I started carrying this antique mousegun
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I have one Colt 1903 but I have never carried it as yet. I have carried
one of my Beretta 1935 .32 ACPs some. The Beretta is a bit more
compact and has an exposed hammer and a coil mainspring. The .32
ACP is no powerhouse but is more effective than most Americans think.
Velocity varies among brands but FMJ with good velocity has great
penetration and will almost always tumble in soft tissue. You wouldn't
want a few of them tumbling through your upper chest area. If it
wasn't effective against human targets it wouldn't have been so widely
used in police departments around the world.
one of my Beretta 1935 .32 ACPs some. The Beretta is a bit more
compact and has an exposed hammer and a coil mainspring. The .32
ACP is no powerhouse but is more effective than most Americans think.
Velocity varies among brands but FMJ with good velocity has great
penetration and will almost always tumble in soft tissue. You wouldn't
want a few of them tumbling through your upper chest area. If it
wasn't effective against human targets it wouldn't have been so widely
used in police departments around the world.
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I have one but after reading this thread I was at an auction yesterday that had one for sale. I decided that since they are such great guns that I needed another one so I could be a 2 gun person. This has the wood grips and is much newer than my other one.
kwill1911
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The rear sight on this one looks a little clunky but it makes a nice carry gun. Some prefer the step up in power from .32 to .380 but I like the extra round in the magazine. The .380s can have a tendency to stovepipe so I recommend shooting one a fair amount before making it your first choice. Also, remember that these are not drop safe.
Ok, I know some of you guys have seen these two before, but I can't resist showing them off again!! Both from about 1925:
And they both function flawlessly. it's true that as my eyes get older, I do find the older sights harder to see, but I think they were designed that way to minimize snagging on the draw. I seldom question anything that came from the fertile mind of John Moses Browning. He was not just a gun designer, he was a genius. It would be hard to think of many things that he incorporated into any of his firearms designs that had no purpose.
Best Regards, Les
And they both function flawlessly. it's true that as my eyes get older, I do find the older sights harder to see, but I think they were designed that way to minimize snagging on the draw. I seldom question anything that came from the fertile mind of John Moses Browning. He was not just a gun designer, he was a genius. It would be hard to think of many things that he incorporated into any of his firearms designs that had no purpose.
Best Regards, Les
sw44spl
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Wonderful guns Im trying to get a 1903. I did carry a beretta tomcat 32acp at my old police dept.
Arik
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I don't know if this was mentioned but if you like Colt 1903 check out the movie Anthropoid. New movie, made in 2016 about the assassination of Reinhard Hidrich in Czech republic.
Lots of Germans fell to the 1903
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Lots of Germans fell to the 1903
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Texas Star
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The Colt .32 auto was a common OSS gun and was supplied to resistance fighters in Norway and probably, other occupied countries.
David Howarth, a Norwegian agent, mentioned it in his book, "We Die Alone."
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Ok, I know some of you guys have seen these two before, but I can't resist showing them off again!! Both from about 1925:
And they both function flawlessly. it's true that as my eyes get older, I do find the older sights harder to see, but I think they were designed that way to minimize snagging on the draw. I seldom question anything that came from the fertile mind of John Moses Browning. He was not just a gun designer, he was a genius. It would be hard to think of many things that he incorporated into any of his firearms designs that had no purpose.
Best Regards, Les
Les-
What outstanding examples of both! Thanks for posting that photo.
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I love carrying older guns. Don't ask me why.
I started carrying an older gun, not necessarily as old as those old .32's but what the heck, and that's my East German Makarov. I have carried new guns, including Glocks and Berettas, but I find some of those older pistols just work great.
This is the 1961 vintage Makarov which was an East German police gun at ten yards.
I miss my little mouse gun, a Walther Model 8 in .25 ACP. This gun was the backup for one of the local detectives I knew before he retired. It shot great and it shot everything I put through it without an issue. Was great for the summertime and just slipping it into a pocket.
Recently I spotted a really nice Savage 1907 in .380 at the local gunshop that used to be a cop's duty gun in a nearby town prior to WWII. Would make a nice little carry gun with 9 rounds in the magazine.
I started carrying an older gun, not necessarily as old as those old .32's but what the heck, and that's my East German Makarov. I have carried new guns, including Glocks and Berettas, but I find some of those older pistols just work great.
This is the 1961 vintage Makarov which was an East German police gun at ten yards.
I miss my little mouse gun, a Walther Model 8 in .25 ACP. This gun was the backup for one of the local detectives I knew before he retired. It shot great and it shot everything I put through it without an issue. Was great for the summertime and just slipping it into a pocket.
Recently I spotted a really nice Savage 1907 in .380 at the local gunshop that used to be a cop's duty gun in a nearby town prior to WWII. Would make a nice little carry gun with 9 rounds in the magazine.
Texas:
Thanks a bunch! While Smith and Wesson ranks first and formost in my heart, Colt comes in a very close second!! I was really lucky to find these two little gems with just enough wear that I don't feel guilty shooting or packing them if I feel like it, but still in great enough condition to be proud to show them off!! By the way, the bores in both are pristine, which we don't always find in guns that might have been shot many years ago with corrosive primers. They were well taken care of.
Best Regards, and a festive Christmas and New Year to you...and all of my friends here on the Forum!!
Les
I have one of these old girls as well, saw it looking all forlorn at the back of the case at my LGS. It suffered from bad storage, but it is clean as can be internally. The original grips just weren't doing it for me, found the wood grips it is currently wearing on eBay, reproductions, but pretty darn nice looking. I picked up the vintage Buckheimer shoulder rig on one of the forums, makes it easy to channel my inner gangster...here are a couple of pictures.
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