32ACP Goodness

[Ganderite]

Some of these are small enough to be pocket pistols.

The Walther PPK is a delight to shoot. Always surprises me how accurate it is, even though the sight radius is short. All steel and heavier than it looks.

The aluminum clone of the PPK (the Romanian M74) is slightly bigger and also very accurate.

They are all blow backs, except for the Savage. It uses a rotating barrel lock up, and has a lighter mainspring than the others. It is striker pistol. The striker has a cocking piece, so it looks like a hammer. 10 shots.

When my father went off to war, he gave this one to my mother for personal protection. We lived in a fairly remote cottage in the boonies.

 

[pacopena]

I always liked 32acp/7.65mm. Expensive unless you reload with cast bullets but fun little guns.

Paco

 

[B]

Oh now you are just rubbing it in.

 

[dan belisle]

Nice. I have Colts, a PPK, a couple of Mausers and a Savage in this cartridge. - dan

 

[Fargone4sure]

I recently sold of most of my 32acp collection, about 20 guns. But kept a PPK, Colt 1903 and a Webley semi auto in the calibre. Super cheap to reload with cast.

 

[dogzilla]

I have my ppk I have put less than 2 boxes through it in the last 40 years. I am always looking for interesting prohibs, but 32acp is a non starter for me Not interested in anything smaller than.380.

 

[SP641]

Fun accurate guns! I reload using campro 71 gr.

Thank you for sharing

 

[StansfieldMcElroy]

True beauties

 

[NAA]

Nice to see the Colt M1903 pocket hammerless!

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[BattleRife]

I picked up a PPK a couple of years ago, and was disappointed to find it not at all a joy to shoot. I agree it was unexpectedly accurate, but there is something that bites into the web of my hand. I feel it on the first shot, after a couple of mags you can see the red mark clearly and the one time I got through a full box it was an open wound. Even doing some handling and dry fire practice makes my hand ache a little. I think it's the top corner of the backstrap.

Safe to say my .32 ACP itch is scratched. If I get another .32 it will probably be an old Colt or S&W revolver in .32 Long.

 

[polaris]

and they are getting cheaper by the day, here is the Star I acquired a few weeks ago, unfired.



will have to shoot it soon

 

[NAA]

will have to shoot it soon

That Star should be a great shooter!

Around these parts factory .32ACP ammo is getting scarce & expensive.

LGS yesterday, factory Remington 71 FMJ is now $39.99 a box!

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[Fargone4sure]

Crazy prices for sure. Reloading costs about $8 per box. So definately one of those calibers that is well worth loading.

 

[NAA]

Crazy prices for sure. Reloading costs about $8 per box. So definately one of those calibers that is well worth loading.

+1 on that. Sometimes hard to source appropriate bullets for reloading the .32ACP, though, too.

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[BattleRife]

The Campro plated 71-grain fmj are cheap and easy to find, but the accuracy I've achieved so far didn't compare to Remington factory.

 

[Ganderite]

i HAVE BEEN LOADING THE CAMPRO 85 (?) BULLET. SEEMS TO WORK OK AT 32ACP DISTANCES.

 

[st1264]

When I had my Skorpion, a guy bought all my once fired brass. Expensive ammo, but avenues to make it cheaper even if you don't reload.

 

[cyclone]

i HAVE BEEN LOADING THE CAMPRO 85 (?) BULLET. SEEMS TO WORK OK AT 32ACP DISTANCES.

Where do you find the bullets?

 

[Dave in Calgary]

Slightly off-topic but related. 32 acp is normally .311 in diameter, which happens to be the same as .303 British Lee Enfield. There is a firm in the USA that makes a chamber adaptor to fit. Works very well in a re-barrelled 1899 Martini carbine. Not a pistol but great fun and .32 acp are very easy to make.

 

[Ganderite]

Where do you find the bullets?

Budget Shooting Supply, I think.