Looking forward to an epic ".32 HRM as a field pistol" thread.Originally Posted by GJM
Looking forward to an epic ".32 HRM as a field pistol" thread.
Taking a break from social media.
I will leave that to someone dumber, I mean braver, than me.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
While I went out in the super crappy weather yesterday to shoot the G21.5,
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it was blowing snow and crap sideways***
I finished up by shooting a couple cylinders of ammo through my Ruger LCR at a paper plate set at about a car lengths distance. Maybe 7 yards. I was shooting my 100 grain poly coated wadcutter loads. It just impresses me what a significant difference there is between these little .32 WCs and your typical .38 loads.
The Ruger just stacks them in there.
I kind of get a kick out of how small the holes are.
Really looking forward to getting my hands on one of the Lipsey's Ultimate J Frames.
Last edited by Lost River; 03-05-2024 at 11:15 AM.
Good show, @Lost River, those little wadcutters feel like a centerfire cheat code.
I love my LCR327, eagerly awaiting the 327 TORO to check out as do-everything-kinda-okay piece. Especially in the central Cascades where the biggest four-legged caution is usually a cow that’s spent a winter or two solo.
Thanks to nerve damage even basic .38 gets uncomfortable after awhile if the gun is less than 20oz or so.
Normally I say the answer when it comes to recoil in .38 Special guns is the .38 Short Colt.
It really works quite well. Light recoil and fun to shoot.
I thought I had made enough for folks while I get caught up in other areas. I put out a fair bit on the website, and it was gone in 24 hours. Did not expect that. Lesson learned there! I guess the word is out
And for Something Entirely Different, there was the cowboy shooter who got a "set" of guns in .32 H&R; two Ruger "Vaqueritos" and the scarce Marlin lever action. Did he get them for powder puff power to just ring a plate? Nope, he loaded them to the SASS maxima of 1000 fps revolver, 1400 fps rifle. Just to be different, I guess.
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"Everything in life is really simple, provided you don’t know a f—–g thing about it." - Kevin D. Williamson
.32 without a doubt, BUT with similar availability and pricing. I was gonna get one of the new 442 UCs, but thamk God the sight didn’t work, so I didn’t buy! Shot my 642 PC and remembered why I love the .32! I think if more get on the bandwagon it will make a resurgence, great round. I also think .32 ACP should be exploited more! Imagine a pocket Glock, Pocket Sig, Walther CZ etc. The smaller round makes WAY more sense in these tiny guns! More controllable and little lost ballistically.
Whil I am at it .30 Super Carry. The youtube idiots all comment on “ a question nobody ask,” that is so tiring. Put a 9mm ballistic equivalent in a compact or sub, not to mention micro, and the lights would go on. I was a huge hater until I shit a rental shield. It was loud, but flat shooting, crazy accurate fun and more mild.
Oh dear. I thought I had gotten over my enthusiasm for a Shield Plus .30 SC 13 shooter to double the capacity of my G43 hideout gun.
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I've been a fan of the 32 snubs for awhile, but own 38s and 32s. As someone who handloads about 99% of my practice ammo, once I bought a supply of 32 starline brass the 32s have actually been cheaper to load than the 38s (cheaper bullets and less powder). I was lucky to find a large quantity of 100 grain jacketed flat point bullets from American Reloading last year, which has been my primary projectile for practicing lately, but there are a variety of coated bullets out there as well. When the Lipsey's guns were announced I told a friend of mine that my 432 just took a big hit in value and I couldn't be happier! He immediately placed an order for the 432, and I will be right behind him to get a second j frame in 32.
As Bryan from AFR has mentioned several times, it wasn't that long ago that 380 was a dead or dying caliber, and guns like the Ruger LCP brought it back into the mainstream again. I hope to see a greater use of 32 caliber firearms in the future, both revolvers and semi autos (I would really enjoy an LCP and LCP max in 32 for one).
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