While no powerhouse by today's standards, the .32 Long was for decades a popular police round. Would I choose it for self-defense today? I doubt it, with so many better choices out there; but, if it were what I had, I wouldn't feel unarmed.

In modern guns, a handloader can jazz it up a bit. I load a 90 gr. SWC over a powder charge that appears in no book and will not be cited here. This load gives absolutely no pressure signs and is right zippy out of my S&W Model 30 and Charter Undercoverette, quite accurate. This combo makes a very fine pocket gun for the woods.

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