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Originally Posted by nbedford
Hatcher's Notebook of Pistols and Revolvers is always my first reference on early cartridges: "Thus the case of the .32 Long Colt is only .313 in diameter, while that of the .32 S&W is .336 in outside diameter. This explains why the two cartridges, which look much alike, will not interchange".
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Yeah, 20 thousandths sounds about right for the amount of "slop" these feel like they have in the cylinder of my 32 HE.
That sounds like a good reference. I usually look individual cartridges up in Wikipedia.
.32 Long Colt - Wikipedia
In this case I didn't look it up prior to purchasing it, because it came as part of a "lot" of stuff that contained other items I wanted.
I hadn't got around to looking up the specs afterwards either since it was obvious that it wasn't the right cartridge for my 32 HE - I knew it wouldn't work and that was the main thing.
Thanks for posting the specs though - it is interesting info.