longspurr
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. The 32acp has a semi rimmed design of the cartridge. I see references to “rimlock” and folks saying they have experienced rim lock jams –or not.
As far as I know most guns chambered in 32acp are small semi auto design. We do not need – or want – a rim on cartridges for this type of gun.
Is there any reason why the ammo manufactures cannot just redesign the cartridge into a true rimless form? They would have to either come up with a new name for the cartridge, or put notification on the ammo box that it is a new rimless design.
I understand there "might" be extraction issues with some guns because the rim is now smaller. But we are talking about approx. .01 inches change in the Radius. According to Wikipedia the base diameter is .337 inches and the rim diameter is .358 inches. With this small of a change are we really going to run into much of an issue???
The ammo manufactures would have to do almost nothing to make this simple change.
As far as I know most guns chambered in 32acp are small semi auto design. We do not need – or want – a rim on cartridges for this type of gun.
Is there any reason why the ammo manufactures cannot just redesign the cartridge into a true rimless form? They would have to either come up with a new name for the cartridge, or put notification on the ammo box that it is a new rimless design.
I understand there "might" be extraction issues with some guns because the rim is now smaller. But we are talking about approx. .01 inches change in the Radius. According to Wikipedia the base diameter is .337 inches and the rim diameter is .358 inches. With this small of a change are we really going to run into much of an issue???
The ammo manufactures would have to do almost nothing to make this simple change.