benEzra
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One surefire fix for frame cracking worries was the titanium frame models, but not many of those were made. I have a titanium Tomcat and it is one of my favorite guns. Astoundingly accurate for a pocker pistol.
I agree with the above post by Tallball.
I would like to carry this P-32 sometimes but my wife won't let me.
I cant stand the sights on the P-32
They had to beef up the slide to increase thickness to prevent cracking.
Technically it was to add mass. I'm actually not sure how that works because F= M x A and it seems to me that a .32 ACP cartridge has "n" amount of energy in it, which it is going to exert on both the bullet and the breach. Increasing the mass of the slide but decreasing the acceleration but would still result in the same force impacting the frame (I would think). On the other hand I guess you could theoretically increase the mass of the slide to the point where the .32 ACP cartridge wouldn't move it at all in which case zero force would be impacting the frame. Maybe they also put a stronger recoil spring in the gun? I don't know... But increasing the mass of the slide changed the recoil impulse in such a way that the TomCat INOX wide-slide doesnt develop frame cracks.
Why not - did she claim it?