Kel-tec P-32

[deadeye dick]

It is my understanding that for warrentee repairs you have to be the original owner with a bill of sale for any repairs. Otherwise your SOL.
Also when you refer to rim lock is it when the two cartridge rims hook on to each other and why only with HPs and not RN.

 

[browningguy]

We only have a few hundred through the P32 with zero issues, have no idea on the life span but I'm sure it's more than we will ever put through it.

 

[dsk]

To all here. Which extractor do you feel is better? The older or the newer extractor. Do you see more issues with the newer extractor on the guns? I have to say that I am not too impressed with the tork screw extractor system. Too many loose screws causing issues. I always felt that the 32 acp kel tec was the most reliable of all the kel tec guns, with the older extractor.

I've owned both a 1st gen and 2nd gen. I sold the 2nd gen simply because the 1st gen is ever so slightly smaller in the slide dimensions. I never had an extractor-related issue with either.

Also when you refer to rim lock is it when the two cartridge rims hook on to each other and why only with HPs and not RN.

JHP ammo has a shorter overall length, allowing the cartridges to shift back and forth inside the magazine and eventually cause rim lock. FMJ rounds aren't able to shift enough to cause the issue.

 

[Rule3]

Rule3, I won't carry a gun that I don't practice with regularly, even if it is only a b.u.g.

Well of course you should practice with it, just not a gun to shoot the snoot out of. It is not designed nor will it handle that. Shoot a few mags worth ,.clean it carry it.

 

[MICHAEL T]

I have 3 and 4th on layaway. Wife and daughter's carry pistol . I also have 1 I carry now and then But the 380 or PF-9 main carry

 

[MedWheeler]

Rimlock: A condition in which the rim of a cartridge in a magazine hangs up behind the rim of the round beneath it. This is an issue particularly (and almost exclusively) with the .32ACP round because it has a rim that is slightly wider than the case's diameter. Other common pistol rounds (.25ACP, .380, 9mm, .45, etc.) do not.

A "rimlocked" cartridge cannot be fed into the chamber by the slide; the gun jams open. In some cases, disassembling the magazine is necessary to clear it, but I was able (in the one incidence I had) to wrestle it loose without doing so.

Forward and back "wiggle-room" contributes to the risk of rimlock; such room isn't there when rounds long enough to take it all up, such as RN-FMJ, are loaded.

 

[kokapelli]

KelTec sells a spacer for their magazine to prevent rim-lock when using the usually shorter AOL JHP ammo.

 

[MICHAEL T]

I got rim lock once using that flat nose Winchester ammo. Turns out its same length as most HP I have use it in my mags now set up with rimlock kits.

Interesting this doesn't seem to happen happen on heaver pistols Like a Walthers PP or PPK in 32 . Nor in other larger steel frame 32 autos. Only in these small lite compact pistols

 

[Hillbillyz]

Had my .32 for amost 2 years now. Several hundred rounds through it with never a problem. I have only used FMJ.

 

[Vodoun da Vinci]

A couple of range buddies have P-32's and we have shot both of them a lot next to my two Colt 1903's in .32 acp. I kind of like the Kel Tec guns and the P-32 is no exception. They are pretty accurate and seem to feed a lot of different bullets types really well except for the rim lock thing.

If the magazine is modified it can feed hollow points just fine and not rim lock - but there is a spacer in the mag that then prevents you from shooting FMJ bullets. Other than the rim lock issue they seem to be very robust and trouble free.

Theoretically *any* .32 acp can rim lock because, as already stated, the rim protrudes slightly wider than the cartridge and can get locked on the rim of the cartridge below it in the magazine. It is very difficult to clear. But I have never seen other pistols in .32 do it - my Colts have a couple thousand rounds of every kind of bullet I can think of and have never rimlocked not did the Beretta's in .32 I have had. I think it has to do with the grip angle and mag spring more than anything else along with wiggle room in the magazine front to back.

VooDoo

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

I thought rim lock was a joke until it happened to me. I had been carrying corbon jhp in my p32 for several months and I took the mag out to clean the gun and the mag and low and behold the mag was locked tighter than a drum. I had to take the mag apart to clear it. Cured me.

 

[C0untZer0]

I finally got to hold one, look down the sights and try the trigger on a Kel-Tec P-32

I really couldn't see the sights and I wasn't able to hold a steady sight picture pulling that trigger. I didn't like the trigger and the gun jerked to the right a little bit when the trigger broke.

I suppose I could get better with practice but I was disappointed with the little P-32.

 

[kokapelli]

I finally got to hold one, look down the sights and try the trigger on a Kel-Tec P-32

I really couldn't see the sights and I wasn't able to hold a steady sight picture pulling that trigger. I didn't like the trigger and the gun jerked to the right a little bit when the trigger broke.

I suppose I could get better with practice but I was disappointed with the little P-32.

I think you mean "you jerked the gun to the right" because you were not use to it's trigger.

 

[C0untZer0]

yep, but on the other hand I tried the trigger on a Kahr P380 and was able to maintain a good sight picture and good follow-through.

The trigger on the Kahr was easier to use.

 

[kokapelli]

yep, but on the other hand I tried the trigger on a Kahr P380 and was able to maintain a good sight picture and good follow-through.

The trigger on the Kahr was easier to use.

I can't disagree on that.

 

[deadeye dick]

In my opinion, the sights on the p32 are useless. I put a Laserlite laser on it. Works great

 

[astra600]

I went through several brands of ammo, marked what worked in the KT and marked the other brands as do not use in KT. The groove at the base is shaped differently on many brands, and I felt that was the problem. I have an ErmaWerke .32 mini Luger with the same 'feature': finiky about ammo. Just like a lot of .22s. I have not had any problems with any ammo in my Savage pistols or CZ70. I had the slide nickel plated by someone on the KT forum. He put some very bright sight paint on after the plating. I still can't see sights and aim for general body mass on targets. I usually forget I'm carrying it, it's so light. I do use a pocket holster, too. I have an FEG .380 I much prefer now, but was impressed when I bought it (the KT) that it had a browning style recoil action instead of a fixed barrel. I like the looks of the gen 1 (is everything "gens" now?) extractor, which I have. I think the new one is just cost effective, and evidently works.