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Old February 13, 2017, 01:12 AM   #1501
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Add me to the club folks.

Purchased an LCR .327 yesterday along with a box of Black Hills .32 H&R Mag 85gr. JHP.
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Old February 13, 2017, 03:11 PM   #1502
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Got bit by the bug eh? Welcome, and hope you have fun with it!

I need a .327 LCR...
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Old February 13, 2017, 11:33 PM   #1503
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Be careful. Your snubs in .38 and .357 will get lonely.
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Old February 14, 2017, 12:23 AM   #1504
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Thank you alaskabushman.
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Old February 14, 2017, 12:17 PM   #1505
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Since my post in 2016 I have become the owner of two more .327s....both Rugers.

Was at a local shop last fall and they had two LCRs on the "used" shelf. One was listed as unfired and was a little over $500.00. The second looked just like it with box and paperwork...$340.00... I asked the salesman why the difference in price...he just shrugged...so I took the "used" one...

Then a few weeks ago I was in another shop where they price used guns to move quickly... There was another customer holding a SP101/3"...the tag hanging down said ".327 Federal, $399.99". He was asking the salesman about it who had no clue what a .327 Federal was so he got another salesman who told him the round was rare and expensive...it was a GREAT day...

Have shot both guns with my only load for the Freedom Arms 97 which is a 120 grain cast bullet with 8.5 gr. of AA7...1400 from the 97s 6.5" barrel. Shoots good in the SP101 but just a little warm for the LCR...

Also went a little .327 crazy... The handgun I have had the longest dates from about 1974...a 1961 vintage 6" S&W 53 .22 Jet with an extra rimfire cylinder. Already burned out the original barrel shooting over a 1000 Jet rounds through it and was lucky enough to find an identical replacement barrel. It has not seen a Jet round in 20 years so not wanting to sell it and having lots of S&W .22 revolvers sent the gun and extra cylinder to Jack Huntington to be converted to .327. He is reboring the original burned out barrel and rechambering the .22 Long Rifle cylinder to .327. This will leave the new replacement barrel and original .22 Jet cylinder intact just in case someone in the future wants to convert the gun back to .22 Jet. The only loss of course will be the very rare .22 rimfire cylinder. Talked to Jack a couple of days ago and he said the barrel is out for reboring and the project should be done in April...just when shooting season starts...

Last week I cast 1300 Accurate 31-120S bullets and finished sizing them yesterday...all ready for another shooting season.

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Old February 18, 2017, 07:43 PM   #1506
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Count me in. Single Seven and Marlin 1894CB.
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Old February 24, 2017, 09:54 PM   #1507
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I recently purchased an LCR 327 Fed Mag - not for me, but for my students who are recoil sensitive or compromised for one reason or another (arthritis, age, Parkinson's, injury, or just weak). No, not chambered in the 327 Federal Magnum but, maybe the 32 H&R Magnum or certainly the 32 long.

Most of my students are newbies. Many are compromised. I recently held a Basic Pistol Class that was a group of 12 ladies, average age 65 y.o. One of my assistant instructors had an LCR 327 Fed Mag and only brought 32 long cartridges. After many of the ladies struggling with even a Ruger SR22 due to dealing with the magazine and basic manipulations, most were able to shoot the LCR 327 reasonably well. The trigger is much smoother than even an LCR in 22lr, that one of the ladies had. The trigger pull on the 22lr was easily twice the pull weight of the 327.

Some experienced shooters may scoff at the 327. I used to. Sure, many of us can handle a 357mag or a 45cal, but many can not. Especially the new, female, elderly and compromised shooters. Their numbers are legion. My wife loves the LCR 327, as long as it's chambered in 32 long or 32 H&R Mag, at most. No way with the 327 Federal Magnum load for her or many like her.

It's been said that a 22lr is better than nothing. Well, IMHO, an LCR 327 Fed Mag shooting 32 longs is even better than a 22lr for those who are recoil sensitive and better off with the simple operation of a revolver.
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Old February 27, 2017, 08:32 PM   #1508
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Elite Club

I know when 'elites' get caught, they put them in 'federal' places for punishment [like Country Club treatment].
I would like to join this .327 Federal Club.....can you tell me the requirements to be accepted in?
Do I need to write an essay, fill out a form(s), or slap my Grandma....to get in?
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Old February 27, 2017, 09:09 PM   #1509
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Old February 27, 2017, 10:03 PM   #1510
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None of us really wanted to be in a club, either.

We preferred the Original Orthodox Maternal Brotherhood of Benevolent and Synergistic Peristrofikós Triacontadimillia.


But, we bought .327s and were admitted automatically.
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Old February 28, 2017, 12:08 AM   #1511
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The OOMB Of BASPT really rolls off the tongue.
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Old February 28, 2017, 10:34 PM   #1512
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Original Orthodox Maternal Brotherhood of Benevolent and Synergistic Peristrofikós Triacontadimillia.

Oh heck, I am already in that 'bat cage', at least since 2013 when I posted my first positive reply on the .327 on TFL.
Do I owe any back dues?
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Old March 1, 2017, 02:31 AM   #1513
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No dues due.
Nor doodoos.

The Brotherhood doesn't require anything but enjoyment of the cartridge.
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Old March 2, 2017, 06:35 PM   #1514
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Now in the month of the scheduled release of the Henry 327 Federal Magnum rifle. Anxious to read a report.
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Old March 2, 2017, 07:11 PM   #1515
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^^^This!!^^^
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Old March 2, 2017, 09:01 PM   #1516
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Anxious for release.
My LGS can't order one yet.
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Old March 2, 2017, 10:14 PM   #1517
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Federal AE 100gr JSP run 1541fps in my 7 1/2" Single Seven over a Pact Model 1 chronograph. 2128fps from the 20" Marlin barrel. Nice difference.
I loaded up some Rainier 100gr plated HP with 5.3 grains W231 (.1 grain under suggested maximum), COAL 1.495. Five shot strings averaged 1675fps in the Ruger. 1673fps in the Marlin.

Hmmmmmmm.
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Old March 2, 2017, 10:28 PM   #1518
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100AE from my 5.5" Blackhawk can clock at over 1700 ft/sec. Haven't shot my 7.5" 327 single six/seven yet. I hope it outdoes my BH...
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Old March 3, 2017, 07:18 PM   #1519
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Now in the month of the scheduled release of the Henry 327 Federal Magnum rifle. Anxious to read a report.
Thats what I'm waiting on. I've already saved up the money just waiting for the release. And it's killin me
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Old March 6, 2017, 11:30 AM   #1520
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Federal AE 100gr JSP run 1541fps in my 7 1/2" Single Seven over a Pact Model 1 chronograph. 2128fps from the 20" Marlin barrel. Nice difference.
I loaded up some Rainier 100gr plated HP with 5.3 grains W231 (.1 grain under suggested maximum), COAL 1.495. Five shot strings averaged 1675fps in the Ruger. 1673fps in the Marlin.

Hmmmmmmm.
Interesting.

That same W231 load averages 1215 fps in my 5.5" Single Seven. The AE 100gr load averages 1485 fps.

I don't have a 327 Marlin but I did have a 32 H&R that would add 300-500 fps to what I would get out of my Single Six 32 H&R Mag. The velocity boost was lower using powders like Unique and higher using powders like Lil'Gun.
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Old March 6, 2017, 11:50 AM   #1521
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Well, I'm a new member of the forum, and also new to 327 Federal.

Just took my LCR 327 out for it's second range trip a couple days ago.

Shot some AE 100gr from it.

That stuff is hot.

The guys on both sides of me put down the pistol screens (used to stop being pelted by semi auto brass).

In this case, they put the screens down to block the muzzle blast from my snub.

Some of the "no lower than 9mm" guys should try shooting 327 Federal American Eagle rounds -- might change their minds about thinking 32s are mouse guns.
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Old March 6, 2017, 11:52 AM   #1522
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"Interesting.

That same W231 load averages 1215 fps in my 5.5" Single Seven. The AE 100gr load averages 1485 fps.

I don't have a 327 Marlin but I did have a 32 H&R that would add 300-500 fps to what I would get out of my Single Six 32 H&R Mag. The velocity boost was lower using powders like Unique and higher using powders like Lil'Gun".

Yeah. That load (5.4gr, maximum) lists at 1261fps. With factory AE 100gr, there is approximately a 600fps difference between rifle and pistol. I've noticed that many times in others' data, the 5.5" S7 registers higher velocities than the 7.5". One attributes this to a tighter barrel/cylinder gap (he had all three barrel lengths). Before I waste too much more component material, I think I'm going to wait for my new 133gr Keith .315 bullet mold. I like the heavier bullets. Put a fresh battery in the old chronograph. See what happens then. Right now, I gotta walk a couple miles and rescue my ATV out of the desert. A wheel fell off yesterday just as the storm broke...

I should have posted this on the .327 reloading data thread.
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Old March 6, 2017, 12:19 PM   #1523
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The guys on both sides of me put down the pistol screens (used to stop being pelted by semi auto brass).

In this case, they put the screens down to block the muzzle blast from my snub.
You should have thrown in some .32 S&W just to mess with them.
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Old March 7, 2017, 12:57 AM   #1524
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Just took my LCR 327 out for it's second range trip a couple days ago.

Shot some AE 100gr from it.

That stuff is hot.
Yes, it is. I was surprised since it seems to be both the hottest and cheapest factory ammo. I really don't care for it in the LCR and previously reserved it for the SP101. I know it's a rare thing and can happen in any chambering, but after a few split cases and a blast that knocked the revolver out of time, I've decided to stay away from that load. Now I feed my LCR the 85-grain Hydra-Shoks and my SP101 gets the Gold Dots.

I'm still waiting for an economy-class FMJ but I'm not optimistic. I think this was another "failure to launch" factor for .327 Federal.
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Old March 7, 2017, 03:55 PM   #1525
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I'm still waiting for an economy-class FMJ but I'm not optimistic. I think this was another "failure to launch" factor for .327 Federal.
Lead, gas checks, and XTPs are all available, all work great. Plated not so much at these pressure/velocity levels. If lead is not allowed, one will just have to bear the expense of bullets or use a lower pressure round in a different gun.
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