Which 9mm Pistols Would You Like To See In 32 acp?

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The question is as simple as the title, which pistols currently chambered in 9mm would you like to see chambered in 32 acp?

I'll kick off the thread. I would like to see the Sig 938 chambered in 32 acp. And just for kicks, how about the 225 A-1? That would make a pretty good pistol for training new shooters. Now it's your turn.
 
Any of them would be neat in .32. Walkalong has a Taurus in .32 I find very cool. I'd like my G2C in that caliber. Ditto for my PF9. Of course, I'm assuming a corresponding increase in magazine capacity.
 
Is .32 ACP making a resurgence? It seams like there are lots of threads about it lately. It might have something to with the used Beretta .32 ACP pistols that have been selling on a few of the sites lately.
 
The Walther PP I used to own is a perfect platform for the 32ACP; excellent pointability, no recoil, 8+1; and they're just plain cool.
 
None. Can’t keep up with where all my various ammo calibers are as it is. That or I need a better job and another safe. :)
 
Why?

I carry a P32 at work everyday because I can carry it without worry of printing or flashing. I carried a .32 NAA Guardian many years ago for the same reason. I an not an anti-32 acp snob but I don't see much use for a large sized .32acp??? I own a Browning 1911-380 and love it! It is the softest smoothest recoiling pistol I own including several .22lr pistols. Why would someone want an even softer more expensive to shoot pistol (Not picking on you WesternKentucky)? The beauty of the 1911-380 is that it is still a breach lock pistol and not a blow back which makes it so pleasant to shoot.

I trust my life to a .32 acp everyday but I don't see any reason for larger .32 acp's... unless of course I came across a deal on one of the old Brownings! Could someone explain to me the draw of a new larger .32 acp?
 
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I shoot 32acp because it's fun. It might be useful for small/medium game if you needed more power than 22lr.

I would like to see almost any of the longer-barreled modern 9mm pistols with large adjustable sights in 32acp. That would be fun for the range. Most of the 32 pistols have short barrels and tiny sights.

Taurus did make a few PT111's, the precursor of the G2c, in 32acp. They called them the Model PT132. I have one. IIRC, they were police issue in some country or other. I think all of them are DAO.

If you want a 32acp pistol with a longer barrel and decent sights, you will have to wait for a used Beretta Model 100 to come along. It took me a while to find one.
 
Why not? There is a thread running asking which 9mm pistols members would like to see offered in .40 S&W. I thought it would be interesting to re-frame that question and go in the opposite direction caliber wise.

Reason #2 is as people age they sometimes develop a sensitivity to recoil.

Reason #3 is training new shooters without having to focus so much on flinching because of anticipated recoil.

Reason #4 if it was good enough for James Bond.....
 
It would likely take a reworking of many full size 9x19 pistols to function with 32 acp. Likely need to convert from short recoil system to straight blow back or maybe use a floating chamber to generate enough recoil like was done in the old Cot ACE .22 conversion kit for the 1911.
Some suggested a used beretta 100 in 32 acp and there were other elongated guns that used to be sold here. There are still expensive target pistols in .32 ACP.
The Pardini HP, Cal. 32 ACP, for NRA Bullseye, Pardini Guns USA .. is out there buy you better be prepared to pay for it.
$2,600.00 https://www.pardiniguns.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=872


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Would love a large cap revolver in .32mag with rails on top and bottom for a nightstand gun also while we're dreaming.

Seconded. 327/32H&R. I would tool up my reloading bench for that sort of gun. But not for that caliber until that gun exists. More compact 6-7-8 shot. Nothing says Glock like a revolver.
 
I personally wouldn't have any interest in a .32 ACP larger than the Beretta Cheetahs. Maybe if .32 ammo was proportionately less expensive than 9mm.
 
No 9's that I would want in a .32 ACP, more like .22's and .380's and that would be a Ruger Mark IV and the LCP II in .32.

Ruger didn't bother to give me that .32 LCP when I asked because they looked to see if Federal made ammo in .32 ACP and saw that they didn't, so that meant .32 ACP ammo didn't exist anymore, but they know Federal makes .22 LR, so that means it's plentiful everywhere and made that instead.

Actually, maybe one 9mm pistol I'd like to see in .32 is the CZ Scorpion with a binary trigger.

I really want the Mark IV in .32 simply because I want a well made semi auto with a long barrel and good sights in a small caliber that I can reload for cheap, but also have good inherent accuracy.. Inevitably ammo panics will happen again, .22 will disappear, and when that happens, you're .22 rimfire may as well be a .32 rimfire or a .38 rimfire, I.E. a gun you can't get ammo for.

Ever since Lucky Gunner starting doing their mousegun series, they seem to have helped put .32 back in the spotlight for its reduced recoil, yet enhanced ballistics over .22's. Hopefully the gun industry will take notice and start making more .32's, be it .32 ACP or .32 HR Magnum. All we have to do is spam Federal Cartridge with letters demanding they make a .32 ACP ammo because until they do, the gun makers will be hesitant to make a .32 ACP pistol.
 
I personally wouldn't have any interest in a .32 ACP larger than the Beretta Cheetahs. Maybe if .32 ammo was proportionately less expensive than 9mm.
That's never going to happen, at best you might be able to get it for the same price as 9mm because while .32 ACP is very popular in other countries, it's not a military caliber like 9mm is. When the cheapest brass case 9mm is 19 cents/rd and the cheapest .32 is 23 cents/rd, unless .32 ACP explodes in popularity in the US, I don't see .32 ever going below 20 cents.

It's a cost that everyone has to eat if they want a lower recoiling caliber that's centerfire.
 
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