posted October 11, 2000 04:23 PM                          

What is the best holster to break up the pistols outline in your pocket? And do you even need one with this gun?

What is the best ammo to use? Any recommendations for practice versus defensive ammo? If they're both about the same price, I'll probably just shoot the defensive ammo.

posted October 11, 2000 11:08 PM                       

I strongly recommend using a holster for pocket carry. This will keep the gun from becoming misaligned in your pocket and maintain a consistent grip placement. I use a RJ Hedley front pocket model on an almost daily basis and am very pleased with it. It keeps the gun from printing no matter what my choice of pants (jeans, dockers, walking or sweat shorts). Just looks like I'm carrying a wallet in my pocket if the outline shows and the outline doesn't even show most of the time in pants other than jeans.

Regarding ammo...for practice I've shot Fiochhi, CCI Blazer, UMC, PMC, and Magtech. All are 71gr ball and all work flawlessly. Magtech seems to be the most accurate but they're all close enough that it doesn't matter. For practice I shoot whatever is cheapest. Since everything appears to work, I'll be doing a bulk order off the net in the near future. My experience with ammo for serious social situations has been with Winchester Silver tips, Speer GoldDots and Federal Hyrda-Shoks. I've shot about a hundred rounds of Silver tips and 20 each of the Speer and Federal. All were 100% reliable and my best group out of the hard chrome gun was with the Speer. The Silver tips and Federal were close. I want to try some Fiochhi and CorBon because the print data I've seen says that they are both hotter than the three I've tried. For now, I will use the Silver tips for regular carry. They have the longest and most successful track record in actual shootings, seem to be very reliable, and are cheapest HP to buy. The more I can afford to buy the more I can practice with them.

I think you'll really enjoy your P32. I have a low threat lifestyle and carry "just in case". I find myself leaving my Glocks and S&W at home and carrying my P32 more and more because of its size, weight and concealability. It also helps that I can shoot this little gun pretty darn well and have confidence in my ability with it. While no one will ever accuse me of being "over gunned" with the P32...if it ever comes down to it, at least I'll be "gunned". After all, the first rule of gunfighting is, "Have a gun!"

Good shooting and stay safe.

posted October 11, 2000 11:13 PM                       

I strongly recommend using a holster for pocket carry. This will keep the gun from becoming misaligned in your pocket and maintain a consistent grip placement. I use a RJ Hedley front pocket model on an almost daily basis and am very pleased with it. It keeps the gun from printing no matter what my choice of pants (jeans, dockers, walking or sweat shorts). Just looks like I'm carrying a wallet in my pocket if the outline shows and the outline doesn't even show most of the time in pants other than jeans.

Regarding ammo...for practice I've shot Fiochhi, CCI Blazer, UMC, PMC, and Magtech. All are 71gr ball and all work flawlessly. Magtech seems to be the most accurate but they're all close enough that it doesn't matter. For practice I shoot whatever is cheapest. Since everything appears to work, I'll be doing a bulk order off the net in the near future. My experience with ammo for serious social situations has been with Winchester Silver tips, Speer GoldDots and Federal Hyrda-Shoks. I've shot about a hundred rounds of Silver tips and 20 each of the Speer and Federal. All were 100% reliable and my best group out of the hard chrome gun was with the Speer. The Silver tips and Federal were close. I want to try some Fiochhi and CorBon because the print data I've seen says that they are both hotter than the three I've tried. For now, I will use the Silver tips for regular carry. They have the longest and most successful track record in actual shootings, seem to be very reliable, and are cheapest HP to buy. The more I can afford to buy the more I can practice with them.

I think you'll really enjoy your P32. I have a low threat lifestyle and carry "just in case". I find myself leaving my Glocks and S&W at home and carrying my P32 more and more because of its size, weight and concealability. It also helps that I can shoot this little gun pretty darn well and have confidence in my ability with it. While no one will ever accuse me of being "over gunned" with the P32...if it ever comes down to it, at least I'll be "gunned". After all, the first rule of gunfighting is, "Have a gun!"

Good shooting and stay safe.

posted October 12, 2000 02:50 PM                       

Also, if you do not like the white dot front sight, place a drop of neon orange on top of it. I can pick up the orange in most light conditions better than the white and you can pick up a small jar of the paint at Wallyworld.