Lonestar I am sure I own and shoot a P32. I'm also sure that I can keep all six shots from my .44 mag on a 4" target at 25yds shooting factory loads. The 32 accuracy sucks as a function of a long DA pull, inprecise sights, super small gripping surface, and recoil. I'll trust you that the .380 is worse in terms of recoil. To my mind Kel Tec sought a means by which to make the smallest and lightest auto's they could. To do so they chose the .32 and the .380 respectively. For a concealment piece, either serves the role well. As a marksman's piece (my measurement of controllability) either of the Kel Tecs aren't good choices. Again it comes down to a power to weight ratio. I'd wager that if you did the math, you'd see that the Tomcat which undoubtedly weighs more than the P32 will dampen recoil as a function of said additional weight. Personally I think this is really getting down to splitting hairs and that the subtle differences of mouse gun recoil are getting blown out of perspective. Again the poster is looking for a low recoil platform for something more powerful than the .22 As I wrote earlier, the P32 is almost certainly among the three lightest guns chambered in .32ACP. That would alone indicate that it'd have more recoil than heavier firearms so chambered. Maybe the thing that you're having a hard time wraping yourself around is that the .32ACP just isn't all that amazing a round in terms of energy. So IF the P32 was the most abusive .32 ACP ever made, you'd still find it "controllable". That doesn't preclude other guns from being "more controllable" by whatever margin due to features so influential as overall gun weight.
doncameron You are absolutely correct, I stand corrected.
