The PP has a bbl longer than 3". there are no [factory] h.p. rounds with the same OAL as standard FMJ. in fact there are two manufacturers making a FMJ round with a shorter OAL so they will work in a shimmed magazine like the LWS32; Winchester "white box" and Buffalo Bore.You'd probably have better luck trying to find hollow point bullets with the same OAL as the FMJ's, than try and locate a shim.
On a side note. Hollow points as a general rule don't function very well after being fired from short barrels under 3 inches in length. Lately however, ammo manufactures have started developing HP's that will be more effective when fired from these short barreled compact guns. OAL will still be an issue if you are having problems with rim lock.
what shim?A shim?????
Do you have a follower adapted for use with this "shim"?
M
Perhaps the "anti-rim lock shim" that you mentioned in your original post.what shim?
There's the problem. How would a standard follower work with a shim in the way?A shim?????
Do you have a follower adapted for use with this "shim"?
M
...and maybe the spring, too.There's the problem. How would a standard follower work with a shim in the way?
Moon
I've wondered is there any real benefit to doing anything special to a stack of rounds in a fairly heavy recoiling firearm. Seems those rounds are going to get whacked pretty hard as the slide slams back and forth. On a relatively soft recoiling .223 perhaps there is some benefit...I'm really having a hard time seeing those .32, .380, 9mm, .40 and .45 rounds sitting still in the mag under recoil.. Any studies on this?don't tap the back of the mag to seat rounds like on a 9 or 45.
I asked if there was such a beast. how did you get that I claimed that there was?Perhaps the "anti-rim lock shim" that you mentioned in your original post.
Beretta seems to have found the answer in .22lr. .25acp and .32acp... Bobcats and Tomcats haven't any extractors. Larry Seecamp even said his guns didn't need one but he included one anyway just in case.I've wondered is there any real benefit to doing anything special to a stack of rounds in a fairly heavy recoiling firearm. Seems those rounds are going to get whacked pretty hard as the slide slams back and forth. On a relatively soft recoiling .223 perhaps there is some benefit...I'm really having a hard time seeing those .32, .380, 9mm, .40 and .45 rounds sitting still in the mag under recoil.. Any studies on this?
Why do you need a rim diameter large enough that it is capable of rim lock to begin with? How does a .32 PP function with no extractor? I ask that in regard to how would the pistol function with a lesser diameter rim. Just how much rim does the extractor have to grab? 1917
OKAY. The short answer is NO.has there ever been or is there currently an anti-rim lock shim for the Walther PP .32 acp magazines so it can shoot hollow points reliably?