lets leave the so and so is only a little bigger bla bla bla and focus on what I am asking.
with shot placement being the key to any lethal encounter, and penetration being key before all other terminal concerns, who here carries or knows of somebody who carries a .32 acp as their primary and or only ccw? I ask this because I know of such a person and their argument is compelling enough for me to offer it to another person.
the PP/PPK .32 acp is thin and easy to carry in any decent holster on the belt line IWB or OWB. the D/A S/A makes it safe in the event of a clumsy draw, while the D/A is not easy, it is not too much either as it is just for the first shot. recoil is quite tame and considerably lighter than the same gun firing a .380. quality FMJ rounds are found virtually everywhere ammo is sold. The gun itself is easy to manipulate (controls are familiar to most)…
I know an older gentleman that carries one IWB in the summer and OWB in the winter. he is a fairly decent shot with it and he says his arthritic fingers and hands don't mind the recoil or D/A first shot. I know any gun is better than no gun, but without having the defeat intermediate barriers I cannot find any fault in his decision for this gun and caliber.
I have worked numerous shooting scenes and have seen about the same amount of DRT from small calibers as I have from large ones, and shot placement was always the key. we can argue about the guy hit with the .50 caliber and ran 10 blocks to the hospital or the bullet that ricochets off the skull all we want but we all know those are the exception not the norm and clearly good shot placement was not made.
so I will ask again..... who does or carry or know of one who does carry a .32 acp as a primary/only gun? the late Larry Seecamp did so and his reasons are explained elsewhere. We can forgo the WW2 soldiers doing so and how it was once an issued round bla bla bla…. I mean today, without the trite history lessons.....
thanks.
with shot placement being the key to any lethal encounter, and penetration being key before all other terminal concerns, who here carries or knows of somebody who carries a .32 acp as their primary and or only ccw? I ask this because I know of such a person and their argument is compelling enough for me to offer it to another person.
the PP/PPK .32 acp is thin and easy to carry in any decent holster on the belt line IWB or OWB. the D/A S/A makes it safe in the event of a clumsy draw, while the D/A is not easy, it is not too much either as it is just for the first shot. recoil is quite tame and considerably lighter than the same gun firing a .380. quality FMJ rounds are found virtually everywhere ammo is sold. The gun itself is easy to manipulate (controls are familiar to most)…
I know an older gentleman that carries one IWB in the summer and OWB in the winter. he is a fairly decent shot with it and he says his arthritic fingers and hands don't mind the recoil or D/A first shot. I know any gun is better than no gun, but without having the defeat intermediate barriers I cannot find any fault in his decision for this gun and caliber.
I have worked numerous shooting scenes and have seen about the same amount of DRT from small calibers as I have from large ones, and shot placement was always the key. we can argue about the guy hit with the .50 caliber and ran 10 blocks to the hospital or the bullet that ricochets off the skull all we want but we all know those are the exception not the norm and clearly good shot placement was not made.
so I will ask again..... who does or carry or know of one who does carry a .32 acp as a primary/only gun? the late Larry Seecamp did so and his reasons are explained elsewhere. We can forgo the WW2 soldiers doing so and how it was once an issued round bla bla bla…. I mean today, without the trite history lessons.....
thanks.