modern full size .32 auto

[MontCo Alex]

So I was thinking about this, are they any modern full size guns chambered in .32 auto (7.65 mm)?

If a double stack magazine can hold about 16 - 9mm cartridges, then with some math the same magazine could hold about 18 or 19 - .32 Auto cartridges, maybe more depending on design of the magazine.

While I'm at it, what if you go to .25 auto... instead of 16 - 9mm rounds you could fit about 21 rounds!

In addition to being more controllable, you'd have a bunch more rounds. It could also be blowback (which is safer in a struggle) instead of browning action. Now I understand they are weaker than a 9 mm (which many see as underpowered), but if you extended the .32 or .25 case from about 17 mm to 19 (like the 9 mm) then you would get a lot more power...

I guess, is there some sort of pistol cartridge made like this? or any full-size modern guns that fire .32 or .25 with large magazines like this?

Sorry for rant / randomness
-Alex

[Kaos]

So I was thinking about this, are they any modern full size guns chambered in .32 auto (7.65 mm)?

If a double stack magazine can hold about 16 - 9mm cartridges, then with some math the same magazine could hold about 18 or 19 - .32 Auto cartridges, maybe more depending on design of the magazine.

While I'm at it, what if you go to .25 auto... instead of 16 - 9mm rounds you could fit about 21 rounds!

In addition to being more controllable, you'd have a bunch more rounds. It could also be blowback (which is safer in a struggle) instead of browning action. Now I understand they are weaker than a 9 mm (which many see as underpowered), but if you extended the .32 or .25 case from about 17 mm to 19 (like the 9 mm) then you would get a lot more power...

I guess, is there some sort of pistol cartridge made like this? or any full-size modern guns that fire .32 or .25 with large magazines like this?

Sorry for rant / randomness
-Alex

xdm9 solves most of your problems and it's still a 9mm.

[Whiterook]

I love off the wall and whackey ideas like this. Don't know how useful it would be but I sure would love to see one.

[Bib]

The only "hot-rodded" .25 I'm aware of is the .25NAA. I believe it's a .32 acp case necked down to .25.

[CHEMICAL]

xdm9 solves most of your problems and it's still a 9mm.

bingo!...exactly what i was thinking..good call.

[King 5.45]

Ever looked at a Skorpion?

[Steve_NEPhila]

It sounds cool to have all those shots at your fingertips. However, for a weapon that is used for defense there are two issues; civil liability and stopping power. The more rounds fired in public the greater the chance of incurring civil liability by damaging someone besides your intended target. No pistol has "good" stopping power, yet to use such a low powered round like the .25(about 64 ft lbs at muzzle) or the .32(129 ft lbs at muzzle) is a stark contrast to the .40 S&W (480 ft lbs at muzzle).

In short, go get your NFA tax stamp and buy that Beretta 93R and call it a day.

[24/7dude]

xdm9 solves most of your problems and it's still a 9mm.

So does the Sig Blackwater Tactical and a Plus (+)2 baseplate for a Glock 17, and probably others that I can't think of right now.

[CapnOfMyFate]

So I was thinking about this, are they any modern full size guns chambered in .32 auto (7.65 mm)?

As a matter of fact, although I'm not sure just how close it comes to "full size," the CZ-83 immediately comes to mind. They're not common, but I think one would definitely "fill the bill" if one wanted a larger, high capacity .32 ACP pistol.

Oh, and contrary to what some may think, the Caliber Police won't come to arrest you and Richard Simmons won't walk up to you and call you effeminate just because you chose to carry a "lowly" .32 The .32 ACP may not exactly be a powerhouse, but it is very much as lethal as some larger calibers when placed correctly.

[hzox221]

I believe that there are some custom bullseye guns chambered in 32, Italian I think.