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The revolving rifle used a special .32 caliber cartridge. The use of a cartridge was a significant improvement compared to the design of the Colt revolving rifle, which did not use cartridges and as a result was often subject to chain fire problems (the firing of all cylinders at once due to loose powder or residue in the weapon). While the ...
For a Civil War soldier, owning a revolver as a backup gun was important, so Smith & Wesson's cartridge revolvers, the Army Model 2 and the Smith & Wesson Model 1 in caliber .22 rimfire came into popular demand with the outbreak of the American Civil War. Soldiers and officers on both sides of the conflict made private purchases of the ...
.32 ACP German Empire: 1915 Benelli B76: Benelli Armi SpA: 9×19mm Parabellum Italy: 1976 Benelli MP 90S: Benelli Armi SpA.22 LR.32 S&W Long Italy: Benelli MP 95E: Benelli Armi SpA.22 LR.32 S&W Long Italy: Beretta 21A Bobcat: Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta.25 ACP Italy: 1979 Beretta 70: Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta.22 Long Rifle.32 ACP.380 ...
The Kel-Tec P32 is a sub-compact semi-automatic pistol using the short-recoil principle of operation that is chambered in .32 ACP. [5] It was designed by George Kellgren. [6] It is manufactured by Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc., of Cocoa, Florida and was designed for concealed carry by citizens and by law enforcement officers as a back-up gun.
The Infallible Pistol was a .32 ACP caliber handgun manufactured by the Davis-Warner Arms Corp during the early 20th century.. When Warner Arms Co. could no longer get the Schwarzlose Model 1908 pistols from Germany, they had .32 pocket pistols made in the United States in three variations. the front sights and the grips that there was a conscious effort to imitate the outline of the Schwarzlose.
The Bersa Thunder 32 is a lightweight, relatively small semi-automatic pistol chambered in .32 ACP caliber made by Argentine firearms manufacturer Bersa, S.A. It is similar in design to the Bersa Thunder 380 and Bersa Thunder 22 pistol, but also with design features in common with the Walther PPK .
Due to the popularity of the .32 Long Colt and, later, the more accurate .32 Smith & Wesson Long, the older .32-caliber cartridges, such as the .320 and the .32 Rimfire, declined in popularity and were eventually more or less obsolete by the 1920s. In Brazil, both .320 guns and ammo (double-barreled, side-by-side pistols) were made up to the 1960s.
The .32 S&W was offered to the public as a light defense cartridge for "card table" distances. [2] The .32 S&W Short was the basis for several other .32-caliber handgun cartridges. The .32 S&W Short can safely be fired in guns chambered for .32 S&W Long, .32 H&R Magnum and .327 Federal Magnum.