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.32 ammo

gravediggergravedigger Member Posts: 945 ✭✭✭✭
edited February 2002 in Ask the Experts
I just bought a Kel Tec P-32 this weekend for my CCW as soon as I get my license. What do you guys recommend as far as a self defense round for this little sucker. The manual says not to use +P extensively in it. I plan to practice a little with whatever I decide to go with.-Marcus
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    +P isn't a necessity, any good hollow point would do, though of course .32 isn't the best defense caliber, it certainly is adequate.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • nmyers@home.comnmyers@home.com Member Posts: 205 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pre-fragmented rounds such as Glaser Magsafe and Corbon have done well in tests.Neal
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  • Jon G.Jon G. Member Posts: 20 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm a big fan of the .32, due to size & accuracy, although I use slightly larger pistols in this caliber than the seecamp & others.I have found that the most consistent cartriges, that (knock wood) have no problems with feeding, shoot cleanly, etc. are the Winchester Silver Tips. I have noticed that in this caliber the biggest problem I have is with the Sellier & Belliot, although this is the cheap stuff for the range. For the range, get the Winchester, but not the silver tips.You get what you pay for.
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would shoot 100% Ball ammo, because when you life depends on a firearm the most important factor is that it shoot, and the most reliable ammo to fire thru it is ball.Just my 2 cents...Otherwise use Federal Hydra-Shock...
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  • HAEDPULLERHAEDPULLER Member Posts: 46 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I carry a kel-tec p32 every day- I found some truncated cone FN brand fmj at a gun show- I think in .32 penetration is more important than expansion- if a hollow pt would evan expand in .32 is questionable & if it did I think it would lack penetration. Truncated cone will make a better wound channel than round nose & thats why I carry it.
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