Savage 1907 in .32acp for good price

[Tallball]

GREAT price on the Mauser! I paid $300 for mine and thought I got a decent deal.

 

[kb308]

The 32 ACP is a semi-rimmed case and WILL rimlock if the conditions are right. To prevent it the loaded rounds should fill the magazine to prevent them from shifting forward which happens with many JHP's being that they're loaded pretty short. Many use FMJ's for a couple reasons: first is the limited power available and being that penetration is the most important aspect of defensive ammo you really don't have a lot to give up to expansion. And the second is that rimlock sucks really bad and will put you out of the fight just when you really, really don't want it to....so it's best avoided with FMJ's or building a spacer for the mag to keep the rounds back against the rear surface.

Yeah, I would prefer to use fmj's myself, it's just the the little pawn shop that I went to only had the two rounds I mentioned in .32acp. I think I'll probably order some Fiocchi online.

 

[kb308]

kb308

Looks like you have most all of you bases covered with your "family"! The Savage should fit in quite nicely with it's handgun brethren.

Thanks! I wish the CZ P-07 was here for the "family photo", but since a friend is currently using it, maybe next time
Sorry for the poor quality images btw.

 

[kb308]

On a semi-related note, I just came across another Mauser 1914 in .32 acp, for the princely sum of $150. Could not resist
I love these old .32s. The guns are about the size of compact 9's today, but shoot a much gentler rd. That's a pleasant combo for the range, and the workmanship from back then is just fascinating.

Nice! Enjoy!

 

[lsudave]

GREAT price on the Mauser! I paid $300 for mine and thought I got a decent deal.

Universal availability online seems to have eliminated most "great deals", since almost everybody can just click a couple of links and get a base price to set things at.

But if you dig around a bit, I'm finding you CAN land older .32 acps at a bargain. The round isn't sexy, everyone wants 9mm, seems willing to settle on .380 at the smallest. The 'carry' angle is totally driven by new subcompacts with polymer frames, not older SAO steel guns that have small calibers. By straying outside the consensus classic guns, demand seems low, and prices can be found- doubt you will find a Walther PP, but you CAN find Savages, Mausers, CZ's.
I landed this current Mauser for $150, to go with the $200 one I already have. I've picked up a couple CZ 27's for low, one for $150. My Savage was also below $200.

Yeah, I would prefer to use fmj's myself, it's just the the little pawn shop that I went to only had the two rounds I mentioned in .32acp. I think I'll probably order some Fiocchi online.

I ran into that when I bought my first .32, which was a CZ 27 at a pawn shop. Flatnose Winchester for $20 a box of 50. Didn't feed worth a darn.
Online, you can find either Fiocchi or PPU roundnose FMJ for around or under $12 a box, and they run great.

These little guns are so neat and well-made, and the cost of decent ammo is so close to what we pay for 9mm, that I ordered about half a case. When I take them out, I put a couple of mags through each, enough to enjoy without beating them to death. They are all pleasant to shoot.

Cleaning is pretty easy, too. As noted, you don't want to take the Savage grips off, they WILL break. Luckily, the design is such that you don't really need to.
What I ended up doing is this:

I mixed some Lamp oil and ATF into a big glass jar, believe it was a large pickle jar. I keep the lid on it to store it.
I also have coffee tins. I field strip the gun and place the pieces into the tin (DON'T put the Savage frame with the grips into this; on the others you can safely remove the grips and put the frame in too). I fill it with the oil mix. Let is soak awhile, I left it overnight. Swish it around a bit.
Then, using a strainer (coffee filter works great), pour the oil back into the jar, and seal it up and store it again. This greatly loosens the decades of gunk these guns accumulated. Let the parts drip/dry on newspaper, wiping and using a little compressed air to blow the excess out. This leaves a nice film on all the steel parts. Then clean, lube and reassemble. The guns look worlds nicer after that first bath, and things feel slick and smooth like it should.

 

[kBob]

In my younger days before the "interweb" I carried guns that were questionable with HP ammo with a magazine of FMJ and a HP up the snout. What I never fully understood was the guys that would stager ammo.....and HP up the spout and then FMJ followed by HP followed by FMJ followed by HP and repeat as needed. Most claimed that their reasoning was that the HP might expand too much and not penetrate then the FMJ would give max penetration ect-ect. A couple of guys thought that they at least got two shots before possible jam and that three or four HP might have less chance of any jam than a full mag. Neither made a lot of sense to me but even some Cops recommended it.

Weirdest was a guy that had his Astra Constable .380 loaded Glaser Safety slug up the spout, HP, FMJ, Glaser, HP, FMJ, Glaser. This lead to a funny story that I have threatened to share on several occasions, if I have not done so years ago and just forgotten I shared back then.

-kBob