simonrichter
New member
I'm not sure whether my observations are true, so I'm curious if any of you comes to the same conclusion:
- The .32 acp used to be quite a popular round for semiautos from the 1930ies onward, maybe not as much in The States, but nevertheless. Think of the PPK, e.g.
- It appears to me that it has been outshadowed by new developments in the 80ies and 90ies (wonder nines and the Glock hype). In the nineties, it had become a mere niche caliber, owing its survival again only to the PPK's fame.
- with the CC boom and again, new products (this time I have Keltec in mind), there was, as far as I observed, kind of a comeback in the early 2000s.
- nowadays, since many ultra-compact, mouse-gun-sized options are available in higher performing calibers as well (.380 measured up soon after the subcompact boom had begun, 9mm and .45 followed a little later), it has become quiet again as far as the .32 is concerned.
Any opposite views?
- The .32 acp used to be quite a popular round for semiautos from the 1930ies onward, maybe not as much in The States, but nevertheless. Think of the PPK, e.g.
- It appears to me that it has been outshadowed by new developments in the 80ies and 90ies (wonder nines and the Glock hype). In the nineties, it had become a mere niche caliber, owing its survival again only to the PPK's fame.
- with the CC boom and again, new products (this time I have Keltec in mind), there was, as far as I observed, kind of a comeback in the early 2000s.
- nowadays, since many ultra-compact, mouse-gun-sized options are available in higher performing calibers as well (.380 measured up soon after the subcompact boom had begun, 9mm and .45 followed a little later), it has become quiet again as far as the .32 is concerned.
Any opposite views?