Show us your .32 auto pistols!

My Italian made 1954 Armi-Galesi Model 9, 7.65mm. No import marks, I got it from a friend about ten years ago who was cleaning out his aunt's house after she died. No one in the family knew anything about it, no one wanted it.

Came with holster and two magazines, I am guessing Italian Police issue.

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I've always had a soft spot for Walther and Colt 7.65 Brownings. Both were elegant-looking...what you might expect a senior military officer to carry. Being the pragmatic that I am, I've never bought one of them despite numerous opportunities. They are collector pieces now and I am not a collector. However, I did pick up a Kel-Tec P32. It has been a great little pocket back-up; accurate and reliable (only with round-nosed bullets, though). Perhaps if I find a PPK in .32 at a time that I have a pocket full of cash...
 
Over the years I've had dozens of 32 ACP's, but I'm down to one early Tomcat. My dad's former mistress has a stainless Tomcat that is rough as all get out. The older blue model I own is smooth as silk, like the old 1934's!

Ivan
 
Contrary to popular belief, you can score more "telling shots" (accurately placed rounds in vital zones) more readily with the .32 ACP than you can with a .380 ACP. (Even J.M. Browning himself favored the round). I have seen men (and women) with a "practiced" hand place 8, 71-grain FMJ rounds in a 3" circle in rapid fire.

Well placed shots of "european" loads or Buffalo Bore .32's will put the instant (if not terminal) "hurts" on a bad guy and quickly! Control and bullet placement are key. Accuracy and controllability are the .32's "long suit".
 
Folks having "trouble" with their Euro 7.65mm Pistols should... drum roll...try some 7.65mm Browning ammo and see what happens to the aforementioned "trouble".
Seriously, the 32acp has been watered down because of liabilty from so many junk pistols produced in the beginnings of the last century. The Sellier&Bellot 7.65 Browning 73gr FMJ is the hottest, followed by the Fiocci & the GECO. Hollow Points can cause Rim lock as well and don't penetrate enough for reliable stopping power. The 7.65mm Browning has a long history as a Police Round in Europe and has a surprising amount of stopping power & penetration combined with low recoil & accuracy.
Americans always think bigger is better, I guess.
 
policerevolvercollector said:
Just added today........





This Savage 1907 dates to 1917.The sticker price was $199. I talked them down to $165. :) I guess I just joined the "Ten Shots Quick" Club!!!
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I made a few calls & found the front sight I need for $15. I also found a seller that has a single right grip for sale. You can find anything on the internet!! ;)

Great pics....keep 'em coming!!
 
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I have fallen in love with the .32 auto and somewhat the European .380 from days gone buy and the older .25s.
Here are (2) CZ 27s and a CZ 24 .380. 1 is a Nazi stamped example from 1941 with the Bakelite Grips. The other looks like a CZ 24 but it's really a quite rare CZ27 as it has the wood grips and the slanted serrations on the slide. Number of serrations are different than the .380 CZ 24 by 1 groove. Included is a CZ 70 from the 1970s as well.

(2) CZ 27s 1 Nazi FNH stamped circa 1941 1 unknown date Postal Service Pistol probably 1926



CZ 24 .380 ACP top & CZ 27.32 ACP Bottom right


(2) CZ 27s and a CZ 70


CZ 27 .32ACP
 
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Laugh if you want, I'll dump a magazine full of hot .32 ACP FMJ loads in someone's face and then we can determine whether, or not the "tune up" was complete. Perhaps the perp needs a "second chorus" of the 73-grain "attitude adjustment" program!

I'd lay odds against it.
 
I've got two that qualify for this thread:

* a CZ Model 70 (bottom of photo)

* a Seecamp

Both chambered in .32ACP.

Regards,

Dave
 

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Here is another I found back in the safe. An FN Model 1900. I believe from around 1907/08. S/N 478K. If someone has a better date I would appreciate it. Also I had this Savage 1907 .32ACP.
It was a cool little pistol as it has the metal side panel grips in stead of the plastic. From everything I could find on it they were only used on the 1st few pistols made... as in 1st or maybe 2nd year. Low 4 digit s/n. I did sell this to a Savage collector as he was willing to pay me way more than I had into it as it was a gun show find for under $150.

I still don't have a Colt 1903 Pocket .32...yet.






 
Captain O said:
I had heard that the Mauser HSc was notorious for being a "Jam-a-matic". Is there any truth to that rumor, or is it just more firearms "lore"?
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I've had a few HSc's and currently have two from opposite ends of the production run: a pistol with the lanyard loop hoie in the butt, early; and a pistol assembled from parts during the French occupation of Oberndorf, late. I fire them mostly with handloads, using cast bullets. I have had VERY few jams, even with the Lyman 85 gr flat nosed, gas checked bullet intended for the 32-20 (I forget the number, possibly 311319). If it will feed these, it will feed anything short of wadcutters. Of course I used original magazines, alhough I have not changed magazine springs on any of them.
 
Here's a few more of mine. Clockwise from the top:
Mauser HSc.
Colt 1903, already shown.
Walther PP, made by Manurhin.
CZ27.
Ruby type 'Martian'. Already shown.
Savage 1907, French service.
MAB D.
Unique.
 

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And here's a Browning 1900 that didn't make the group picture.
 

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Captain O said:
I had heard that the Mauser HSc was notorious for being a "Jam-a-matic". Is there any truth to that rumor, or is it just more firearms "lore"?
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Not in the original 7.65! My 1942 was an accurate ace, even with the flaw in the barrel. (The postwar ones - especially in .380 - were the source of that reputation.)
 
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