[Bear Claw]

Been carrying a P32 for many years now, and I can't ever recall it NOT going bang when I pull the trigger, either at the range or in the desert. It's been rock solid reliable. I'm sure it's due to the better reliability of centerfire ammo and the fact I keep the pistol pretty clean, especially the firing pin/firing pin channel...

Have you ever had one in the chamber, pulled the trigger, and gotten just a click?

 

[RAT76]

Nope.

 

[mark40]

In a word: Flawless

 

[Toakey45036]

9 failures in 1262 rounds. A variety of light strikes, FTF and FTE. The majority were misfires due to light strikes or hard primers With foreign ammo.

 

[Ian99]

800+ rounds, all FMJ, with no light strikes. Have used Fiocchi, S&B, PPU, Federal, Geco, Blazer Aluminum and PMC.
Total of 6 FTF / FTE that could have been due to various reasons, but approximately 99.3% reliability works for my use.

 

[Bear Claw]

9 failures in 1262 rounds. A variety of light strikes, FTF and FTE. The majority were misfires due to light strikes or hard primers With foreign ammo.

800+ rounds, all FMJ, with no light strikes. Have used Fiocchi, S&B, PPU, Federal, Geco, Blazer Aluminum and PMC.
Total of 6 FTF / FTE that could have been due to various reasons, but approximately 99.3% reliability works for my use.

Thanks for keeping those stats, very precise!

 

[gordon11]

Yes. It was all from one particular box of S&B. I think I had 3 from that box, if I remember correctly. Fiocchi, Geco and Aguila have all had 100% ignition reliability.

 

[rotor]

Nope. I reload my own. Fiocchi also great.

 

[Gbp]

Have two and have carried #1 for last five years. Carried #2 when #1 went back to the maker. The aftermarket hammer spring let go. Luckily at the range. No more aftermarket parts for me.

 

[CzechOne]

I've never had any misfires with mine. Mainly use Geco, but have also used S&B and Fiocchi too.

What do you do to keep your firing pin channel clean?

 

[Bear Claw]

I've never had any misfires with mine. Mainly use Geco, but have also used S&B and Fiocchi too.

What do you do to keep your firing pin channel clean?

Just run Qtips in it, until they come out clean. No oil in the channel.

 

[JMag1]

Never a failure with either of the two gen 1 P32s I own.

 

[Phil7]

Have not had the opportunity (or money) to use it as much as I'd like, but through 200 rounds of Fiocchi and S&B, no problems at all. My three handguns, a S&W .38, Ruger LCP, and the P-32 are all at 100% reliability at this point, and I like that very much.

 

[godawgs82]

500 rounds. No misfires of any kind.
Unlike the Beretta Tomcat which misfired at least once every magazine.

 

[darkwriter77]

Never had a click-no-bang with any of the P32's I've owned. I've had a few bobbles here and there that were either caused by accidentally dragging my thumb against the slide - easily remedied simply by adjusting my grip - or an instance of rimlock when using Lehigh Defense "Xtreme Cavitator" rounds that had a shorter overall length than FMJ's, which allowed the round under the top round in the magazine to skip its rim ahead of it under recoil and thus lock things up. (Glad I found that out at the range and not during a defensive shooting. I've since switched back to and stuck with Fiocchi or Sellier & Bellot FMJ's for carry.)

 

[jonholl]

Never had a click-no-bang with any of the P32's I've owned. I've had a few bobbles here and there that were either caused by accidentally dragging my thumb against the slide - easily remedied simply by adjusting my grip - or an instance of rimlock when using Lehigh Defense "Xtreme Cavitator" rounds that had a shorter overall length than FMJ's, which allowed the round under the top round in the magazine to skip its rim ahead of it under recoil and thus lock things up. (Glad I found that out at the range and not during a defensive shooting. I've since switched back to and stuck with Fiocchi or Sellier & Bellot FMJ's for carry.)

You could do the fly wire (spacer) mod, no more rimlock with hp's or Underwood/Lehigh rounds.

 

[TheLastDaze]

i have about 1200 rounds through my Gen 2, been flawless from day one... my gen 1 otoh ive had several issues with... havent tried to tweek it as its more of a collector novelty type gun

 

[Woodeneye]

Over 20 years on my gen 1, never a misfire. Always used S&B ammo.

 

[streetprowler]

I have to say that my Gen 1 has performed literally flawlessly. No joke.