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Clark · August 20, 2012, 10:53 AM

I have worked up loads for 4 different ~~100 year old Colt 32 S&W revolvers.
I am currently using 85 gr XTPs.
In all 4 revolvers I have blown out the thin forcing cone as soon as I start experimenting. I TIG weld them to repair them, and then they have no other problems.
I have experimentally tried a number of powders in work ups, but found LIL'GUN and 800X to be the best.
The fastest I have got so far is 1413 fps over the chrono. That is some painful recoil with a tiny revolver.

If I were writing a load book you wished you had, it might say:

32 S&W Long
.312, 100, Hornady HP/XTP 32070
small pistol primer
5.0 gr AA#5
1.28" OAL
15,000 psi
S&W 30 2" barrel 840 fps
S&W 30 3" barrel 929 fps
S&W 30 4" barrel 993 fps
S&W 30 6" barrel 1084 fps

August 20, 2012, 10:53 AM	#7
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	I have worked up loads for 4 different ~~100 year old Colt 32 S&W revolvers. I am currently using 85 gr XTPs. In all 4 revolvers I have blown out the thin forcing cone as soon as I start experimenting. I TIG weld them to repair them, and then they have no other problems. I have experimentally tried a number of powders in work ups, but found LIL'GUN and 800X to be the best. The fastest I have got so far is 1413 fps over the chrono. That is some painful recoil with a tiny revolver. If I were writing a load book you wished you had, it might say: 32 S&W Long .312, 100, Hornady HP/XTP 32070 small pistol primer 5.0 gr AA#5 1.28" OAL 15,000 psi S&W 30 2" barrel 840 fps S&W 30 3" barrel 929 fps S&W 30 4" barrel 993 fps S&W 30 6" barrel 1084 fps __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?