buck460XVR
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I would not intentionally ever shoot any handgun indoors without ear protection. If it came down to the lives of my loved ones, others around me or my life, then for dam sure.
GP100 327 Mag?
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I would not intentionally ever shoot any handgun indoors without ear protection. If it came down to the lives of my loved ones, others around me or my life, then for dam sure.
I do not change ammunition when going in and out of doors.
Bush Pilot
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Buy the gun, you will eventually find components.
RealGun
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I change guns.
I prefer holstering once a day.
dieselchief
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once you shoot a 32 your goose is cooked. once you shoot something with a 32 you will want every version you can get your hands on. so far> 32hr mag 3inch charter arms,32 32/320 convertible single action cimarron arms, 32 20 marlin. soon as i see any of the rugers in any of the 32 choices it will be mine. just saying.
heck i can reload any of these 32s for less than you can buy decent 22 ammo. dc
heck i can reload any of these 32s for less than you can buy decent 22 ammo. dc
TTv2
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Shootability. In this case tho it's the intense blast that .327 Mag has, it's on par with .357 Mag. Also, .327 is a very good penetrator, verging on overpenetration at times due to its velocity and sectional density, .32 H&R Magnum is less so because the velocity is a bit lower.
As you know, I'm a proponent of .32 in small, light pocket pistols over .380 for the reason of shootability because there is a difference between the two in a 10oz pistol, there is a difference between .327 and .357 in a 20oz LCR and 30oz SP101, but there is no difference between them in a 40oz GP100, at least not enough to warrant using a smaller bullet and I would say that even if the GP could hold 8 or 9 shots of .327 vs the seven rounds the .357 holds.
Conversely and hypothetically, if someone made a .32 S&W or .32 ACP in a 5 shot and it weighed say, 6oz, and was smaller than even a J frame, I would buy it over a 5 shot .38 or 6 shot .32/.327 Magnum snub because I'm not buying it strictly for the caliber, I'm buying it because it's a smaller, lighter gun in a caliber that I trust more than .22 rimfire.
I guess what I'm saying is that big guns should be in big calibers, small guns in small calibers. Small calibers in big guns and big calibers in small guns are like a marriage at a 24 hour chapel in Las Vegas: it's just not meant to be.
TTv2
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The Berry's .32 ACP bullet you could get a thousand of them from Midway for $50 when on sale. With a moderate charge of Bullseye underneath you got enough blast and recoil to make it feel like shooting a gun, with my own Trail Boss handloads they felt like shooting .22 Short.
IDK if we're ever gonna see those bullets for $50/1000 again, glad I have a few
Riomouse911
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Brownells had some .32H&R Starline cases in stock yesterday. I bought 200 more of those and 100 .41 Special cases (that’s all they had of the .41’s
.) As for finding small pistol primers? I have no idea
.stay safe.
RealGun
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I don't holster my house gun. My carry gun is laid up for the night, and the house gun is on duty. Only one of them sees a holster. Next come back.
My carry firearm serves indoors and out.
plainsdrifter
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Hold on till I get my ear plugs in - no one ever said to an intruder in the house. No matter what caliber.
I do keep my SR9c and SP101 (with .357 mag) side by side in the house. I have discharged a 12 ga 2 3/4 inch mag 00 Buck in a house once but not a .357 mag.
I do keep my SR9c and SP101 (with .357 mag) side by side in the house. I have discharged a 12 ga 2 3/4 inch mag 00 Buck in a house once but not a .357 mag.
RealGun
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When I fire that at the range, people around me wince and ask what "caliber" it is.
LOLBELL
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If I discharge a firearm inside my home, my ears are not going to be a “worry”. Lack of tissue damage will be my greatest worry. There is a 327 on my person if I’m not in the bed or shower, I carry the GP when the wife will let me. If it’s on her I have either the SP or a Birdhead Single 7.
RealGun
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A 327 Federal with real deal ammo in it is one of the worst choices to fire indoors, even with common hearing protection. I carry it too but dialed it back to subsonic. My bedside gun is actually the carry gun within reach, but given time the combination lock box is nearby within reach on the floor containing my 40 S&W Glock22 with light and laser. Firing that one would not be a treat either.
I would characterize permanent noise-induced hearing loss as "tissue damage".
Why incur it?
RealGun
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I fired 32 H&R indoors, and it wasn't too bad.
LOLBELL
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Because a BB gun does little to protect my wife, kids , and grandchildren
That is, of course, ridiculous.
A .45 ACP, a .38 Special, and a .32 H&R will all do the job if you do yours, with much, much lower sound pressure.
LOLBELL
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Yes sir you are correct. I meant it with all the sarcasm I could type. My 327s are a part of me, us. My wife and myself. We got hooked on the caliber during the last shortage. With a home cast bullet and a medium pressure powder charge we could shoot for less than .02 a round. We shot 327 a lot. We still shoot a lot. When we shoot, most of the shooting is done with the GP, SP and Birdhead.
I don’t load much to max pressures. Most of my SD loads run about 1200 fps, HR pressure, but in 327 brass. I top them off with a Hornady 100gn hollow point.
I don’t think I will ever have to discharge a firearm, any firearm in the house. If I do it will be because I believe my or a loved ones life is threatened. At that point I’m not going to be worried about my hearing, which is mostly gone now anyway.
True for everyone.
Mostly =/= all.
Deaf family members will wonder why you did not make a better choice.
I carry a 9mm in the house and out , but a .45 ACP would be a better choice for shooting indoors.
amd6547
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My Dad fought WWII in Europe. He fired the M1 Garand, every MG in the inventory, as well as the 37mm on his armored car, and incoming/outgoing artillery…all without hearing protection. As a weapons Sargent, he even taught others how to use and employ captured German MG’s. His hearing seemed fine in his 80’s.
Shivahasagun
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I was disappointed the Gp100 holds 7 .327 instead of 8.
Might as well get the 7 shot .357. Light .38's are easy from that 38 oz gun.
.327 is nice in light guns like the sp101 and LCR because you can use the shorter .32 cartridges for low-recoil practice.
A light .357 / .38 gun will still wear down the hand / wrist even with .38's.
So, in this case I'd get it because I already reload these .32's. But I wouldn't buy a big revolver in .327 unless it held more rounds than the same sized gun in .357.
Might as well get the 7 shot .357. Light .38's are easy from that 38 oz gun.
.327 is nice in light guns like the sp101 and LCR because you can use the shorter .32 cartridges for low-recoil practice.
A light .357 / .38 gun will still wear down the hand / wrist even with .38's.
So, in this case I'd get it because I already reload these .32's. But I wouldn't buy a big revolver in .327 unless it held more rounds than the same sized gun in .357.
Shivahasagun
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As for noise, in .357, 158 gr loads arent as bad as 125's. 180 gr loads arent bad at all. A little more than .40 perhaps.
I've fired up to 100 gr bullets in .327. That was loud and I wouldn't carry those. I would carry a milder .327 load like the 85 gr Federal. That was more tolerable.
But what I actually carry is a warm .32 magnum in an LCR.
I've fired up to 100 gr bullets in .327. That was loud and I wouldn't carry those. I would carry a milder .327 load like the 85 gr Federal. That was more tolerable.
But what I actually carry is a warm .32 magnum in an LCR.
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