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Mainiac

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Finally the snow is gone enough,so i can shoot again.shot some tiny small groups today,with aa#9,,,rcbs 98swc,,1450 fps,,,this bullet will handle it,,the 5 inch gp100 is very nice.
 
CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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Its quite a hot lil caliber!!

Love mine!!

A good friend was impressed when he shot mine he found a 12" Contender barrel nad had me re chamber it to 327. Wow the velocitys that extra few inches makes!!!
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

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I've noted this caliber trait (wanting to be pushed hard) in 32 H&R Magnum and 327 Federal, and I am not sure it is so much a "Caliber trait" as it is a "bullet trait". All of the jacketed bullets do their best work run near red line, as does the Lyman #313631. This latter bullet won't shoot worth squat until it is run past 1200 FPS for some reason.

Then we have the WONDERFUL RCBS 32-98-SWC, a plain-based gem that has performed well for me in all of the 32 caliber revolvers, 32/20 revolvers, and 30 Carbine Blackhawks. From 700-1300 FPS, it always does the right things.
 
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Mainiac

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CZ93X62 said:
I've noted this caliber trait (wanting to be pushed hard) in 32 H&R Magnum and 327 Federal, and I am not sure it is so much a "Caliber trait" as it is a "bullet trait". All of the jacketed bullets do their best work run near red line, as does the Lyman #313631. This latter bullet won't shoot worth squat until it is run past 1200 FPS for some reason.

Then we have the WONDERFUL RCBS 32-98-SWC, a plain-based gem that has performed well for me in all of the 32 caliber revolvers, 32/20 revolvers, and 30 Carbine Blackhawks. From 700-1300 FPS, it always does the right things.
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Yes!!!most amazing little pill!
Ive run it over 1400 fps,,in a 5 inch revolver,,splendid accuracy,,terrible racket!
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

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All of the 30/32 caliber handguns are louder than Hell's Drumline once the bullets are run past 900 FPS. I suspect that new 30 Super Carry autopistol will be another such eardrum drill.
 
CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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CZ93X62 said:
All of the 30/32 caliber handguns are louder than Hell's Drumline once the bullets are run past 900 FPS. I suspect that new 30 Super Carry autopistol will be another such eardrum drill.
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Its not that long thin cast that seems to be key. (Long powder column) but @ 50K... I wouldnt bet against ya!! :p
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Ya never know. Sometimes those fizzled out cartridges live longer than you'd think. I can buy, amazingly, 5MM Remington ammo today. I don't own a rifle for it, passed on 20 years ago, but whoda thunk you'd ever see that round reproduced 50 years after it died?
 
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david s

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9mm Federal AKA the 9mm Auto Rim, I like the 32 caliber pistols. I don't currently have an auto 32 and unless the new 30 Federal is offered in an auto loader that appeals to me there won't be a new one. If the platform that they offer it in should change then maybe. I have better options for a defensive handgun, so the 30-auto loader would be a field gun or toy. When Aguila reissued the 5mm rimfire (they have made two different runs of it) my 5mm Contender barrel was move from the back of the safe and put back into use. I hate to say it, but I would be surprised if another run of the 5mm Remington were to be made. It always seems that 32 caliber offerings get introduced at difficult times. The 32 H&R was introduced at the end of the peanut farmers 20% prime interest rate era, the 32 Federal was introduced during the last great panic and the 30 Federal during the current run-on guns and ammo. Being that I enjoy the smaller handgun offerings I do wonder if things would have been different if they had been introduced in better times, but for the most part 32 calibers just don't appeal to most people.
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
CWLONGSHOT said:
Well there is a cartritage called the 9mm Federal that died a quick death...

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Yup, a rimmed 9mm Luger!!! Why they thought that would sell was beyond me then and still is today. Add to the list the souped up 9mm like the Cor-Bon, the 87 different varieties of 40/41/10mm cal's that were either bottle necked, had a rebated rim, or other oddball "trick" that still didn't match the 10mm and only exceeded the 40S+W though crazy high pressures, the fairly numerous "45 Magnums" the the 460 Rowland that tried to turn the 1911 into an elephant gun and of course the 50 cals! There's even more over on the rifle side, like those electronically fired Remington jobs and bewildering array of short mags, super short mags, magnums that aren't magnums at all, about 27 attempts to make an 8MM that will sell in the US, etc, etc, etc.

Ah, whatever! It's kind of like when car makers started racing to see who could put the most cup holders in a vehicle- a lot of effort that didn't amount to much.
 
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RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
I once had a bunch of 38 brass with split mouths so I cut it back to 9×23 and loaded it at just over 38 Special WC lengths ......you can put 14+1 in a 10 round 357 rifle . They didn't shoot bad there or in the 357 Sec 6 .

I'm just saying when the new guy runs 250,000 9×?? cases with 38 rims you may as well make it pay instead of scrap it .
 
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