My brother in law in invited me to go shooting with him this weekend. He had reloaded some 9MM that he wanted to chronograph and I really wanted to see the velocity of the 32 long ammo I had on hand. I'm shooting a S&W hand ejector 3 1/4" barrel that's in very good condition and shipped in 1953. Ammo is Buffalo Bore 100 grain wadcutter, Magtech 98 grain semi jacketed hollow point, and PPU 98 grain lead round nose.
The Results in feet per second are as follows for six rounds each:
Buffalo Bore: 845, 850, 855, 877, 855, 851-average 855.5 fps
Magtech: 712, 619,605,504,492,650-average 597 fps
PPU: 682,662,690,651,683,671-average-average 673 fps
The Buffalo Bore is just as advertised- their website advertises this round at 900/fps and listed a gun just like mine shooting 872/fps. Magtech lists theirs at 778/fps, but you can see from the results that this load is weak and inconsistent. I can't find the PPU advertised velocity but I think it's consistent with most 32 long factory loadings.
I will continue to carry the Buffalo Bore in my revolver and practice with PPU-it's usually the cheapest ammo on ammoseek.com and it seems just as accurate as the Buffalo Bore. I thought the Magtech might be a carry option but in my opinion it's pretty much garbage-some of the rounds even sounded and felt weak. The Buffalo Bore has a little more recoil but is still pretty mild.
Smith & Wesson 32 Long Chronograph Testing
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