Are .32 Auto ammo prices still coming down?

[Ignition Override]

This will be for my First handgun. It will be for plinking, Not carry. Exposure to various handguns has been very sporadic (river bank, ranges).

There are about two vendors on "Gunbot" selling for about .34/rd. Most are much higher.
As a rifle guy, the only handgun ammo I've watched lately has been .380, Mak. (9x18) and 9mm Luger.

 

[fpgt72]

IMHO .32 is not the most common of hand gun cartridges. I have one for carry and like it quite a bit, but it will never be as common as a 45 or 9mm. With that said I think it will always be a bit on the higher side on the price per round over the other cartridges. And a little harder to find. I enjoy the smaller center fire hand guns quite a bit, I also have a .25 but the thing is they are always going to be a little more expensive to shoot.

 

[cfullgraf]

In these days, 32 ACP will never be as common as other hand gun ammunition.

In my opinion...

If you are looking for a plinker, I'd get a different handgun chambered in a more common cartridge. 22LR used to be the ideal cartridge and will be again when supply catches up to demand.

If you have found a nice older 32 ACP that you will shoot once in a while, then go for it. Many of the old semi-autos are fun to shoot.

I reload 32 ACP and my gun tends to spray the spent brass around making it difficult to find. The small case makes handling in the press difficult. I can load up enough in an evening to satisfy my needs for for a while but I might shoot only 100 or 200 rounds in a year.

But, my opinion and $5 will get you one of those designer coffees.

Hope this helps.

 

[straitnate14]

wideners had it for 139 for 600 not to long ago it's sold out now but last time it sold out it came back in for the same price again so you might want to keep watching http://wideners.com/itemview.cfm?dir=18|829|894

 

[Neo-Luddite]

.32 ACP is not produced in the quantity of scale that other calibers are. Oddly, and maybe because the demand isn't there, I found 3 Win. White boxes at WM for about 23 bucks a pop a couple months back. Sadly, what you're paying isn't bad these days.

 

[Ignition Override]

As only a milsurp rifle guy, when a friend spotted a WW2 (German) Sauer 38H, a few hours' worth of reading indicated that they are well-designed guns.

Neo-Luddite: "Roger" that. .32 Auto seems only a tad pricier than .380 ammo, which vast numbers of people use as their primary handgun round. If I had bought a handgun in .22LR, my three bricks of ammo (reserved for Rom. M-69 Trainers) would have partly vanished.

The friend saw the owner produce a tight group at their range. He told me that when his buddy allowed him to clean it, the internal components were in excellent condition. Only the grips have been replaced, and original markings are clear.

 

[Claude Clay]

I reload 32 ACP and my gun tends to spray the spent brass around making it difficult to find

for sure...so i filmed part of my range session and when played back in slo-motion the reason we can not find so many of the cases became evident...

while in the air they morph to 22lr

--->32 is my favorite cartridge. cause i have to clean & oil them annually i've been taking them a few at a time to the range this week. today my colt 1903 did a 8 round group a quarter can almost cove at 25'. its fun to have these pieces of history one can use today as they were 104 years ago. cost to make a round is 8 cents lead and 14 cents jacketed.

 

[cfullgraf]

I reload 32 ACP and my gun tends to spray the spent brass around making it difficult to find

for sure...so i filmed part of my range session and when played back in slo-motion the reason we can not find so many of the cases became evident...

while in the air they morph to 22lr

That must be my problem.

I have an Easy-Up canopy with a side and rear curtains that I drag out when I want to shoot the guns that spray the cases. Fortunately, the range is in my back yard so the Range Officer, me, does not mind.

Ignition Override, the Sauer 38H sounds like a nice gun to have and shoot on occasions.

 

[Ignition Override]

The gun reportedly was quite a leap in features for its time, though the series built late in the war had no safety levers. The mag must be inserted to release one of the safety functions. In most, the internal hammer is cocked/decocked by the lever behind the trigger.

Certain modern Sig-Sauer features seem to be based on the basic gun, which unfortunately after the war, was never again produced.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Hand load, cast and use lead bullets, and it will become WAY cheaper than shooting .22's these days.

 

[mgmorden]

Hand load, cast and use lead bullets, and it will become WAY cheaper than shooting .22's these days.

Yep. If you're handloading AND casting, .32ACP becomes one of the cheapest rounds to shoot.

For any volume of lead you'll get more .32 caliber bullets out of it than the bigger stuff. The primers it uses are the same, and each case uses less powder than most.

My only .32ACP is a converted Nagant revolver, but for me its a good little plinking round. .32S&W Long also works well for this purpose, and shooting out of revolvers you pretty much never lose a piece of brass.

 

[Hurryin' Hoosier]

http://www.gunbot.net/ammo
http://ammoseek.com/
http://www.gun-deals.com/ammo.php
http://www.slickguns.com/

All good ammo search engines.

 

[Walkalong]

I reload 32 ACP and my gun tends to spray the spent brass around making it difficult to find.

Amen.

Bang, poof, where did that case go?

I still like shooting the .32 ACP, and for reloaders it is fairly cheap to shoot, even when losing some cases here and there.

Ammo is not as abundant as 9MM etc, so will never be quite as cheap as that.