What would be your first choice 32 caliber gun for defense?

I have a fair number of .32s. They all get shot, but they are not all equally good carry options. The Bavarian Police surplus Walther PP is the best choice for me as it is accurate and good magazines are easy to find. I prefer it to the PPK. The Colt Pocket Hammerless and the Savage 1917 are also good shooters and reliable, but for the Savage in particular, magazines are a real a problem. As for revolvers, as much as I like the .32-20 all of mine are really belt guns. If .32 S&W long is what it has to be, a Colt Pocket Positive would have to be it.
 

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My EDC has become a Taurus 327, in 327 Federal Magnum. I've got a 3" T.O.R.O. Model (RDS sight ready, athough I don't use an RDS), and a 2" version. I guess the 3" is my first choice, the 2" would be second.

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The 3" one has become my EDC because it has some features that the 2" doesn't have that I like. Six shots, the 3" barrel, plus Tritium front sight, bobbed hammer, D/A only, and Hogue grips. I guess I've got 500 rounds through it, mostly 32 longs, but about 100 or so 327 Critical Defense 80 grain rounds plus another 75 or so 32 H&R Magnum, Critical Defense.

I've got a little "I" frame S&W in 32 Long, I could carry, but it's about 100 years old. I figure it's earned it's retirement.
 
... the Beretta Model 81


On the plus side it's a 12 + 1 round double stack .32 ACP pistol, it has a better DA trigger than the PP, and the open slide design is extremely reliable.

On the negative side it is large for a .32 ACP pistol
But OH SO EASY to shoot, and shoot fast, and accurately. I would think that a baker's dozen of those little Hornady hornets would prove dissuasive...
 
I am such a liar and hypocrite, I totally forgot about my H&R .32 six shot
safety hammer revolver in the drawer of my desk in the basement. But then I don't carry it. It has been in that drawer for at least 16 years, and about the only time I touch it is when I have to get something that is located under it. I've taken it to the range a time or two and it shoots fine. Remember it's a bad breath firearm not meant for target shooting.
 
I just received an e-mail informing me that Walther is bringing back the PPK chambered in .32 ACP!

For the past 20 years or so they've only been chambering them in .380 ACP and to a lesser extent .22LR. S&W did a limited run of them in .32 ACP, but that was it.
I'm guessing that the sales of Beretta 3032s has caught the attention of Walther.
 
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