Having some fun with this….32SWLONG

My mother had a S&W model 31 32 S&W long in her night stand for years. I bought a box of 100 gr. semi wad cutters Remington, I think, for her.

I was trying to do a deal with a friend for one like that years ago, but he died in a motorcycle accident and that was the end of that. The 32 SWL is one of my favorite calibers. When setting up to load for the 327 Magnum earlier this year I picked up several hundred cartridge cases of 32 SWL, double what I'd thought of originally due to Starline doing a run of the brass I'd backordered before they did 327 Magnum (which is STILL on backorder 10 months later).

Anyway, a 3 or 4" 32 SWL makes a dandy little popper. Small game and targets of opportunity tend to fall readily to it. Someday I need to get one myself as we had to leave my wife's in Brazil when we left there decades ago.

just after we were married. Really neat little pistol.

I've never actually owned one in .32 though, mine was a .38 Special 5-shot. The .32 guns hold a full 6! I have had many Colt Pocket Positives and Pocket DA models, Police Positives, in both .32 "Colt Police" (what Colt called the .32 S&W Long) and .32-20 Win. I still have .32 Long Pocket Positive.

I also have a 4" SP101 in .32 H&R. I don't think I've ever fired a H&R Mag. round through it, only .32 Long and ACP.

BTW usually you can shoot .32 ACP from any .32 S&W, short or long, .32 H&R or .327 Federal. The only issue to look for is a short firing pin, it's a little loose due to the teeny thin rim. SA guns fare well but the DA guns need to be pointed skyward upon ejection to prevent the little rims from jumping the ejector star. But that technique works just fine.

.32 ACP personal defense rounds ARE available, JHP (Hornady Critical Defense, Speer Gold Dots, and Federal Hydra-shocks). You'll likely not see any in .32 Long. As mentioned they shoot fine in my guns.

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