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Originally posted by flop-shank:
I would carry a .32 if I didn't have a Kel-tec P3AT. I prefer .380, but it's probably not much better than a .32. Like was said, shot placement is the key. Heck, it was good enough for Leroy Brown!

Hmmm. Didn't poor Leroy get carved up with a razor in the end? Sounds scary to me!!

LOL

I like my Kel-Tec p32. I'm eagerly waiting to see the results of the tests.

I normally use the Speer Gold Dot in my Seecamps, but I can use the W-W truncated 71 grain FMJ load. It functions perfectly and penetrates well.

The Buffalo Bore is not suited to such a small blow-back auto. I imagine the recoil velocity requires a larger pistol (with more slide mass) or a locked breech design.

FYI, my Seecamp runs fine with WW Silvertips, Speer Gold Dots, and Cor-Bon JHPs. I corresponded a little with Larry Seecamp, and he's now recommending Gold Dots, I believe. The newer Silvertips have a tendency to telescope on feeding. Since the Kel-Tec is a locked breech action and the Seecamp is blowback, I suspect that has more to do with the recommendation for the K-T.

I don't have a dog in this fight but just want to be sure that anyone that choose the .32 auto are aware of what rimlock is and how to avoid it.
because the .32 auto is a rimmed cartridge the rims can bind on each other in the magazine causing a relatively hard to clear jam, this more than performance is why i prefer the .380.
Regards,
Rich

Rimlock is really an issue with an improper .32 ACP magazine angle and/or improper cartridge length. If you look at a cross-section of, say, a Browning 1910 mag, you'll see how the semi-rim of a 7.65 cartridge rides in the extractor groove of the cartridge beneath it in a properly designed mag. Even in Kelgren's P32 there's not rim-lock issue if a (proper) FMJ cartridge is used (and, based on the killings that I've worked on, using hollowpoint "brakes" on the already slow-moving and low-mass .32 rounds seems a foolish idea when you need to be sure to penetrate to the vitals).