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    Quote Originally Posted by GJM View Post
    Seems like Ruger is missing an opportunity — and should offer the “PF kit” of a LCR in 22, 327, 38 and 9mm all packed in a pelican case with the only options being whether you selected the JM, Darkstar or Phlster City holster
    Hahah…….h… wait, these things multiply like gremlins getting wet. Oh hey this 3 inch .22 LCRx is a fun gun to plink with and work on trigger press. Then a 38 because I couldn’t find a 9mm version or ammo for a 327 version. Oh then stumbled in to a 9mm version which in now my work bug. I still want a 327 version. The first LCR I shot was a 327 LCRx with 32 short wadcutters that was a rental. That was just fun putting nice holes in the paper with no real recoil.

    And then only if dreams come true, a 2 3/4 - 3 inch dao LCRx, 6 shot 38 length cylinder with the 357 mag frame, bobbed hammer, cut for moon clips, with a 9mm cylinder as well. Slightly better rear sight and a top strap that will take an ACRO or 509t and adapters for a few others.

    Oh well maybe they will at least do a 3 inch 327.

    Jason

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gun Mutt View Post
    I freely admit (and lament) that my search-fu is weak sauce. For all my attempts to find more material, I keep winding up on two videos from the same place while looking for .32 ammo info.
    Here you go, fellow doggie styler.....

    https://www.americanrifleman.org/con...ed-32-magnums/

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    There are some interesting thoughts on the 32 magnums here, even if you don't reload.

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    Outdoor Limited has some 32 HR wadcutters and some 327.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UNM1136 View Post
    The last bit of gel testing I read in a link from PF indicated better penetration from 32 H&R Mag, rather than .327 Mag. Better penetration, good expansion, and less blast and recoil is a big win in my book. I have a 2 year old LCR 9mm that I adore. A .327 LCR is likely going to be my next gun purchase. It has been a couple of years since I talked to Cecil...need to change that.

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    I'm moderately curious how they do on bone strikes. .380 ball is the same general weight, but moving slower. It'll break a femur but then it's pretty much out of gas. I'd be concerned a faster and expanding round in the same weight would be likely to fragment.

    I never saw a .32 used for realsies except in suicides. It works for under-the-chin shots just fine but stayed in the skull.
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    Quote Originally Posted by UNM1136 View Post
    Here you go, fellow doggie styler.....

    https://www.americanrifleman.org/con...ed-32-magnums/

    pat
    Never noticed how the reset side of the ratchet is milled as a giant bevel on the LCR. Kind of a neat touch.

    (lead photo from that linked article: )

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    It also reminded me how annoying it is that Speer discontinued that 115gr .312 Gold Dot. It's the bullet .327 Fed should be loaded with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BehindBlueI's View Post
    I'm moderately curious how they do on bone strikes. .380 ball is the same general weight, but moving slower. It'll break a femur but then it's pretty much out of gas. I'd be concerned a faster and expanding round in the same weight would be likely to fragment.

    I never saw a .32 used for realsies except in suicides. It works for under-the-chin shots just fine but stayed in the skull.
    I've had similar thoughts. That is why I noted the increased penetration of the H&R loads in gel. I suspect the little magnums are pushed a little too fast with too much expansion to get to the back end of the penetration spec. And intended use is entangled, where the blast helps, and multiple COM, where a 20% payload increase is nice, and heads, where easy shooting is helpful.

    Not a walking around town gun, but good enough for yardwork or backup to a bigger piece on paper. I'll have to see how it shakes out.

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  8. #528
    I picked up my 9mm LCR from my FFL this evening.

    I told my wife I had ordered a gun that was uglier than a Glock.

    Trigger is very good. Much better stock than any J-Frame I ever shot. Trigger return seems to be OK.

    I shot 20 rounds of my IDPA hand load at this steel plate at about 8 yards in the near dark. I could barely see the outline of the sights against the white plate. 15 rounds with the provided moon clips and 5 with no clips. All fired fine. 4 of the loose rounds could be plucked out with a fingernail but the last I needed to push out with a screw driver. It wasn't stuck very bad.

    Recoil is noticeable but not as bad as a J-Frame with full power loads. I realized after I got back in the house that I wasn't bleeding like I would have with a J.

    I'm anxious to chronograph some ammo.

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    I shot my LCR over the chrono today. 48 degrees and partly cloudy.

    147 Fed HST 10 shots averaged 956 fps. Same ammo averaged 1031 fps through my G-19 today.

    15 rounds of my handloads averaged 878 fps. They usually go 900 fps through my G-19.

    I fired 6 rounds of 38 Special 135 Gold Dot through my 2" Taurus 856 and they averaged 881 fps.

    I had previously chronoed 38 Fed Match Wadcutter at 600 fps through a S&W 442.

    I consider pistols this size to be pocket guns. If I'm going to carry in a belt holster, I can have a bigger gun that holds more ammo. So what I'm looking for is the compromise of the most powerful and the easiest to carry plus one I can shoot fairly well. There will always be compromises.

    Recoil with the LCR is certainly noticeable but not obnoxious. I think it is much easier to shoot than a Ruger SP101 in 9mm. I'm surprised that I didn't bleed or hurt after shooting the LCR like if I had been shooting a J-Frame.

    I fired 50 rounds of my handload, 10 HST and 5 Fed AE9FP.

    The steel target has hits from 50 or so rounds fired over the chrono. I also shot on IDPA targets. The LCR might be hitting a little high for me, but it was cold today and I wasn't concentrating as much as I should have.

    I found in my box of holsters, this Safariland 25 for J-Frames. It seems to fit fine.

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  10. #530
    Quote Originally Posted by UNK View Post
    The last time I talked to Cecil he wasnt running 327mag as his defensive round for carry.
    When I run the LCR with more concealable grips (which is most of the time), I load it with 32 H&R. I have a nice set of G10 grips that fill the hand nicely and make the hotter loads easier to shoot so I carry 327 GDs if they are on, but they make the gun a belt only carry so that does not happen too much.
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