With a 1.875" barrel, not from this gun...
From ballistics by the inch:
Federal 85 gr. Hydra-Shok / American Eagle 100 gr. JSP / Speer 115 gr. Gold Dot.
3" 1331 / 1398 / 1316
2" 976 / 1056 / 1042
The velocity loss dropping down to a 2" barrel is huge. The ballistics are about the same as a 380 acp from a 3" barrel.
Jim
Dont forget factory loads get their best out of the longer barrels.
I hand load mine so I can Taylor my loads for the gun they will be used in.
I get right about 1375 fps out of my wife's two inch Taurus. With the 85 gr XTP's ahead of 2400, need a good crimp.
Cant remember the numbers for the 100gr but they were not chopped liver ether.
The 327 mag is no different than any thing else. Shorter barrel = faster powder.
But I dont know. Its the same every time we talk about it.
I quit trying to justify the caliber when I found it did exactly what I wanted it to do.
If you want to use a 38 use a 38. If you want to use a .380 use a .380.
If you want a 45 use a 45.
For some strange reason though, when ever we get a 32 cal thing going.
The choice gets brow beat by quite a few who have never tried it.
Its not perfect just like all the rest. But with the addition of the 327 mag.
That rounded out the 32's
It has a absolutely huge window of usable options.
If you never use 32's I get it. " Why I have a 357 magnum?"
But you have to understand how we see it.
We dont see the 327 as the BEST SD option. We see it as the perfect caliber that now has a good SD option. It rounds out the Mix.
Including my 327's I have 30 different 32 cal guns. I must like em.
What we hope is that people will get the 327 as a SD option, but then get curious about what else can it do.