.32 S&W Long

American handgun cartridge .32 Long the similarly named cartridge introduced by Colt .32 Long Colt .32 S&W Long 76238comparison.jpg 300px .32 S&W Long (left) in comparison with .32 H&R Magnum and 7.62×38mmR Nagant United States Revolver Smith & Wesson 1896 1896–Present .32 S&W Rimmed, straight .312 .337 .337 .375 .055 .920 1.280 Small pistol 15000 98 LHBWC 718 112 90 LSWC 765 117 85 JHP 723 99 Hodgdonhttp://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp .32 S&W Long data at Hodgdon 2007-08-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20071111143616/http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp 2007-11-11 dead The .32 S&W Long / 7.65x23mmR,Revolver 0.32 (7.65 mm x 23) http://ofbindia.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/3.htm Ordnance Factory Board 2018-05-06 2006-07-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20060719194638/http://ofbindia.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/3.htm dead often called the .32 Long, is a straight-walled, centerfire, rimmed handgun cartridge, based on the earlier .32 S&W cartridge. It was introduced in 1896 for Smith & Wesson's first-model Hand Ejector revolver. Colt called it the .32 Colt New Police in revolvers it made chambered for the cartridge. History The .32 S&W Long, a lengthened version of the earlier .32 S&W, was introduced in 1896 with the Smith & Wesson (S&W) .32 Hand Ejector revolver, which, with its swing-out cylinder, has been the basis for every S&W revolver designed since. In its original form, the cartridge was loaded with black powder. In 1903, the small Hand Ejector was slightly redesigned. The cartridge retained the same dimensions, but was now loaded with smokeless powder to roughly the same chamber pressure.Barnes Frank C. Cartridges of the World: A Complete and Illustrated Reference for Over 1500 Cartridges Gun Digest Books 2009 978-1-4402-1330-4 Iola, Wisconsin 283–284 When he was the New York City Police Commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt standardized the department's use of the Colt New Police revolver. The cartridge was then adopted by several other northeastern U.S. police departments.".32 Colt Police Positive Special" by Mike Cumpston at GunBlast.com The .32 Long is well known as an unusually accurate cartridge. This reputation led Police Commissioner Roosevelt to select it as an expedient way to increase officers' accuracy with their revolvers in New York City. The Colt company referred to the .32 S&W Long cartridge as the .32 "Colt's New Police" cartridge, concurrent with the conversion of the Colt New Police revolver from .32 Long Colt. The cartridges are functionally identical with the exception that the .32 NP cartridge has been historically loaded with a flat nosed bullet as opposed to the round nose of the .32 S&W Long. Current use In the United States, it is usually older revolvers which are chambered in this caliber. The cartridge has mostly fallen out of use because similarly sized revolvers chambered in .38 Special are more effective for self-defense. The cartridge is widely used internationally, particularly in countries like India that restrict the calibers available to civilian firearms owners. Revolvers are still produced in this caliber in South America, South Asia, and Eastern Europe. The .32 S&W Long is popular among international competitors in ISSF 25 meter center-fire pistol, using high-end target pistols from makers such as Pardini Arms,Hogg Ian V. Pistols of the World Walter John 29 August 2004 David & Charles 0-87349-460-1 127 Ian V. Hogg Morini,Hogg Ian Pistols of the World Walter John 29 August 2004 David & Charles 0-87349-460-1 152–153 Hämmerli,Lee Jerry 2014 Standard Catalog of Firearms: The Collector's Price & Reference Guide 18 December 2013 Krause Publications 978-1-4402-3716-4 Iola, Wisconsin 998 Benelli,Hogg Ian Pistols of the World Walter John 29 August 2004 David & Charles 0-87349-460-1 30 and Walther,Shideler Dan Gun Digest Book of Semi-Auto Pistols 28 February 2011 Gun Digest Books 978-1-4402-2439-3 Iola, Wisconsin 152 among others, but chambered for wadcutter bullet type.Sweeney Patrick Reloading for Handgunners 24 October 2011 Krause Publications 978-1-4402-1774-6 Iola, Wisconsin 47, 141 Patrick Sweeney (gunsmith) The sporting variant of the Manurhin MR 73, also known as MR 32, is also chambered in .32 S&W Long. McNab Chris The Great Book of Guns: An Illustrated History of Military, Sporting, and Antique Firearms Thunder Bay Press 2004 1-59223-304-X 191 The IOF .32 Revolver manufactured by the Ordnance Factories Organization in India for civilian licence holders is chambered for this cartridge.Walker Robert E. Cartridges and Firearm Identification https://books.google.com/books?id=THQ1iG8fSG8C&pg=PT317 2013 CRC Press 978-1-4665-8881-3 317 Interchangeability The .32 S&W Long headspaces on the rim and shares the rim dimensions and case and bullet diameters of the shorter .32 S&W cartridge and the longer .32 H&R Magnum and .327 Federal Magnum cartridges. The shorter .32 S&W may be fired in handguns chambered for the .32 S&W Long; and the .32 S&W Long may be fired in arms chambered for the longer .32 H&R and .327 Federal magnums; although the longer cartridges should not fit and must not be fired in arms designed for the shorter and less powerful cartridges..32 H&R Mag. Cartridge Compatibility Technical Questions & Answers http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nra/ar_201105/index.php?startid=46#/44 Treakle John W. American Rifleman 159 5 May 2011 42 The .32 S&W Long and .32 Long Colt are not interchangeable. At one time it was widely publicized that these rounds would interchange, but in truth it has never been deemed safe to do so. Gallery See also 8 mm caliber .32 caliber List of rimmed cartridges List of handgun cartridges S&W Model 30 Table of handgun and rifle cartridges References External links Category:.32 S&W Long firearms Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:Rimmed cartridges Category:Smith & Wesson cartridges