Very LIGHT .32 H&R handloads

Agree with TO. .32 S&W L loads in .32 H&R brass will be very soft.
I would start at HIGH .32 S&W L loads and work DOWN until subsonic.
I would not load jacketed bullets less than high subsonic out of the rifle. A stuck bullet is a great annoyance. Lead bullets get out easier and can be loaded lighter.
 
^ I do plan to use the lightest lead bullet I can find. Currently, that would be these:

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/2...-caliber-313-diameter-76-grain-lead-flat-nose

I wish somebody would make a light wadcutter for .32 that's like this:

http://www.mattsbullets.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=231

That's a 75 grain wadcutter for .38/.357, which is about half the weight of the standard 148 grain wadcutter. A 50 grain .32 wadcutter would weigh just about as much as a .32 round ball, but it would have a larger bearing surface and probably hold accuracy out further.
 
NOE had a group buy on multiple diameter DEWC, the .315 one was expected to weigh in at 80gr or so

if you could get an interest started in there about a similar GB, such as the above, but without the ends, so just a basic dumbell, it would appear to weight 60gr,

if you took the 75gr WC in 0.360, and sized it to 0.313, you'd end up with abotu 56gr.
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_info.php?cPath=35_314&products_id=141

What I would like to see is the multi band WC have the small nose removed, make it BBd and 0.315, or the top one, dumbell BBd without the extra ends coming in about 60 gr.... We'd really have something!

it would make a perfect small game getter!

What I have seen in the past, was a cutter designed to make them longer and longer so you can get multiple weights with the same cutter, so save tooling, and get MORE folks interested.
 
Anything .32 pistol caliber is tough to sell. If you saw a thread I made recently asking about .32 H&R, there were a lot of people saying that they had no interest in a .32 as a .38 did everything they already wanted.

Trying to make .32 compete with .38/.357 is a lost cause, the .358 caliber bullet is the top revolver caliber and that's that. It's not worth investing in adding options for the .32 because there's not enough people interested in it.

But that's also where the self fulfilling prophecy hits: if no companies are willing to invest in it, then it doesn't garner people's interest and since interest is already low, there's not reason to start.

I think if you sold people onto the idea of a reloader's .22, but it's a .32 with a nearly similiar weight bullet and nearly similar trajectory, but all the amenities of tweaking in the load for highest possible performance, people might be interested.

Then again, they seem to be most interested in whatever is the cheapest factory ammo.
 
Anything .32 pistol caliber is tough to sell. If you saw a thread I made recently asking about .32 H&R, there were a lot of people saying that they had no interest in a .32 as a .38 did everything they already wanted.
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The recent DEWC mentioned by nanuk had 32 molds made for the group buy, and another 3-5 of each variation for stock (to sell on NOE's website).
Of the 32 initial molds, seven were .315".
All of the molds from that run were sold within two weeks.

If you keep your eyes on a general firearms forum like TFL, you won't see much .32 interested. (How you broach the topic matters, too.) But if what you want is a special mold and more like-minded people to back it, you need to stick your nose into some more-focused places -- such as the NOE forum, or the CastBoolits forums.


What I would like to see is the multi band WC have the small nose removed, make it BBd and 0.315, or the top one, dumbell BBd without the extra ends coming in about 60 gr.... We'd really have something!
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Use .312" lead wire. Bump the diameter (if needed). Powder coat.
Done.

At about $78 per 25 lb spool, making a 60 gr bullet, the cost is about 2.6 cents per bullet. (Not counting shipping, waste, or PC. -- But without the requirement for a mold.)
 
FrankenMauser said:
Use .312" lead wire. Bump the diameter (if needed). Powder coat.
Done.

At about $78 per 25 lb spool, making a 60 gr bullet, the cost is about 2.6 cents per bullet. (Not counting shipping, waste, or PC. -- But without the requirement for a mold.)
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I am not sure how I'd cut wire to make square ends...

and up here, lead ingots are over $8/lb, I'm sure lead wire would be $250-300 per roll.

I wouldn't even know where to look.
 
I could just make my own 50-60 grain .32 wadcutter mold. It'd only have one lube groove, placed right in the middle of the bullet to make it as symmetrical as possible. I wouldn't even lube it, I'd powder coat it.

I'd size it down to .313 after coating.

And before you have a panic attack, I don't think there would be too much bearing surface. Remember, this wadcutter would be half the length of a standard .32 wadcutter.
 
Second the idea of cast lead bullets. They don't need as much pressure to keep from getting stuck in the bore. Plus, they're way cheaper to buy- only a nickel apiece. I can't justify hours of time to cast my own compared to that.

Smokeless powder needs pressure to burn efficiently, or you'll get a squib if ya go too low. If you find you can't reach your goal, there's always black powder. Theoretically you should be able to work all the way down until the bullets just dribble out the muzzle, and the powder will still combust fully. Of course, I don't know if ya wanna deal with cleaning all the fouling outta every nook and cranny on a repeater.

That's too fast for what I want, which is just a reloadable, centerfire cartridge as close to standard velocity .22 LR as possible and is accurate out to 50 yards.
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I was after pretty much the same thing, but didn't wanna buy a whole new gun for the purpose. So I'm stuffing .32 lead pistol bullets into 7.62x39 cases to shoot out of my CZ 527 carbine. Load is a little under 4 grains of Red Dot (3.7 grains, if I'm remembering correctly), simply because that's what my little plastic dipper holds, and I had the Red Dot on hand. Maybe next weekend I'll finally have time to try squirrel hunting with it.
 
Haven't seen them mentioned, Rainier makes a 32 cal 100 grain plated that I use for 32-20. Not a huge fan of lead so I like the plating. Use them in pistol and rifle with different amounts and powders. Find them at Midway.
 
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