For months I've owned this weapon, can't find ammo anywhere. A "friend" sold me (at huge price btw) 100 wad cutters (yuk). Went to range today. I am a good shot even with a new weapon (and this thing has SOME recoil let me tell you, you need two hands on this gun if you're a petite person). Fifteen rounds, two hangfires: wadcutters failed (bullet separated from jacket and jutted out a bit in cylinder) so now I'm afraid to fire the remainder and I can't find AMMO for love or money anywhere in Ulster County NY. What to do? I did great (hit bull's eye several times, first time firing it, too) but this hangfire thing is scary. The person with me today was my NRA instructor and, the first time this happened, HE didn't know what to do! WHERE CAN I BUY AMMO?

If I told you all the good places to fish then they wouldn't be good places to fish.

You might try "ammo to go" as a search on the
internet. Hope this helps.
TACC1

Having never heard of a 237 caliber I have to assume that what you are referring to is the [b]327]/b] Federal Magnum. If so, you need to be aware that many other 32 caliber revolver types will work in your gun. So, your revolver list for ammo can consist of 32 long, 32 H&R Magnum, 327 Federal Magnum and probably the puny little 32 S&W.

I'll also note that what you've described as a "hang fire" sounds like a squib to me. A Hang Fire will typically fire after a delay of 30 seconds or even more. A Squib is a cartridge that is severely under charged with powder and typically leaves a bullet lodged in the forcing cone or the barrel.

Squibs happen during the reloading process with a reloader who simply isn't paying attention.

It could be that due to a poor choice in powder for the particular powder feed method has resulted in the powder "bridging" in the powder feed and under charging a cartridge. The really scary aspect of this happening is that the next cartridge loaded typically gets an over charge equal to the powder missing in the previous cartridge. Mean you not only have the inconvenience of squibs to deal with you also have the risk of an over charge damaging or blowing up your gun. The solution for "bridging" is simply making a better choice of powders for your powder measure and paying attention during the load process, severe under charges that result in squibs are rather easy to see with most handgun loads.

The second cause of a squib is someone simply forgetting to put a powder charge in a case, not checking, and then pressing in the bullet. Lots of causes for this, including being drunk or answering the phone while loading up a batch of ammunition. Rule one for anyone reloading ammunition is NO INTERRUPTIONS while reloading and NO BOOZE.

Now RULE ONE FOR SHOOTERS. That is no matter how desperate you are you NEVER SHOOOT SOMEONE ELSE'S RELOADS. If you are going to shoot reloaded ammunition make it yourself and PAY ATTENTION to what you are doing.

1+ on this. The guy that sold them to you is not you friend. Look him up and tell him to take his garbage back and refund your money.

FWIW, I won't even reload for relatives unless they are shooting one of my guns in my presence.

Yes thanks guys (btw, 237 is a S&W J frame .38). I realize he is not my friend, he's the one who did the reloading (I would have no idea how to do this). I need to trash this ammo, I doubt he'll refund me my money. I gave him $100 cash yesterday to purchase ammo if he sees it because he's all over the place (NRA instructor) and now I've got to figure a way to get that money back cause I darn well sure am never going to see it again.

I'm no authority on later model S&W's, but as far as I know a "3" prefix (as in 342) indicates an airlite (scandium frame & titanium cylinder, I believe), a "4" prefix (as in 442) indicates an airweight (aluminum frame, steel cylinder & barrel), and a "6" prefix indicates a stainless airweight (aluminum frame, stainless barrel & cylinder). I never heard of a 237.
Given S&W's numbering system, it seems like this would be some sort of lightweight Chief Special, perhaps made of unobtainium?
Anyways, it sounds like your ammo is junk, good luck getting your money back. With today's panic market, it can be tough finding ammo for sale. Since beggars can't be choosers, you'll just have to take what you can get. I wouldn't turn up my nose at target wadcutters though, they can be very accurate and are a viable choice for self-defense esp for a petit shooter with a lightweight revolver. Buffalo Bore's standard pressure hardcast 150 gr wadcutter at a claimed 850 fps out of a 2" revolver is another good choice, though it will have more recoil than a target load.