The .32 does damage far outside it's caliber. Until the gun writers started writing which is better to sell magazines it was a good defence round. It's just like which is better 9mm or .45 ACP? People who grew up reading gun magazines and never used a .32 has no idea what it will do. I had carried a .32 for backup of a 1911 chambered in .45 ACP for many years, arthritis forced me to top shooting large calibers. The .32 seems to kill thin skinned (humans) animals better than the .380 from large city ME reports (Chicago, New York, L.A., and Huston). It has a recoil about like a .22 letting ageing Arthritic hands shoot longer. I have seen it work better on coyotes than the .380 from personal use.