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130 years and counting...
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Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy / Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Note that the cylinder in the patent has seven chambers. S&W had originally considered a longer ".32 Special" for the K-Frame. It would have been close to the .32 H&R Magnum in case length with a longer ogival round nose projectile.
Jinks mentioned the 7-shot .32 cylinder idea in passing, and I will have to check for the source on the extra-long .32 cartridge.
With the first I-Frame Hand Ejectors (which hit production before the K-Frames) they stretched the .32 S&W by 1/8 inch creating the .32 S&W Long. Would the one you're thinking of have been an even more stretched Long?Originally Posted by Daniel Watters
no one sees what's written on the spine of his own autobiography.
Correct, imagine a .32 H&R Magnum with a longer COAL. I want to say it is in Suydam's "US Cartridges and Their Handguns."
Found it on Pg 312 of Suydam's book. Case length: 1.113". COAL: 1.542".
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