Welcome welcome welcome!!!! 1st thing your gona notice is just how accurate that little snubby is.
Even with full blown 327 loads you will have no trouble keeping them on target.
And thats the point after all.
H&S 32J speed loaders work and any J frame holster will work.
I hope it serves you well but do note that testing on the .327 Federal has shown (conclusively) that the cartridge simply will not get the velocity up near it's potential in barrel lengths of less than three inches.
Yes, every handgun squeezes more velocity from a longer barrel, it is not news. And yes, a .327 Federal round WILL give more velocity from a 2" snub than a .32 H&R Mag from the same revolver. But truly, the very high velocity that is the calling card of the .327 Federal is lost from barrels under 3" in length.
As to "ridiculous prices on Gunbroker", with the recent additions of NEW and available Ruger Single Seven and the 4.2" barreled SP-101, they simply go for new gun prices and I don't find them overpriced... at least any more so than other comparable new quality revolvers.
Great thread on handloading the .327 Federal in the H&R area if you are so inclined.
My testing using 85gr XTP's ahead of 2400 and a standard primer.
I chronoed my load from the Taurus at about 1400 fps.
Thats plenty fast enough for any social situation I may encounter.
the 100 gr XTP's fly around 1275 fps. Still pretty good.
Now when I use H110 and a SRP I do get better performance from my longer barrels.
So its a matter of mixing and matching the loadings for the intended task.
That 2400 load only increases the fps in the longer barrel by a slight margin.
That tells me I am getting as much burn as possible in that 2 inch window.
H110 in the 2 inch is a flame thrower and has a very evident loss in velocity.
That has been the extent of my testing. The 2400 load performs so no real need to keep chasing.
The H110 load is my hunting load for the Single 7
But yes I guess, factory loadings are tweeked to give best results from a 3 inch barrel.
But we can do better.
Weblance: I will give one warning though. The Taurus is not a rough and tough Ruger. I dont give mine a steady diet of Heavy 327 Mag loads.
I shoot 25% 32L, 30% 32 H&R, 30% 327 mag light cast loads, Then the remainder full power stuff.
I had read a few warnings about the Taurus not holding up to a steady diet of big BOOMERS. Just before they quit making them. That also coincides with Federal toning down their 100gr load from what was originally released.
The 1st box of the old Federals I fired were very hard to eject. newer ones have not.