Parts can be lost during improper removal, making the firearm inoperable until repaired.

They are chambered in.32 ACP (a.k.a.

The Beretta 3032 Tomcat builds on a long line of small and compact pocket pistols for self defense manufactured by Beretta.2 The allure and popularity is commonly attributed to the loading procedure, which does not require the user to rack the slide to chamber a round, but rather place a round in the tip-up barrel before the magazine is inserted.

This is especially popular for those with weaker or smaller hands.

The Tomcat is my only semi-auto pistol to never have a malfunction of any kind.

It is true that some Tomcats have had cracks develop in the frame.

My Tomcat is a safe queen nowadays as I am retired and the SIG P938 is my EDC.

Dec 07, 2017 Beretta Tomcat Cracks Well, its about 3 years since the last post on this topic.

It seems that Beretta is still having same problems with Tomcat 3032.

I also had a chip of metal come of the slide rail on frame by tailpiece.

I purchase some really nice rosewood grips for it so experienced chasing the spring and plunger also.

Believe I used a toothpick rather than the ballpoint pen cap, but whatever it was, I had to search the carpet two or three times to find them (like looking for fly poop).

The crack appears on the right side, through to a small hole in the frame.

There is a pic or two at berettaforum.net.

If you do have a cracked frame, Call Beretta and insist they send you a shipper - offer to pay for it.

The Beretta 3032 Tomcat is a simple blowback pistol with a single- and double-action trigger mechanism.4 It also features a tip-up barrel.4 It is fitted with a frame-mounted thumb safety.

The frame is made of aluminiumalloy while the slide and barrel are carbon steel in the standard version and stainless steel in the Inox variant.

A document included with all Model 3032 Tomcat pistols warns that the owner should never use ammunition that exceeds 130 ftlbf (176 J) of muzzle energy.

Notably, even normal factory.32 ACP cartridges have become significantly more powerful in recent decades, and can well exceed the 130 ft-lb limit of the pistols initial design, one that Beretta continues to use to this day.

Representatives of Beretta USA have often recommended that owners purchase their.32 ACP ammunition online, so that the muzzle energy is properly verified in specification charts.

Use of any ammunition that exceeds this rating may cause irreparable or prohibitively expensive damage to the firearm, most commonly manifesting as a crack on the frame.

However, contrary to common belief, this is not considered a defect in factory materials, but a problem caused by ammunition and the consumers neglect of the factory parameters.

This, in turn, results in ammunition that is believed to produce greater stopping power against assailants.

Notably, the design omits an extractor mechanism, thus, the firearm relies solely on the blowback energy of the cartridge to extract and eject spent casings.

Beretta recommends caution when removing grip panels, as the safety mechanism is retained underneath with spring tension.

Beretta Tomcat Cracked Frame Fix