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Old 12-14-2011, 11:05 PM
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The story of .32 S&W Long being loaded down is a bunch of hooey, the cartridge never was particularly powerful. It started out as a Black Powder cartridge for the .32 Hand Ejector Model of 1896, and is still loaded to pressure levels appropriate to guns of that period.

The tale about being loaded down for early top-break revolvers is also baloney, there never was a top-break revolver made for this cartridge. All S&W, H&R, I.J., Hopkins & Allen, etc. .32 caliber revolvers were chambered for .32 S&W, which is not the same cartridge as .32 S&W Long.

.32 ACP. Yes, you can shoot this in .32 S&W Long revolvers. In spite of being called "rimless" it is not. .32 ACP is a semi-rimmed cartridge.

Other cartridges which can be used are .32 S&W, .32 Short Colt and .32 Long Colt, although any of these will be both more difficult to find, and more expensive than .32 S&W Long if you do, so there would be no point. These are all documented in S&W advertising and box lid information, so if you are tempted to argue don't, you will lose.
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