32 ACP Deep Concealment

[Mrsmitty62]

I'm old (63) Years ago I was reading an old report on effective (back then) police shootings, the one thing that I still remember was that at the time the .32 ACP was one of the calibers that was actually effective in stopping the threats, I'm not saying it was one shot stop, but I seem to remember that when I was looking for a small pocket pistol. I bought a used LCP around 2015, and decided I like the higher capacity of the KT P32, so I traded it for one, and have carried almost every day since then, it has been my "polite" company gun, never printed, and I had minimum 8 rounds ready. Until I sold it yesterday, and bought another LCP today, kinda pissed that the new LCP is hard to rack the slide with a mag in the gun, and I'm hoping it's just because it's new...

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

I have no dog in this fight, but the NAA .32 Guardian and Seecamps are more arguments against heavy steel, trigger + one-finger grip, tiny pistols rather than an argument against the .32ACP. Your cited shooting characteristics make the point perfectly.

The LCP/LCP2/LCP Max/CW380 are all at least trigger + two-finger grip guns for most people. I prefer trigger + three-finger models, like my EDC P365 & P365-380, both w/12rnd extended magazines whose curved butt contour both fits my hands perfectly and conceals better than the more squared-off X/XL grip models.

Get the 10 round extender mag for the LCP .380. The one I got has a textured grip plus lip, and adds 2 inches to the grip for an easy 3 finger grip. BTW- the NAA .32 Guardian MSRP is up to $465. Not a chance.

 

[pyth0n]

I own Kel-Tec Beretta Tomcat, P32, P3AT & LCP MAX.
Okay, now back to the topic sort of, anyone here have experience with either the .25/32 NAA or .32 NAA? (Both bottle neck cartridges, .32 to .25 & .380 to .32.)

 

[ckb1985]

Some company makes a conversion barrel for LCP to .32 NAA.