What did you buy yourself today - PART 1

[cruzans]

Something old and something new today - picked up my new IPhone 6 plus 64 gb and on the way home stopped off and picked up the S&W 3953 my shop was holding for me. Good day overall.....

[4tun8]

Plus the majority of my paycheck on car parts.

[FLICK]

Something old and something new today - picked up my new IPhone 6 plus 64 gb and on the way home stopped off and picked up the S&W 3953 my shop was holding for me. Good day overall.....

What do you think of the 6 Plus?

[cruzans]

What do you think of the 6 Plus?

It's like carrying an ipad mini - lol. Still getting use to it. I have a 5 for my work phone which I will upgrade to a regular 6 soon so figured I'd go for the 6 plus for the personal phone. Once I get it all set up the way I want I think I will like it. A little difficult to operate one hand though.....

[GonzoGeezer]

That's the way they were designed, evidently.

All the other parts besides the barrel are the same...

.380 magazines have 5 holes in the side instead of 6, but the .32 mags will hold & feed .380 and vice versa.

This is net.wisdom rather than experience so take it with the appropriate grains of salt..

I too would recommend caution in shooting 380s, or at least very many of them. The issue is going to be the condition of your recoil spring. I feel pretty confident that the recoil spring for the 380 is going to be different than the one for the 32. The extra force of the 380 is going to drive it hard against the Slide stop and could damage the gun. Wolf probably has spring sets.

[LifeInPa]

Yep, my first .32...

Evidently the only difference between the .32 and the .380 in
this model is the barrel, so if I find a barrel I have both calibers...

Cant wait to get out to the range...

I just got my first 32 not too long ago, a Walther PPK clone and I really love the shooting characteristics of the 32 APC round. I am glad I skipped 380 and went to this round. I know a few Striker Fired pocket pistols in this caliber from the early 20th century exist, this pistol and one called the Ortgies 17 in 7.65 Browning/32 Auto along with others. Fun fact about your pistol is it was used to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand which got WWI rolling but I think it was a 380 ACP model that killed him.

If I got this model I would go for the FN 1922 variant which holds 8-9 rounds of 32 ACP, I just wonder how hard it is to find magazines for this pistol? I know Heritage Guild has a lot of pistols like this....

[claudel]

I too would recommend caution in shooting 380s, or at least very many of them. The issue is going to be the condition of your recoil spring. I feel pretty confident that the recoil spring for the 380 is going to be different than the one for the 32. The extra force of the 380 is going to drive it hard against the Slide stop and could damage the gun. Wolf probably has spring sets.

Wolff definitely makes replacement springs...

http://www.gunsprings.com/Semi-Auto%...ID1/mID3/dID51

I'm probably going to treat it to a set, but I'm gonna shoot it first and see how it behaves.

I'm really not that interested in .380 anyway, BTDT, but it's cool anyway that it's easy to change.

I just got my first 32 not too long ago, a Walther PPK clone and I really love the shooting characteristics of the 32 APC round. I am glad I skipped 380 and went to this round. I know a few Striker Fired pocket pistols in this caliber from the early 20th century exist, this pistol and one called the Ortgies 17 in 7.65 Browning/32 Auto along with others. Fun fact about your pistol is it was used to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand which got WWI rolling but I think it was a 380 ACP model that killed him.

If I got this model I would go for the FN 1922 variant which holds 8-9 rounds of 32 ACP, I just wonder how hard it is to find magazines for this pistol? I know Heritage Guild has a lot of pistols like this....

1922s are relatively common compared to the 1910s as far as I can tell due to police contracts.

Parts, including magazines, seem to be readily available although decent magazines aren't exactly cheap.

I wanted the smaller one, I don't care about a couple of extra rounds really.

I like guns that fit in the pocket...

There's an interesting story on the net about why the .32 was picked over the .380 by at least one Euro PD involving horse skulls and penetration.

The short version is that the .32 did and the .380 didn't...

[LifeInPa]

1922s are relatively common compared to the 1910s as far as I can tell due to police contracts.

Parts, including magazines, seem to be readily available although decent magazines aren't exactly cheap.

I wanted the smaller one, I don't care about a couple of extra rounds really.

I like guns that fit in the pocket...

There's an interesting story on the net about why the .32 was picked over the .380 by at least one Euro PD involving horse skulls and penetration.

The short version is that the .32 did and the .380 didn't...

That's great to hear but is the 1922 really that much bigger than the 1910 models? Not that it really matters to me since I already have a pocket sized 32, something with a bit more capacity would be nice. What do you mean by "decent" magazines though? I wonder if the 32 ACP round has a bit more velocity compared to 380 ACP? I will have to look into that.

[claudel]

This borrowed picture shows the difference in size...

I don't think the 1922 will fit a pocket as nicely.

Decent magazines = ones that work properly...

I've heard of poor results with aftermarket ones.

FN ones seem to go from $50 up..

[JW1914]

Not a gun... Sorry . There needs to be a "gear" section somewhere.

Some spyderco toys. . Tri angle sharp maker and delica 4.