I have a Beretta 3032 (.32 auto) that I carry. I'm looking at the different types of ammo for it. I'm down to the Winchester Silvertip and the Federal Hydra-shok. The Hydrashok has the better numbers, (ftlbs/fps) but I don't like the flatnose design. I've fired Silvertips with no problem, but with Fiocchi JHP rounds I get alot of feedjams (about 1-2 per box). I have no problem with Fiocchi FMJ though. The numbers for the Fiocchi are much higher but I won't carry them because of the problems I've had with them. I'm afraid that because my pistol has the problems with the Fiocchi's It'll have the same problem with the Hydrashoks. Has anyone here had this problem with flat nosed JHP in automatics before?
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Ammo choice
- Thread starter Meiji_man
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32's are notorious for ammo feed problems unless you stick with FMJ's. Don't risk carrying a "maybe" round. Go woth what is proven in that gun.
DO NOT be misled into thinking that you have to carry a hollow point bullet. In one sense, IMO, with such a small caliber the FMJ will have better penetration anyway.
Whatever you choose, shoot a full 150-200 rounds WITHOUT ANY FAILURES before you consider the ammo "reliable".
CMOS
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GOA, TSRA, LEAA, NRA, SAF and I vote!
DO NOT be misled into thinking that you have to carry a hollow point bullet. In one sense, IMO, with such a small caliber the FMJ will have better penetration anyway.
Whatever you choose, shoot a full 150-200 rounds WITHOUT ANY FAILURES before you consider the ammo "reliable".
CMOS
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GOA, TSRA, LEAA, NRA, SAF and I vote!
Used winchester silvertips in my tomcat and had no feed problems at all.If I still had the 32 I think I would alternate silvertips and FMJ.Might be a good combo.
I sold mine and went a USED S&W M 36.Wanted a little more power and peice of mind with the 38.
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beemerb
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I sold mine and went a USED S&W M 36.Wanted a little more power and peice of mind with the 38.
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beemerb
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world;
and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men
every day who don't know anything and can't read.
-Mark Twain
Haven't tried the CorBons, but Silvertips have been dead-bang reliable in my Tomcat. Seem to have as good a 'street rep' as one can expect for a .32. My Tomcat makes a swell backup gun, no heavier or bulkier than a spare mag for a real pistol (and much more useful than a second spare mag if the 'real pistol' is broken, snatched, jammed, or dropped) and for those times when I just can't conceal a gun, the Tomcat's the next best thing...
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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!