Best 7 shot 32 s&w?

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32 S&W and 32 S&W Long can both be fired in either a 32 H&R or 327 Fed Mag, can't they? If so, would you be interested in going that way?
Ruger makes several 327 Fed Mag revolvers that look pretty nice to me. I have an old Taurus 32 H&R that's a decent gun - nothing special, just decent. I wear it all the time when I'm working outside around the house, or on the back part of our property here. Only problem is, I don't think Taurus builds 32 H&Rs anymore, so you'd probably have to look for a used one.

Arminius of West Germany (aka Hermann Weirauch) made 7-shot 32 Long revolvers with either fixed or adjustable from the 1960's on, MarsocDad45ACP. I consider them decent guns for what they cost back then, but they have zinc alloy frames, which don't age well with poor care. In the 1980's, an Argentine company named either Rexio or Pucara made revolvers under the trade name of Rexio or Pucara, and they made a 7-shot 32 Long as well. They were also zinc-framed, and significantly bulkier than the Arminius guns. I don't know about their quality, or if they offered an adjustable sight version.

These are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. There have almost certainly been others. I think they would all be imported guns.

IMO, no pistol in 32 S&W Long can really be described as powerful, and I say that as a big fan of the cartridge. 38 Special, on the other hand, is available in a wide range of loads, from almost as mild as 32 Long to the old FBI loads, is far more readily available as ammunition, and the variety of guns for it, used and new, approaches infinity. Once again, much as I like 32 Long, you might be better off with a 38.

The closest is a Charter Arms 32 - only 6 shot, but I think you can get one in .327 Magnum.

If you look on GB you can sometimes find a Rossi in .32 Long

MarsocDad45ACP

If you don't mind a single action Ruger has the Single Seven in .327 Fed Magnum.

Charter Arms makes a nice little revolver in 32 H&R magnum. It will shoot 32 S&W long just fine. They call it the "Undercoverette". My wife has a pink one.

One of my favorites, although only 6 shot, mid 80’s H&R 733 in .32S&W long. And it was under $100.

Been racking my brains but cannot think of a SEVEN SHOT .32 revolver in the 1990s.

Ruger makes a seven shot GP100 in .327mag.

MarsocDad45ACP said:

I believe this is what I had, Guardian 32 s&w revolver. I remember it said something about Florida on the side and this is all that fits my description. The firearm was probably produced in the 60s.

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Looks a whole lot like my arminius. I had a 7 shot 32 long that was pure junk and I traded it off. I can’t recall what it was, but it was literally beat to death. Seems like somebody needed a hammer and found that revolver as a good substitute. I wish I could remember...I have a bad case of CRS.

Closest would be a S&W model 30-1 which is a J frame chambered in 32 S&W long and has a 2" (or so) barrel, six rounds though !

I finally remembered what my 7 shot 32 was. It was a Kimel 5000. Junk, but truthfully wouldn’t be bad if it were a machined alloy frame rather than cast potmetal. One of those guns that had they chosen to use slightly better materials the it probably would have made a huge difference, but so is the case for the ultracheapos.

I think the Kimel's were assembled in the USA from parts mainly made in Germany to get around the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the rising value of the Deutschmark. They probably had to make, or finish up, parts of it here to qualify it as "Made in USA" instead of '"Imported from West Germany".

(I remember reading, about 20 or 30 years ago, that Stanley screwdrivers marked "Made in USA" were actually made in Taiwan except for heat treating and final polishing, or something like that. Stanley wanted to do the heat treating in Taiwan, IIRC, and still mark them made in USA. They were fighting with some US government regulatory agency about it. Or is this an urban legend?)

MarsocDad45ACP said:

I believe this is what I had, Guardian 32 s&w revolver. I remember it said something about Florida on the side and this is all that fits my description. The firearm was probably produced in the 60s.

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I have a 7 shot.32 S&W Long FIE Guardian revolver. It’s actually fairly accurate with next to no recoil.

I wouldn’t call it a quality revolver though, it has a steel barrel and cylinder however the frame is Zamac which is a Zink alloy.

I do like it and it was well worth the $35 that I paid for it 10 +/- years ago.

ilgac said:

I have a 7 shot.32 S&W Long FIE Guardian revolver. It’s actually fairly accurate with next to no recoil.

I wouldn’t call it a quality revolver though, it has a steel barrel and cylinder however the frame is Zamac which is a Zink alloy.

I do like it and it was well worth the $35 that I paid for it 10 +/- years ago.
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That looks a whole lot like the Kimel. To a point where I’m off to google to see if they are in fact the same gun marked differently.

Verdict is in, and the answer is “kinda”. The only difference I could see is that the FIE had a fluted cylinder and better looking plastic grips. As for the rest of the gun, yes, Zamak castings fit together to make a functional revolver. Rough, cheap castings.

I got two of these NEF (H&R "sister company") revolvers in 32 H&R magnum for... I think it was $120-something and $140-something just a few years ago. They are made of steel, IIRC, and go bang every time. I kept one and gave one to my FiL. The one I kept even shoots 32acp. They are on GB from time to time. I think it's a model R73. Please forgive the weird angle of the picture.

Well, there IS a seven shot .32 but "best" is hard to get to.

Ruger Single Seven?

Walkalong writes:

A Taurus that is way over priced, but they are good guns.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/787317985

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That Taurus is pretty. Yeah, asking too much for me. I have a stainless M85 in that rare 3-inch barrel length, made in 1995, and a M941 (.22WMR), also in stainless, and also with the three-incher, made in 1993. They're from the "golden years" of Taurus revolvers, as I've heard it put.

For $400 or so, I'd put that one in the 3-inch collection I'm apparently trying to start.

LCR in .327 Fed Mag. only six shots, but a wonderful revolver. Great DA trigger.