Is a .32 good carry

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it will make a hole it depends where the hole is and mr BGs level of determination only one of which you have control over.
that said I've carried a Seecamp and a Walther PP at times.
 
I also feel confident with the .32 in my Beretta Tomcat. Nice pocket pistol for carry in the heat of the Florida summer.
 
My pocket pistol is a Kel-Tec PT32. It gets little use but I feel pretty good carrying it when I need to do to what I'm wearing. I once shot a car windshield in a junk yard with a Seecamp .32 at about 15 feet away and it went through the windshield and got stuck in the plywood behind the windshield I was using to hold it up. Not bad penetration....
 
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If it is what your proficient with I'd say it will work. I've always said I'm more afraid of a trained shooter with a warrior mindset and a .32 than some joker wannabe with a .45. Of course, if he is a trained shooter with a warrior mindset and a .45!?! Even better.
 
No one wants to get shot with ANYTHING. If size and concealment is concern, and a .32 is what you can carry, go for it. Practice, practice, practice.
Proper shot placement will make the difference. Carry a spare mag, most .32s only hold 6 rounds. A .32 between the eyes will stop the BG quicker than a .45 to the arm.
 
will it be enough to stop a BG ????
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Yes. Is it as capable as larger caliber handgun rounds....no. I own the p-32 but it remains a back-up. To easy to carry a bigger caliber nowadays. Why prepare for an event thats very unlikely only to go half way?

A .32 between the eyes will stop the BG quicker than a .45 to the arm.
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However a 45 hit to the bad guys arm will cause more damage than a 32 hit in the same spot. The 45 will maintain enough energy continue (for that broad side shot) into the vitals.....the 32 might.
 
Old tired saying but defiantly applicable:

The firstest with the mostest usually wins.​

Personally, I tend to think a slight modification is in order:

The first, best placed shot usually, but not always wins. I place size pretty far down the list when it comes to my personal safety.

Be armed
Be aware
Move
Seek safety
Engage first
Aim for vitals
Shoot to stop

After that short list, I guess size might matter. Although, if it does come down to size I would rather be armed with larger, faster, expanding ammunition.
 
I don't know...maybe you should ask the tens of thousands of dead Europeans that were killed with a .32 pistol.
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So since more people have been killed with a .22, it must be better for stopping bad guys?:confused:

Killing and stopping aren't the same thing and the OP may not quite understand the difference. Certainly, killed people are stopped, but the question is, "When did they stop?"

It is sort of like the difference between getting hit with a fist and with a baseball bat. Both may work to stop a person, but which do you think would be better to effecting a stop?

I am a big fan of folks carrying the largest caliber in sufficient quantity in a platform that they can conceal and shoot very well. For some, that may just be a .32. For some, it may be something bigger. With practice, most folks can carry a larger caliber and shoot is very well.
 
And that is why I maintain practice and shot placement is EVERYTHING.
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Problem here is that shot placement at the range and during a gunfight are two different animals. Range targets don't move or shoot back making them much easier to hit with precision. While bigger won't make up for a bad placed shot it is capable of penetrating much deeper which could be an advantage with a moving bad guy.
 
I'd sure carry bigger if you could/would. Not too many law enforcement agencies issue a .32 as their standard firearm. If it comes down to it, wherever I hit the BG, I'd rather hit him with something bigger, but sometimes compromises will/must be made.

Still, as mentioned previously... yes, the .32 can stop a BG.
 
If your targets don't move, then you need to get better range targets or a better range. :p

Larger and more powerful calibers also give you the advantage of penetrating more layers better.
 
Another Seecamp LWS-32 Owner Checking In~!

As has been stated, "shot placement is paramount"~! ;)

I feel very confident with my ability to place rounds from the LWS-32
to the area that I'm trying too strike~! :cool: :D
 
Your better served with a .380 as your minimum sized caliber.

And now,just recently some 9mm's are just as small.

There's a power increase of 100% right there.
 
BN REAL said,"Your better served with a .380 as your minimum sized caliber.

And now,just recently some 9mm's are just as small".

A +1 to that.
Oh someone said that most .32s are 6 shot.
My Kel Tec P32 is 8+1 ( I installed the +1 on the magazine)
A second magazine is always a good idea.;)
 
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