Kel-Tec P32 - what carry ammo?

[kokapelli]

280PLUS, you can almost eliminate the possibility of "rim lock" in the P-32 with magazine spacers from KelTec or you can make "fly wire" spacers yourself.

You can find the simple INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING "FLY WIRES" HERE.

 

[45crittergitter]

I use Silvertips.... correction... I USED Silvertips before they introduced the P3AT in .380 ACP!

 

[PATH]

I am using 60 Gr. Silver Tip Hollow Points. I have never experienced " rim lock" while using it. I have put several hundred rounds through my P32 and never had a problem. I will, however, look into the spacers. Better to be safe than sorry. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[280PLUS]

Koka - Thanks for the link! I'll look into it, up to this point the KelTec has been pretty good once I changed the spring guide rod to steel. I'll go through a couple boxes again just to see how it goes before I make any mods.

 

[Dollar An Hour]

Aguila 71gr FMJ?

http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/copy_of__32acp.html

How about these Aguila for $6.95/50? Are these loaded hotter like Fiocchi?

 

[Newton]

Hollow points in a P32 - that has to be the definition of "optimism".

 

[dsk]

I am using 60 Gr. Silver Tip Hollow Points. I have never experienced " rim lock" while using it. I have put several hundred rounds through my P32 and never had a problem. I will, however, look into the spacers. Better to be safe than sorry. Thanks for the heads up!

You are not likely to encounter rimlock while loading up at the range. It's when the loaded pistol is bouncing around inside your pocket or holster for awhile, that the shock and vibration eventually cause rounds to ride over one another inside the magazine. Then when you pull the gun out for real and try to shoot, it jams. I carry ball ammo in mine simply because the odds are stacked against me as it is if I'm forced to use it. The thing had better work, even if the ballistics aren't so hot. The ballistic tables for a Silvertip round stuck nose-down inside a magazine don't look too impressive either, something on the order of 0fps or so.

 

[kokapelli]

OK! Why not just get a P-3AT?

It is almost identical to the P-32, has more power and can't get rimlock.

 

[MICHAEL T]

Heres what I found tonight The Winchester 32 ammo with the blunt nose is the same length(eyball) as hornaday 32HP and Silver tips. I fired a mag full in a spacer equiped P-32 mag and they worked fine. I only had 7 but looks like these could be used for practice in mags set up for HP. Will try to picksome more up and shoot.

The Corbon at 1000 +fps from a P-32 will open very nicely

I bought my 2 P-32 instead of 380 because the 380 seems more prone to trouble . Than 32. I think 380 really pushed design of pistol. also don't belive very much difference between 380 and 32 in this small of pistol. So I chose the 32, Less recoil noise and extra round plus slide locks back.