This is a very random question, but I like to listen to radio plays from the 40s and 50s (e.g. Philip Marlowe, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, etc). Recently I have been struck by how often these plays specify "She had a .32 in her hand" or "His argument was made all the more important by the silver .32 he was pointing at me". I have to think that in that era, .38spc would have been the standard police round (and a way better choice than .32), and 1911s in .45ACP would have been plentiful. 9mm would also obviously have been available. Was .32 (I assume referring to .32 S&W) an INCREDIBLY popular round in the ~1945-1955 era?