.32 S & W

[MattCook]

I have been trying to find this ammo for an old revolver my dad has. Been looking for a while with no luck. Anybody know where I might have better luck?

 

[turnerdye1]

What kinda revolver? There’s a few types of 32 SW. There’s long, short, and special off the top of my head

I have an old Iver Johnson in 32 SW short. I found some out of stock at SGAmmo and signed up for the email notification. 6 months later I got an email and ordered some. It was like 40 bucks for a box of 50 I think.

 

[MattCook]

I beleive it is short. I a box of .32 auto and although they dropped in, it wouldn't close properly.

 

[MattCook]

 

[MattCook]

I beleive it is short. I bought box of .32 auto and although they dropped in, it wouldn't close properly.

 

[turnerdye1]

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Yup that’s an Iver Johnson break top. 32 SW short is what you’ll want.

I bought the Magtech stuff and it shoots well.

 

[Leadeye]

Check the age and make of your gun, the 32 S&W short goes back to the BP era. My Merwins and some of the S&W top breaks are only good for BP ammo which I make myself. Brass is available from Starline and is very good.

 

[MattCook]

Yup that’s an Iver Johnson break top. 32 SW short is what you’ll want.

I bought the Magtech stuff and it shoots

I'll try to get on a wait list for notifications. I did not know what kind of gun it was. Thats cool. Thanks

 

[MattCook]

Check the age and make of your gun, the 32 S&W short goes back to the BP era. My Merwins and some of the S&W top breaks are only good for BP ammo which I make myself. Brass is available from Starline and is very good.

Ok, gotta get my magnifying glass out for that. What is BP era?

 

[Jaybird1980]

Ok, gotta get my magnifying glass out for that. What is BP era?

Black Powder cartridges

If I'm not mistaken 32 S&W is the "short version" . Also labeled 32 Police and 32 S&W short sometimes. 32 S&W long will be longer than the cylinder.

There is also 32 Colt short, but it is a smaller diameter ( originally was a heeled bullet). I have heard of people shooting 32 Colt short but the accuracy usually suffers. I am not sure of the pressure difference between S&W vs Colt cartridges.

 

[MattCook]

Yeah my dad believes he was told it was some kind of a police gun when he gotta about 40 yrs ago.

On the top of barrel theirs lots of dates. On the underside of the stock looks like it says 93979.

There's 5 bullets in it. The bullet says W-W 32 S&W. Anybody know what that means?

 

[Jaybird1980]

Yeah my dad believes he was told it was some kind of a police gun when he gotta about 40 yrs ago.

On the top of barrel theirs lots of dates. On the underside of the stock looks like it says 93979.

There's 5 bullets in it. The bullet says W-W 32 S&W. Anybody know what that means?

The W-W is the headstamp identification.
Winchester made 32 S&W caliber

 

[Leadeye]

The S&W New Departure/ Lemon Squeezer/ Safety Hammerless was a successful design made from 1888 to just before WW2. There are 5 distinct changes made from beginning to end of the run and I think the 4th and 5th were good to go with smokeless powder. You need to run your serial number on the internet and get a date of manufacture.

They are great little guns. Easy to load and empty.

 

[MattCook]

Thank you all SO much for helping me with this!

 

[Gunaria]

I've seen 2 boxes at Dave's gun shop in Holland yesterday $32 or so bucks.

 

[Frontiersman]

I beleive it is short. I a box of .32 auto and although they dropped in, it wouldn't close properly.

You definitely don't want to go that route. .32 acp is almost twice the pressure as .32 S&W.

 

[MattCook]

You definitely don't want to go that route. .32 acp is almost twice the pressure as .32 S&W.

Ok yeah I don't wanna mess the gun up