Beretta 3032 Tomcat FDE .32 ACP
Model: J320126
Beretta 3032 Tomcat FDE .32 ACP
Model: J320126
Full Specifications
Threaded 1/2x28 barrel: compare pistol suppressor prices.
About This Firearm
The Beretta 3032 Tomcat FDE is a seven-shot DA/SA .32 ACP built for pocket carry. It has an MSRP of $649. Its barrel comes threaded 1/2x28 from the factory, so a can screws on with no gunsmithing in between.
The frame is aluminum anodized in flat dark earth under a steel slide in matching Cerakote. The barrel tips up to load, so a round goes into the chamber without racking the slide, which also means anyone who cannot work a stiff slide can still load it. The safety is a manual lever on the frame, the grips are polymer and the sights are fixed.
If you're cross-shopping, the Beretta 3032 Tomcat Inox carries the same seven rounds at the same 14.5 oz, with a stainless slide and a plain muzzle, and it comes out 0.5 inch shorter and 0.15 inch narrower for it. The Beretta 30X Tomcat holds eight rounds and can take a red dot on a plate dropped into its rear sight dovetail. Of the three, this one is set up for a suppressor and the 30X for a dot.
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Strengths & Limitations
- With the barrel tipped up, the bore cleans from the breech end and no rod is ever drawn across the crown.
- Beretta cuts the thread at the factory, so there is no aftermarket machining and no concentricity to take on trust.
- At 5.42 inches long it is still a pocket pistol with the thread protector fitted.
- The sights are small and fixed, with no way to move where the pistol hits.
- A tip-up barrel means a hinge and a latch at the muzzle end, which is more mechanism in a pocket gun than a fixed barrel needs.
- A threaded muzzle wants a protector or a can on it at all times, and the protector is a small part that unscrews and goes missing.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why is the barrel longer than the Inox version's?
The thread lives in the extra length. Beretta gives 2.9 inches for this threaded barrel against 2.4 inches for the plain one.
How does the tip-up barrel work?
A latch on the frame releases the barrel to pivot up at the breech. A cartridge drops into the chamber and the barrel closes down on it, so the slide never has to be pulled.
What exactly is finished in flat dark earth?
The frame is FDE anodized and the slide is FDE Cerakote. The safety and the smaller parts stay black.
