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327 federal Whats the big deal?
- Thread starter smleno1mkIII
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FrankenMauser
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I love how the ballistics comparisons of the .327 always get stuck with the SP101's 3" barrel.
Don't forget that the 4" GP100 and the 5.5" Blackhawk greatly improve the performance of the cartridge.
Don't forget that the 4" GP100 and the 5.5" Blackhawk greatly improve the performance of the cartridge.
triumph666
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327 Ballistics
average velocity 1400fps average Muzzle energy Ft/lbs 485
i've seen some loads as slow as 1300 fps and some as high as 1580.....but the beauty of this is that these stats are all from a SHORT barreled revolver....a six inch revolve averages about another 200fps on top of that and a carbine can almost attain 2000fps in a standard store bought ammo.
After shooting my Taurus `327 i realized that this round is a high performance one for sure, it barks alot and the recoil is bit painful without the hogue grip i put on....I'm sure the 4inch plus barreled pistols with full size grips must be much more comfortable shooters
But alas while this round may blow away a 38 or 9mm for performance it is not a 45acp or a 44mag
average velocity 1400fps average Muzzle energy Ft/lbs 485
i've seen some loads as slow as 1300 fps and some as high as 1580.....but the beauty of this is that these stats are all from a SHORT barreled revolver....a six inch revolve averages about another 200fps on top of that and a carbine can almost attain 2000fps in a standard store bought ammo.
After shooting my Taurus `327 i realized that this round is a high performance one for sure, it barks alot and the recoil is bit painful without the hogue grip i put on....I'm sure the 4inch plus barreled pistols with full size grips must be much more comfortable shooters
But alas while this round may blow away a 38 or 9mm for performance it is not a 45acp or a 44mag
I have two big questions about the .327
1. Can you find full metal jacket bullets both for reloading and OTC sale?
2. If you load the .327 with 85 grain FMJ bullets, will it punch through Level II body armor like the 7.62 Tokarev will?
If the .327 will defeat body armor like the Tokarev will I see a few advantages to the .327 over the Tokarev most of them reloading related (Cough, no berdan primed ammo, cough)
1. Can you find full metal jacket bullets both for reloading and OTC sale?
2. If you load the .327 with 85 grain FMJ bullets, will it punch through Level II body armor like the 7.62 Tokarev will?
If the .327 will defeat body armor like the Tokarev will I see a few advantages to the .327 over the Tokarev most of them reloading related (Cough, no berdan primed ammo, cough)
Right now, you'd be hard pressed to find any jacketed bullets in .312" diameter outside of the 60 and 71 grain bullets made for the .32 Auto. This is because whatever stock was available dwindled over the last two years since the Barackolypse and no major jacketed bullet manufacturer has produced any new .312" jacketed slugs since that time.
They've been scrambling simply to produce 9mm, .38, .40 and .45 cal slugs just to catch up.
As for what was available... I am not aware of a FMJ .32 cal slug over 71 grains in weight, but that doesn't mean that someone made them... just that I can't think of it at the moment.
Sierra makes the Sportmaster, Hornady makes the XTP, Speer offers the Gold Dot and Nosler doesn't make a .312" handgun slug that I am aware of.
They've been scrambling simply to produce 9mm, .38, .40 and .45 cal slugs just to catch up.
As for what was available... I am not aware of a FMJ .32 cal slug over 71 grains in weight, but that doesn't mean that someone made them... just that I can't think of it at the moment.
Sierra makes the Sportmaster, Hornady makes the XTP, Speer offers the Gold Dot and Nosler doesn't make a .312" handgun slug that I am aware of.
But alas while this round may blow away a 38 or 9mm for performance it is not a 45acp or a 44mag
Um... what?
The 115 grain round performs about the same as a 9mm.