Show us your .32 auto pistols!

[mbliss57]

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.

 

[Cyrano]

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"?

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.

 

[Cyrano]

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.

 

[Cyrano]

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

 

[wbraswell]

Here's my FN 1910.

 

[Erich]

Here's another Beretta 70, to back up the pretty one Dennis posted on the last page:

Accurate, super easy to use and utterly reliable. It used to belong to a friend everyone here would recognize (thanks sigp220.45!).

 

[Erich]

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"?

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.)

 

[crsides]

Colt with original pearls, in a ratty old box.



Charlie

 

[153]

My favorite is the PPK, but the Seecamp isn't a bad little pistol ...

 

[6thtexas]

Just got this INOX Tomcat last week and it shoots amazingly well!

 

[MAG-NUM]

Huh, pretty neat info thanks! Not to familiar with the colts, any idea/advice on how to determine?

The Govt. issued Colts are roll marked on the right side as shown below.
This one was built in 1944 and issued in 1961.

 

[lifesizepotato]

A couple modern ones you don't see too often:

Benelli B77

HK P7K3

 

[OLDSTER]

"modern" .32

A couple modern ones you don't see too often:

Benelli B77

HK P7K3

Outstanding Especially that P7 !!

 

[Erich]

Dang, but I want that Benelli!

 

[CptCurl]

I'm in this game. Here's mine, a somewhat rare one, made in 1927.

 

[gaucho1]

Special Camo Finish..........Extremely Rare........1903......

 

[NJM15]

Beretta

Here's a Berretta Tom Cat circa 80's still shoots good
A nice pocket carry

 

[Arik]

My goodness some of these 32s rival todays FS handguns in size.

Maybe I missed it but I'm surprised I didn't see a Hungarian Framor Stop. The double decker of handguns!

 

[alwslate]

I've got a few .32 autos, more Berettas than any other brand. In the
first pic the upper left gun is one of the war finish 1944 models that
were made for the Nazis and has the 4UT acceptance stamp on the
tang. I think most of them were captured by the allies in warehouses
before they could be delivered. Below it is a post war 1935 dated 1949.
On the right is another dated 1952. The pair in the center are the
1915-1919 model that was made before the exposed hammer was
introduced in 1931. They have a concealed hammer and are very trim
and flat guns with sheet metal grips.
Next pic is a pair of 1910 FNs and a Savage 1907. The third pic has
another 1952 dated gun, a bit nicer than the other one and on the
bottom is a 1956 dated commercial 1935 showing the change to plain
plastic grips, no lanyard ring and contured slide with angled grooves.
A prewar 318 .25 acp is the smaller gun. These old semi autos are just
plain neat and fun to plink with.

 

[policerevolvercollector]

These things are addicting!!!

A Bernardelli followed me home today. The LGS wanted the outlandish price of $149! (I negotiated down to $125!):





Does anyone know anything about these proofmarks/date codes??



Does this one qualify as a pre-model 60?

There is just something sleek about an Italian pistol.......


Best,
Charles aka thirtytwocaliberautopistolaccumulator!