Does anyone load .32 S&W?

[Adam5]

I prepped some cases today for a caliber that I haven’t loaded yet. These are 100 .32 S&W cases for my dad’s prewar revolvers, a few of which are over 100 years old. I have 95gr lead flat nose bullets for them. Who has good low pressure loads for them? I tend to use a lot of W231 and soft loads for his older pistols.

 

[Gordylew]

I loaded up some recently but seems I was using Red Dot. I have a set of .32 ACP dies and was mainly playing around to see how well it would function loading 32 SW Long.

 

[GodBlessTheUSA]

Subscribed. I've been letting my daughter shoot an old .32 S&W that I just use primers and earplugs in. Not accurate at all, but she's learned the mechanics of a revolver. It'd be nice to reload some soft rounds.

 

[Adam5]

I loaded 100 with 95gr lead projectiles over 1.9gr of Unique.

 

[Brett]

I reload .32 S&W Long for mine and my daughters M30. 2.0gn of Bullseye or Trailboss make nice easy plinkers. Hodgon reloader data shows Trailboss, Universal, and Titegroup for 90gn pills.

 

[Adam5]

I reload .32 S&W Long for mine and my daughters M30. 2.0gn of Bullseye or Trailboss make nice easy plinkers. Hodgon reloader data shows Trailboss, Universal, and Titegroup for 90gn pills.

I loaded him 200 .32 S&W Long a few months ago with 100gr lswc over 1.9gr of W231.

 

[CarZombie]

I load for an H&R Guardsman, that my Dad bought in the mid 60's. I shot Remington Factory 98 gr lead round nose, which was what he had it loaded with, and got an average of 747.7. So I set that as the max I wanted my reloads to give me. The barrel length is 4 inches.

100 gr LRNFP with 2.3 of Bullseye gives me and average of 695 and 5.3 AA#9, same bullet, gives me and average of 693. I use the Bullseye load simply because I like Bullseye and try to use it across the board. OAL is 1.245. I am happy with either load. I really liked 90 gr hollow based wad cutters, but finding them is like finding Unicorn horns.

As I am sure you know, always do your on checking of suggested reloads. Anyone can make a mistake or transpose numbers.

 

[gh1950]

I prepped some cases today for a caliber that I haven’t loaded yet. These are 100 .32 S&W cases for my dad’s prewar revolvers, a few of which are over 100 years old. I have 95gr lead flat nose bullets for them. Who has good low pressure loads for them? I tend to use a lot of W231 and soft loads for his older pistols.

You don't need "low pressure" loads.

.32 S&W is a black powder load, and any published load will be within safe parameters, I have a good selection of late 19th century/early 20th century break actions, and shoot mostly factory loads now. I have a couple of S&W I frames that are tiny.

When I was reloading, I used Red Dot because it was my universal powder. I loaded a ton of .32 WC and used about 2 grains Red Dot, no problem.

I had a Ruger Single Six in .32 S&W, and it used to be legal for skewerals. and I took a ton of them with those wadcutters hyped up a bit.

 

[ATLbreak26]

Anybody selling any ?

 

[Freshly Minted Georgian!]

In, I'll check the Lyman cast bullet load book tomorrow. This is 32 s&w long, not short I assume