A Magnum Opus on heavy loads for the.32 ACP is being submitted soon for The Fouling Shot, but important safety information needs to get out now and not wait for publication! My advice is to severely limit loads producing over 130 ft.-lbs. An alarming percentage of Tomcat owners have reported the frame cracking issues. According to Beretta this number is only 1%, but gun owners following this issue suspect that the actual percentage may in fact be higher. [Archive] SPF: Beretta Tomcat w/cracked frame SPF Private Firearms. This model, 3032, in blue steel, is known to have cracked frame issues. ![]() To occasional/emergency use only in micro pistols like the Beretta Tomcat for two reasons: 1) because they may cause serious “slide bite” if you have meaty hands and don't use a Hogue Grip Sleeve, as I painfully found out. And 2) after prolonged firing, they are “frame crackers.” My Beretta Model 3032 INOX Tomcat until recently had digested over 2000 rounds of hot Euro and heavy bullet hand loads before eventually failing. If you own a Beretta Tomcat, open the tip-up barrel and inspect the frame rail above the trigger pivot hole for cracks, as shown in the photo. Beretta doesn't “repair or replace” these any more, nor do they warrant them for use with hand loads or ammunition which exceeds 130 ft.-lbs. Manufacturer's rating. If you choose to use “hot” loads in yours, then you are on “your own nickel.” I will continue to use my Tomcat as a teaching tool to demonstrate the advantages of the tip-up barrel for women or elderly who have trouble racking the slide, but any shooting will be VERY limited from now on, with more sedate loads than my hand loaded “Buffalo Bore” approximations. I still have no reservations firing the heavy.32 ACP loads in STEEL FRAME, standard sized guns such as the Colt M1903, Walther PP, Beretta M1935, CZ27, etc., replacing recoil springs with the heavier Wolff.380 ACP replacements where available. IIRC aluminum has a finite fatigue life at any level of stress, while if stress is kept below a threshold level, steels have an essentially infinite fatigue life. That said, my Walther PP, a West German police turn-in, bought about 15 years ago, has an aluminum frame. While it's full sized as.32s go, I would think a steady diet of Buffalo Bore equivalent would not be a good idea in that gat. Amitabh bachchan songs download mr jatt. For that matter maybe my Colt 1903 is a little long in the tooth for such a spicy diet as well, even though the frame is steel.
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