.327 Federal Club thread

If you don't appreciate the caliber, not expecting to shoot any, why buy the gun? Aren't there other good choices in 32 H&R Magnum? What was wrong with guns you already had for 32 H&R?
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I only have the Baby Vaquero, but it is fixed sight. Wanted an adjustable sighted revolver too. There are no 32 H&R Magnum Ruger Single Actions being made. Nor have I run into any at gun shows have I been at the last couple of years. This revolver is the closest it comes to a factory 32 H&R Mag from Ruger. It will will fine for that purpose ;) . BTW, I will eventually build a stock of .327 brass, and reload for it too, but probably not at the high velocities it can attain (beauty of reloading is you can load what you want). 80g lead bullets are cheap, primers are available, no longer is my .22 type plinking shooting hinging on what is available in stores. Just build my own and my wife will be able to shoot it too. That is my logic on this. :) Not throwing dirt on the caliber... It is what it is.
 
I joined the club today with a 5 1/2" .327 Single Seven. I got this due to the .22 Shortage and call this my reloadable .22! Joins my Baby Vaquero. Will be shooting mostly hand loaded .32 H&R Mag in it in the 1000-1100fps range. I see no need to push velocity up, as I have .357s to cover that area (if needed). I think this will do ...for the intended purpose!
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I got one of these for my grand daughter as 22 isnt available at an affordable price here. I load 32 H&R cases with 2.5 grains of 700x and 78 grn lead bullet. cost about 7 cents a round and she plinks them just like a 22. you dont have to go balls to the wall to enjoy these guns.
 
Agreed! I load a 71gr Winchester FMJ (made for the .32 Auto) with a charge of Bullseye and while it is quite a bit warmer than the load you describe above, it is not at all harsh and it is very low cost and a lot of fun. My daughter shoots it also.
 
My son bought a new Blackhawk in 327 . He has shot 75 or 80 rounds and so far not great . The cylinder pin has fell out and now the gun is locked up will not work at all . So this new Ruger is going home to be fixed .
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Base pins generally don't just fall out.
Someone accidentally (or intentionally, but ignorantly) pushed the release button. ....And then it was fired without being secure and bent the pin and maybe more.
 
Base pins generally don't just fall out.
Someone accidentally (or intentionally, but ignorantly) pushed the release button. ....And then it was fired without being secure and bent the pin and maybe more.
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My Single Seven arrived with a pin that was too long to allow the notches to engage (wrong model), so there is that possibility too.
 
I posted this image in another thread, figured I would stick it here too.

here is the family photo of my 327's

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I have the 5.5" Single Seven, and it is remarkably accurate. I would like to have a better specimen of the Single Seven though, since my loading gate has been ground to allow proper indexing of the chambers. I have asked two Gunbroker sellers of the 4 5/8 gun, supposedly corrected as the last size to be made of the three barrel lengths, if they had ammo and would verify that the chambers index on the loading gate. I am not buying anymore from afar without a seller working with me on my concerns. One has agreed to check, and the other has not yet responded.
 
I just bought my first 327 Federal Magnum revolver. Ive wanted one for a while, for several reasons. The biggest reason, my wife cant handle much recoil, and would protect herself with a 22, if I would allow that. I wont, and want her to use a centerfire. I bought a Taurus M327 off my local Armslist for $300. Its basically NIB. I have it loaded with 32 H&R Magnum, for her.

I decided I wanted to explore the potential of the 327, so I ordered a 7.5" Ruger Single Seven.

I read the first two pages of this thread. Its interesting to see what guns people wanted the 327 chambered in. A longer barreled SP101, and a Single Six. Both are available today in 327.

I would like to see Ruger chamber a 3" LCRx in 327.
 
New Reason for .327 Rifle...

So I live in the free state of Vermont. I had some friends coming up from the slave state of NY to stay through the weekend. I was gonna take them to the range for some .327 fun. Since I'm running low and the relevant shops all close around 5pm, they volunteered to pick up the ammo on their way up. They were turned away down there. Apparently, you need a pistol permit to buy pistol ammo in NY! (The insanity of that alone took a minute to digest.) I called the shop that turned them away. The manager told me that they've been able to sell other pistol calibers because rifles have been chambered in them. Since .327 is only chambered in pistols, they can't sell it without a permit.

I know, some people will say "your friends should get a permit anyway". I suppose they should but do those people know what getting a NY permit involves?

On the other side of that imaginary line separating our states, we need no permits and manage to be vastly safer, but I suppose I'm preaching to the choir on that one... So for now, keep bugging companies to give us a .327 carbine.
 
I would feel sick and dirty -AND- would be lying through my teeth if I ever suggested to any gunmaker that it is a ridiculous, anti-American and wholly oppressive law that spurs me to ask them for a product.

I get where you are coming from, but anyway.
On a similar note, they will sometimes ask (here in free America) if the .22LR that you are purchasing is for a handgun or rifle, as if you were to answer handgun -- you must be 21 or older to purchase... but 18 if for a rifle.
 
Sevens wrote:

I would feel sick and dirty -AND- would be lying through my teeth if I ever suggested to any gunmaker that it is a ridiculous, anti-American and wholly oppressive law that spurs me to ask them for a product.
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If that was the only reason, you'd be on to something here. This is just one more. :)

Of course, this kind of thing was enough to spawn the NY-compliant AR-15...
 
Haha, touche' ! :D

I gotta say...
I think that rifle is kinda neat. I like the ingenuity to take a proven and popular system and "dumb it down" and I think most all of us get a real kick out of the THUMB IN YOUR EYE to the powers that be. :cool:
 
I'd say a 16.25" barrel would be about perfect for a .327 Carbine. You're not going to get much more out of another 2" of barrel and the shorter barrel makes handling a light caliber rifle much nicer. Especially getting in an out of a pickup or off an ATV.
 
Everyone seems to focus on a lever action, but a short and sweet little bolt action might be nice.

Hey Ruger! How about a 77/.327?
 
Dont even get me started on the Carbine thing...:mad:

It drives me crazy that they will come out with some of the strangest things, almost on a whim.
But they just ignore the customers who are standing there money in hand begging for a Carbine in 327 mag.
 
Okay, so back to the real 327 guns, I fired 32 H&R Magnum for the first time this afternoon using my SP101 3" 327. I was impressed and thought it to be a viable, subsonic alternative, thinking of when ear protection is not practical. It was also the first time I ever fired ammo in any gun that was different than the caliber stamped on the barrel.
 
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