multiple rounds quickly and very accurately from my Pocket Hammerless so I do carry it more often than I'd like to admit.
There are a plethora of very nice .32 pistols out there and shooting them/owning them is a hoot. Life's too short to not have fun with a .32 gun.
VooDoo
Further down the list? Check out the Beretta Tomcat and M1934, The Kel Tec P32, and the newer Walther PPK/s if you can find it in .32. With folks gaining some modern understanding that placement and penetration are actually the most important features of a defensive handgun the .32 auto does not turn some of us off quite as much as larger caliber aficionados would want.
I think one should carry the the most powerful handgun one can manage for SD but I manage to get 17"+ penetration out of my .32 hand loads and the Buffalo Bore hot load in .32 is pretty awesome as well. Not optimal but, hey, what hand gun round is? And I can accurately deliver multiple rounds quickly and very accurately from my Pocket Hammerless so I do carry it more often than I'd like to admit.
There are a plethora of very nice .32 pistols out there and shooting them/owning them is a hoot. Life's too short to not have fun with a .32 gun.
VooDoo