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I have a couple Austrian police surplus Walther PPs, as well as an FEG APK7S, which is more or less a PPK/S clone, a Beretta Model 81 and a Beretta Tomcat all in .32 ACP.
I used to carry one of the PP pistols fairly often when I lived in Arlington. It worked well with a suit and tie.
I carry the Beretta Tomcat as a back up in an ankle holster.
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08-15-2022, 04:17 AM
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08-15-2022, 02:40 PM
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I have an 81BB Beretta that I carry on occasion and owned a Savage years ago. Gave $50 for the Savage and was offered $250 for it less than a year later so it went down the road.
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08-15-2022, 03:25 PM
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Walther PPK/s I picked up a few years back with 4 mags for like $300 cus it was a .32apc.
Had a little Kel-tec .32 years ago..... not sure why or where it went?
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08-15-2022, 05:58 PM
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The 32 ACP is semi rimmed. It will chamber in a 32 long, or 32 S&W if your revolver is up to the pressures.
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I have been known to shoot .32 ACP in my S&W 31-1 when .32 Long is not available. Reliable and accurate.
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08-15-2022, 07:12 PM
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I’ve had a few dozen 32 autos. For accuracy the Mauser 34 has been good performer. I liked Savage and PP but they weren’t as accurate as Mauser.
Biggest let down was 1900 Browning. Was close to bottom of heap, right above Dryse models. Don’t have any now the PP was last to go. No 380s either. Never did load for them.
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08-15-2022, 08:31 PM
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Remington model 51 in .32 ACP. Don’t shoot it much anymore due to fear of parts breakages. A very sweet shooter though.
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08-16-2022, 10:17 AM
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The .32 is not much loved these days, but was pretty popular among European police through most of the last century.
A Colt Pocket Hammerless from 1919. Just in time for Prohibition, might be found in the pockets of folks, from gangsters to general officers.
The Model 1922 Browning was FN's response to a request from the Yugoslavian military. Many were still in use by the Bahnpolizei in Germany well into the Seventies.
The PPK, from 1965, remembered mostly as James Bond's sidearm and a victim of the GCA '68.
1969 Walther PP, this one Bayerische Staatliche Polizei surplus when the Cold War Status of Forces Agreement allowed them to be sold dirt cheap in military rod and gun clubs.
In November of 1974 I was in the Frankfurt am Main Haupbahnhof. I don't why, but the Bahnpolizei were chasing some Turkish guy down the platform yelling for him to "Halt!" One of them ran out of patience and carried out his promise, " ...oder ich schieße!" He was apparently a pretty good shot. One round of .32 ACP from his M1922 at about 15 meters did the trick. I don't know the rest of the story. My train boarded before all the commotion was over and I missed seeing anything in the news.
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08-16-2022, 12:42 PM
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.32 ACP favorites
Upper left, Beretta 81BB
Center left, 1907 Savage mfg 1916, approx 20,000 sent to France for WW1
Lower left, Mauser HSc mismatched parts pistol
Upper right, 1903 Colt Pocked Hammerless mfg 1906 Type 1
Lower right, 1940 Walther PP
I shoot all of them, wonderful pistols. Thank you for starting this thread because now I see some more that need to be acquired.
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08-16-2022, 01:29 PM
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Ed Harris, over at the Cast Bullet Association forum, has some real screamer loads, with cast bullets, developed for this cartridge. Turns this little cartridge into a serious threat, to anyone on the wrong side of it.
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In November of 1974 I was in the Frankfurt am Main Haupbahnhof. I don't why, but the Bahnpolizei were chasing some Turkish guy down the platform yelling for him to "Halt!" One of them ran out of patience and carried out his promise, " ...oder ich schieße!" He was apparently a pretty good shot. One round of .32 ACP from his M1922 at about 15 meters did the trick. I don't know the rest of the story. My train boarded before all the commotion was over and I missed seeing anything in the news.
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I have nothing further to add other than this is seriously cool story.
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As a European I like this calibre, although I only have three guns in it
1939 Walther PPK
1940 Colt M1903 Hammerless
1991 HK P7 K3
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