Beretta 30X Tomcat .32 ACP
Model: J30X32R8
Beretta 30X Tomcat .32 ACP
Model: J30X32R8
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Beretta 30X Tomcat is an eight-shot DA/SA .32 ACP built for pocket carry. Beretta still makes it. Its magazine holds eight rounds where the older 3032 Tomcat holds seven, and the pistol still weighs 14.5 oz unloaded.
The barrel tips up to load, so a cartridge goes into the chamber without the slide being pulled. The safety is a frame-mounted thumb lever, the grips carry Beretta's Helica texture in polymer, and the slide is steel in black Bruniton over a gray anodized aluminum frame. The 2.4-inch barrel has no thread on it. Beretta's manual covers fitting a red dot by pulling the rear sight and sliding an optic plate into the dovetail, so there is no milled optic cut in the slide itself.
If you're cross-shopping, the Beretta 3032 Tomcat Inox is 4.92 inches long against this gun's 5.4 inches, with a stainless slide and seven rounds. A Kel-Tec P32 has an MSRP of $350, holds seven, and is 0.75 inch wide against the Beretta's 1.25, with a double-action-only trigger and no manual safety. The Beretta loads without the slide, and the Kel-Tec is the thinner gun.
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Strengths & Limitations
- Eight rounds fit in a pistol that weighs the same as the seven-shot 3032 version of the same design.
- The bore cleans from the breech with the barrel tipped up, so no rod crosses the muzzle crown.
- The grip texture is molded into the panels, so there is nothing glued or screwed on to work loose.
- There is no thread on this barrel. Beretta sells a separately threaded 30X with a longer barrel for anyone who wants a can.
- Fitting a dot means taking the rear sight off for a plate, and the plate itself comes from the aftermarket.
- At 1.25 inches wide it is 0.15 inch thicker than the Beretta 3032 Tomcat Inox and 0.5 inch thicker than a Kel-Tec P32.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do other Tomcat magazines fit it?
Use magazines made for the 30X. Its eight-round magazine is specific to this model.
What is the Helica grip?
Beretta's name for the texture molded into this model's polymer grip panels. It is the grip spec Beretta lists for the 30X.
Is this the same gun as the 20X Bobcat?
No. Beretta covers the 30X Tomcat and the 20X Bobcat in one manual because they share the design, but the Bobcat is the rimfire version of it.
