Mr. Penn at the Imperial War Museum showed one to me and that was the story. During the same trip, I saw another one at Jeremy Tenniswood's shop. I don't find it to be an odd purchase given the Walther PPK .22 rimfire pistols inspected in Germanyicon and issued to police women in Norfthern Ireland abouit 20 years ago. It seems to me a .32 beats a .22 any day.