Buffalo Bore is making ammo for the .32 SW Long, in two flavors, a 115 grain hardcast flat nose and a 100 grain hardcast wadcutter.
From their site:
After countless customer requests for ammunition that will make this
cartridge lethal to humans, Buffalo Bore is delivering. There are
millions of small revolvers still in circulation chambered for this
cartridge and if an ammo company was to make effective self-defense
ammo, the little revolvers would have a meaningful purpose for personal
defense against humans. Current (as of this writing in 03-2013) factory
ammunition offerings include soft pure lead bullets of round nose
configuration at very low velocity. Round nosed bullets do little
terminal damage as they tend to slip and slide through mammalian tissues
and the very low velocities don’t help much either.
In order to make this cartridge meaningful for self defense, we designed
hard cast (not soft) bullets that will not deform on impact and will
maintain their flat nose profile as they penetrate through muscle and
bone and because of their flat nose, they crush (not slip and slide)
through mammalian tissues, doing considerable damage along their path.
We alloy and lube these bullets properly so they will NOT substantially
lead foul any normal barrel. Then we added velocity by using modern
powders that will give extra velocity and remain within the SAAMI
pressure limits of 15,000 PSI. The result is a fairly lethal cartridge
that brings new usefulness to millions of these old pistols. Depending
on how much clothing must be penetrated and how much bone is
encountered, expect 20 to 30 inches of straight line penetration in
mammalian tissue with this load. This bullet is 15grs. heavier than any
other commercial load we could find, yet it is going substantially
faster than any (about 100 fps faster) commercial load we could find.
I've ordered a couple of boxes
for Milady's revolver. Interesting.
1 comment:
That is not bad at all!
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