Anyone Carry A Keltec P32?

[Old cop]

I picked up a Keltec P32 at a very reasonable price and found it to be the most reliable mini plastic gun ever, I can't even find anything bad on the internet. I've run all kinds of FMJ & lead reloads and it just keeps on going (I've not bothered w/hollow points). The other .380's in the same catageory all seem to choke sooner or later.

While I don't carry it often it does have a place as a deep concealment weapon. I added a factory stainless guide rod and mag. extender for better fit & function. Now to my question: Does anyone else have one of these and is your experience as good as mine?

 

[Kanewpadle]

I picked up a Keltec P32 at a very reasonable price and found it to be the most reliable mini plastic gun ever, I can't even find anything bad on the internet. I've run all kinds of FMJ & lead reloads and it just keeps on going (I've not bothered w/hollow points). The other .380's in the same catageory all seem to choke sooner or later.

While I don't carry it often it does have a place as a deep concealment weapon. I added a factory stainless guide rod and mag. extender for better fit & function. Now to my question: Does anyone else have one of these and is your experience as good as mine?

I used to carry one as a BUG. Never had a problem with it or any Kel Tec gun I have owned. There is a ten round extended magazine available also.

These days the smallest gun I carry is a Kahr CM9.

 

[TACC1]

I had one for years, and it never malfunctioned, never.
I passed it along, and realised I screwed up. I've got a new
one now, with the belt clip and extra mag. Just like before.
Only shot it for function test, and a little at range practice.
It can and does go everywhere. Like you, I found it to be
a nice surprise.
TACC1

 

[pineappleshooter]

I have a P3at and my buddy has a p32 - both run like champs. I have put over 500 rounds through my P3at and had one failure and it was my fault. I was on round 150 or so of a 300 round test and the skin on my hand split open so I limp wristed the next round. You hold on tight and it will do the job.

 

[Badkarma 1]

Love mine! Makes a great third gun! Dale

 

[Larry from Bend]

I bought this one not long after they came out. I carry it now and then. It hasn't had a failure of any kind. I haven't shot it a lot. I use Hydra-Shoks in it.

 

[Imaposer]

Yep, carried one in an Andrews Leather pocket holster, in my right pocket, everyday for a number of years. Most of the bluing is gone and it looks like ****, but it's still a good gun. Thin and light and reliable. It fits in all of my pockets and over time has become my "always gun" when I otherwise wouldn't be carrying. Haven't been carrying it much in the last few months since I've been carrying others more "serious" calibers more often, but I'll probably get "lazy" again sooner or later and it'll find it's way back into my pocket.

 

[hdsoftail]

I carried one for a couple of years and traded up to the P3AT when the 380 model came out. Both have been reliable inexpensive little pocket pistols.

Carried them both in a Galco horsehide pocket holster and still do.

 

[Gray_Rider]

I picked up a Keltec P32 at a very reasonable price and found it to be the most reliable mini plastic gun ever, I can't even find anything bad on the internet. I've run all kinds of FMJ & lead reloads and it just keeps on going (I've not bothered w/hollow points). The other .380's in the same catageory all seem to choke sooner or later.
Now to my question: Does anyone else have one of these and is your experience as good as mine?

I purchased a P32 back in the winter of 2000, one of the originals, 1st generation. As a bonded courier, I carried the weapon in all types of weather over hundreds over thousands of miles in a leather pocket holster designed for an old AMT DAO .380 backup. It has digested several boxes of ammo, HP, HB, with some hot ammo thrown in, with maybe one or two failures overall, mostly from magazine problems.

It has had one (1) field strip since I owned it. Was cleaned, (barrel swabbed and oiled) after each use, but nothing else in almost thirteen years. When I disassembled it, it had almost no buildup and has continued flawlesslly since.

I carry it today as a BUG to my SW 642 or one of my Glocks. It is a great hide anywhere always gun, and I carry it everywhere to this day. Some years ago I heard of a policeman who carried a P32 in his spare handcuff case. He was disarmed of his duty weapon, but accessed the P32 and killed his attacker by dumping a full magazine of .32 ammo into his assailant.

I am not a LEO, nor do I "play one on TV", but I recommend them highly. One night as a courier, I drew my P32 thinking I was being rushed by unknown assailants. Turned out to be a false alarm, but I was amazed at just how fast I accessed it and brought the weapon to bear on the exact area I expected the attack to come from. My last thoughts as the little gun came on target was "I wish I had a bigger gun!".

Gray_Rider
Deo Vindice!