Interesting. I've been getting fine accuracy from Hornady's .312" XTP's in several .327 Fed Mags and 32 H&R's Magnums; Cast Performance also makes excellent bullets for the .327 in both .312" and .313." What bullets are not available for the .327, and how does that reduce the cartridges potential for accuracy?
As for the performance of the .327 on game considerably larger than a raccoon, I found this thread instructive with regard to what a properly loaded .327 can do in the field:
http://singleactions.proboards.com/t...lver-pronghorn
Last edited by oregon45; 09-23-2018 at 04:27 PM.
Not to go all off the rails, but, if you haven't held the svelte Henry lever-action steel carbine chambered in .327 Fed, you should do so. I'm trying to envision what the 100-grainers would do going over 2100fps out of the 16.5" tube.
”But in the end all of these ideas just manufacture new criminals when the problem isn't a lack of criminals.” -JRB
Wish Speer would run a few hundred thousand of the 115gr .312 pistol bullet they once made.
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I mean sure there was a .327 magnum in play there. But a 73-yard shot that cut through both lungs? That's just damn good shootin'. I'd reckon he could have made the same kill with a .22LR if he made the same shot. But I take your point, no reason to consider the .327 to be just a raccoon gun. The real advantage of the .327 the above scenario, over a .38 or even a .357, is the flat trajectory of the cartridge.
A couple of bullets not available in .312" - none of the Lehigh designs (their .32 ACP bullet is .311") and none of the Barnes bullets. In the case of accuracy, the potential is reduced, if you want to use the .311" monolithic Lehigh rounds. But there are plenty of other bullets out there, those are just a couple that come to mind, that are readily available in .357"+ diameters.
It's actually lighter and smaller than the .357 guns? I got the impression it was the same frame, same barrel diameter, but just bored out to .32 instead of .357?
That'd be a neat little rifle. Not sure what the hell I would do with it, after Ruger builds me a new 96/357 (since you convinced them to do that) or I get that Miroku-built Winchester 1873 I intend to put on layaway this winter. Or after I find a Marlin 1894 in .32-20.
But whatever, I'll take one and a Single Seven, and one of those Bowen Single Six .32-20 conversions.
I have no self-control.
@RevolverRob, it’s the same as the .357 guns. But the "steel" guns are lighter than the classics. My SASS ‘classic’ .357 goes well over 8lbs; the steel carbine with 16.5" is under 6 and a half, IIRC.
16.5’, 6.4-ish lbs, well over 2100FPS jacketed soft points. That’s all I’m saying.
”But in the end all of these ideas just manufacture new criminals when the problem isn't a lack of criminals.” -JRB
HM2 cylinder for the HMR Single Six. I just realized today, as one of the cheeky little bastards was shaking its balls in my general direction, that I don't have quite enough ways to kill them yet.
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