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Best 32 for concealed cover
pwillie
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any advice? Real knowledge?....use etc.. weight is a factor...Thanks for your reply
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Both are steel and not light as the keltec or seecamp, but a Colt 1903 or Walther PPK WILL go bang when called upon to do so, and will keep going bang until the ammunition in said pistol is depleted.
Neither are cheap, buy once cry once.
Hammer fired, not striker. Hammer is completely enclosed so it NEVER snags on anything. It's also double action or single action.
'Best' is going to cover a wide range of opinions since we all have opinions about our personal needs.
If you feel that small and light are the most important features of this question then eliminate everything from that category except the small and light. I assume that the Seekamp is in the running...
I am not overly concerned about small and light so I alternate between a Mauser HSc, Mauser 1914 and a Colt 1903. These are all steel pistols but are not necessarily small either although they are concealable when I choose the proper clothing or holster.
Mostly though this can be a nuisance since we have open carry. Here, the problem is the effect on the snowflakes who don't read or have an understanding of the laws in our state. Being considerate of their health and well being often has me choosing concealed over open just to prevent heart failure or apoplexy.
The Mauser HSc is my favorite because of form, function and accuracy.
Best.
Anything bigger and you can just as easily have a .380 or even 9mm P.
Yes, I know you can get the Keltec and several similar in .380, too; which makes it a nasty little kicker.
Seems like the Keltec .32 is the irreduceable minimum.
Anything bigger and you can just as easily have a .380 or even 9mm P.
Yes, I know you can get the Keltec and several similar in .380, too; which makes it a nasty little kicker.
+1, for the KelTec. Had one years ago. Size and weight wise, don't believe there is anything smaller or lighter.
I would really suggest, considering there 380 though. I think they call it, the "3 AT",. Or something similar? Just slightly larger and heavier, than the .32 KelTec.
As KelTec has a locked barrel/slide mechanism, Like the 1911. The KelTec mouse guns, aren't as unpleasant to shoot. As the other straight blowback, vest pocket pistols on the market. Relatively speaking.
.32 is scary small, even with 6-7 rounds of super premium drt ammo.
Ear, eye or mouth; but if you're that close, why not just stab 'em?
One vote, here, for the North American Arms. It is all steel, so some recoil dampening, but is smaller than the PPK. Not quite as small as the KelTech nor as light, either.
+1
That's my left hand gun while riding. Always goes bang,85gr cast with a load of Unique.
The Kel-Tec P-32 is basically the same gun that's just a little lighter at 6.6 ounces.
Both have been CCW before.
I'd recommend either one.
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If you pressed the trigger correctly the joints in your trigger finger almost ran out of travel before the trigger broke...
That's the reason you haven't read about somebody shooting themselves in the foot with a Kel-Tec. The long trigger pull was put there for a safety reason. This is not a target pistol it's a gun that's carried a lot and shot very little. If target shooting is what you want then get a gun that's designed to be shot a lot.
I have one. Sure is a small little thing. But twice as heavy at the Kel-Tec.
Here is a nice review of one:
If I was going to carry a 32 it would be a Beretta Tomcat.
Here is a nice review of one:
I do like my Tomcat. Has never failed on me and I hardly notice it when I carry it.
tooooooooooooooooo many 380s and 9s the same size or close
They are double stack 12+1 shooters but they are not fat in the hand like most. 13 rds of 32 would give a bit more confidence in carrying that round for SD.
I have a M87 in 22LR but a Beretta M81 is 32 would be a real slick gun IMO. These guns are very well made and really slick shooters.
They are double stack 12+1 shooters but they are not fat in the hand like most. 13 rds of 32 would give a bit more confidence in carrying that round for SD.
I'm liking that Berreta M81 Sam.
Love my CZ-27.
My M87 Cheetah is a blast to shoot. Mine is an Italian made gun and it is one of the slickest 22 pistols I have. Mossad used them for killing PLO terrorists in the 70's.
I was looking on the auction side for them. A few years ago there were a bunch for sale cheap on here. They were surplus and were worn looking but they were selling for under $300. I don't see them now I guess the supply dried up like the BHP surplus guns.
My M87 Cheetah is a blast to shoot. Mine is an Italian made gun and it is one of the slickest 22 pistols I have. Mossad used them for killing PLO terrorists in the 70's.
I'm a Browning Buck Mark fan in the .22.
I've got several.
From the Buckmark Micro, to a long barreled enhanced competition model with a Tru-glo sight.
Hard to beat, in a .22.
Took my CCW certification class with the Buckmark Micro.
Out of 50 rounds shot, all but seven were in the red. (Bullseye.)
Only because we had to fire 10 rounds rapid fire. (And) Those were right on the edge.
State Trooper asked, "Have you ever thought about shooting competition?"
If I was going to carry a 32 it would be a Beretta Tomcat.The Beretta Tomcat is kind of a beefy little pistol.
There are other 32s with a blowback action that are much smaller.
Can it be that they use a slightly oversize bore or chamber in order to bleed off some pressure in order to not put so much power into the too-small slide?
Do they chronograph the same as other 32s with about the same barrel length?
If you get a really small 32 but it shoots no harder than a 22 then you've really got a 22.
Heavy. Loong, nasty trigger pull.
Probably would have been Happier waiting for the .327 Mag to appear.
Still, the NAA is kinda scarce. Kinda like owning a Borgward.