.32 Automatic

[Drm50]

The only gut buster I own is a Walther PP/ 32acp. I've had a bucket full of
32 auto pistols they all go to trade pile. JMB was suppose to have carried a 1900 model with him on walks. To plink with and talked about their accuracy. That is one that let me down I've had several of them and the newer models of Brns, Colts, Walthers, Mausers and Savage all shot better.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Shooting Jews in the back of the head is not combat.

What?????? mine was a general comment about officers and the role of officer's
sidearms in Europe in the 19th and early 20th century......

not even going down the road of the Holocaust...........

 

[mbliss57]

What?????? mine was a general comment about officers and the role of officer's
sidearms in Europe in the 19th and early 20th century......

not even going down the road of the Holocaust...........

Maybe I misunderstood but it sounded like you were saying these little .32s were only used as decorative sidearms. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'll stop there.. needless to say .32 autos are lethal weapons.
They don't just bounce of and leave bruises as someone else stated.

Let's get back to looking at cool old .32ACP and 7.65mm pistols..

Here are a few of mine.

 

[Tyree1867]

I've got the PP, the 1903 & the Tomcat. I got into the 32acp's as an off shoot of my Smith's in 32Long.

32acp is a fun round in the PP. Mine is a modern Bavarian Police trade in.

 

[Absalom]

Maybe I misunderstood but it sounded like you were saying these little .32s were only used as decorative sidearms. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'll stop there.. needless to say .32 autos are lethal weapons.

The excursion to the Holocaust was unnecessary, but there is a point in here that needs to be clarified:

Using the German example, the .32 pistols were considered self-defense weapons for personnel behind the front and as such taken quite seriously, but they were ALSO a privilege and badge of rank.

As for combat. apart from their personal 7.65mm pistol to be carried with their standard uniform (which German officers had to purchase themselves), officers in front line units were issued battlefield pistols like the P08 and P38. Germans did not engage in CQB with Russian infantry clutching a PPK.

Outside the combat zone, only officers were required to carry a sidearm, although in the occupied lands many other ranks also did, for understandable reasons. However, within the borders of the Reich, only officers and officer-candidates were allowed to carry a pistol, unless a sidearm was part of the other ranks’ issue, for example MPs.

So this isn’t an either-or. Just like officers’ swords, these pistols were real weapons, but at the same time a symbol and privilege of rank.

 

[alwslate]

I Like your Berettas. I'm still to find a good 1935.

I currently have a half dozen 1935s. They aren't really all that
hard to find. If you are able to buy on GB check them out. There
are usually a few listed on there at any given time

 

[nachogrande]

YOU STOLE MY LINE.

Tell that to the those that were executed with this caliber before the Nazis got more efficient with gas chambers. They didn't seem to think they need more firepower.

The key word here is EXECUTED. A gun a few feet from the head is a far cry from a body shot to a possibly drugged up man monster in heavy clothing. That said, my 32 is on my person almost 24/7. YES, IF I can get close & IF I can make good shot placement point shooting I'm pretty sure it would work. As I'm sure you are aware, NO CALIBER is a 100% given outcome.