#32 auto

Federal Ammunition has released their latest in self-defense ammunition with the Hydra-Shok Deep 32 Auto. Federal Ammunition states “Federal Ammunition adds a 32 Auto, 68 Grain load to its popular Personal Defense Hydra-Shok Deep product line. This new load is now available at select dealers. “The Hydra-Shok Deep bullet design works extremely well in cartridges with limited available energy,”…

Kel-Tec P-32, mousegun with teeth.

I like large caliber pistols, it is just that simple. Well I used to be like that but I have learned after many ballistic tests and gun reviews, sometimes a large caliber handgun is not the best tool for the job. I have been known to carry a .380 Auto handgun when concealability was of primary importance. I was looking at the Kel-Tec P-32 at SHOT Show this year when I realised I did not know a…

Colt1903 Pocket Hammerless, by US Armament Corp.

US Armament Corporation  has licensed the Colt logo in order to produce a high quality 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol in .32 Auto as an exact copy of the original. It was a little over a month ago I received a test sample and went straight to work testing the gun, and using it in a .32 Auto ballistic test.

Initial Impressions 

The little .32 Auto ships in a Colt cardboard box, wrapped in brown…

.32 Automatic ballistic test

The .32 Auto, also known as the 7.65mm Browning, was developed by none other than John Browning for the FN 1900 pistol introduced in 1899.  This was JMB’s first handgun cartridge and was designed for a blowback compact pistol design but has since been implemented in locked breech designed handguns. Many say the .32 Auto is underpowered for a defensive cartridge. Given the fact the .32 Auto…