The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - A bit of historical consideration: .32 acp

RX-79G · April 25, 2014, 11:34 AM

Trooper,

What I was getting at was that it would be great to have a cartridge with the size efficiency of .32ACP, but without any feed issues and maybe more power.

With the possible exception of 5.7x28, I think bottle neck rounds for pistols make no sense at all. Pistol velocities are too low to waste mag capacity on fat cases and skinny bullets. For instance, .357 Sig lacks the wounding diameter or .40 or the magazine capacity of 9x23.

Just as 9x23 modernized .38 Super, .32 could use a makeover and some .25ACP sized guns to go with it.

April 25, 2014, 11:34 AM	#29
RX-79G Junior member Join Date: October 27, 2013 Posts: 1,139	Trooper, What I was getting at was that it would be great to have a cartridge with the size efficiency of .32ACP, but without any feed issues and maybe more power. With the possible exception of 5.7x28, I think bottle neck rounds for pistols make no sense at all. Pistol velocities are too low to waste mag capacity on fat cases and skinny bullets. For instance, .357 Sig lacks the wounding diameter or .40 or the magazine capacity of 9x23. Just as 9x23 modernized .38 Super, .32 could use a makeover and some .25ACP sized guns to go with it.