play w/the different ammo in your toy.
that's what makes this hobby fun. besides, you need to spend some of that money to help the economy.
that's what makes this hobby fun. besides, you need to spend some of that money to help the economy.
I fired these out of a 6" Colt into water jugs and got slight expansion . I bet if you loaded your own using Winchester 60 gr STHP bullets you might get better expansion .Magtech loads a .32 S&W sjhp rated 778fps. At that speed it's very unlikely to expand, but should be the same as a semi wadcutter.
Malysh, Kinetic Energy= 1/2 mvsquared. so you can take the velocity amd multiply it by itself and multiply by the mass of the bullet and take 1/2 of that and that should give you the energy. You have to watch your units and make sure you convert grains of bullet weight to pounds if you want ft-lbs. of energy. Thanks for the comprehensive list of available 32 S&W factory loads.I ordered two boxes of the S&B 100gr. .32 S&W Long from Cheaper Than Dirt. This was the ammo that was advertised as 886 FPS at the muzzle and 174 ft lbs. at the muzzle. The boxes are also marked as NP, which I found interesting. This cartridge will have the flattened ogive of original .32 Colt New Police cartridges, as a small nostalgic plus.
I called a local friend who has a chrono. We are going to clock this ammo sometime this fall to see if the velocity claims are accurate. I don't know how ft lbs of energy are determined and how we could measure that.
Malysh, Kinetic Energy= 1/2 mvsquared. so you can take the velocity amd multiply it by itself and multiply by the mass of the bullet and take 1/2 of that and that should give you the energy. You have to watch your units and make sure you convert grains of bullet weight to pounds if you want ft-lbs. of energy. Thanks for the comprehensive list of available 32 S&W factory loads.
I shoot this ammuniton in my Colt Police Positive. Shoots great and is a bargain compared to most other brands.I've had good luck with the Privi LRN. It's usually available for around $17 a box from Midway or Graf & Sons. I actually shot a couple boxes last week. Here's Midway's listing which actually shows it rated at 787 FPS, which seems hotter than the Federal Personal Defense!
Prvi Partizan Ammunition 32 S&W Long 98 Grain Lead Round Nose Box of 50 - MidwayUSA
Good advice concerning the effectiveness or lack thereof of 32 Colt NP and S&W 32 Long ammo. I agree that 32 mag or 327 Mag ammo would be a lot more effective.Sounds like you're looking for a defense load. Hard to do with the .32 long. Having a good gunsmith adapt your D Special to take .32 Mag might not be a bad idea if you're contemplating using it for that purpose. I doubt that it would affect the value of the gun as it would not be at all obvious. Finding factory .32 mag ammo that isn't under-loaded (because of the guns H and R chambered for the round) might be a challenge....I'd start with Buffalo Bore.