Speedo66
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Yeah, a gut wound was often a slow painful death.Especially in a bygone day without antibiotics.
Yeah, a gut wound was often a slow painful death.Especially in a bygone day without antibiotics.
What ammo are you guys using in the old black power revolvers? I can't find any source for black powder loads for 32 or 38 S&W
Thanks for the reply. I'll move over to the reloading forum.I have the dies for both 32 and 38 S&W. So I load them with black powder. For 32 S&W the 0.312 diameter bullets I have work just fine. So far for 38 S&W I have just pulled the bullets from factory smokeless cartridges and replace the smokeless with black and re-seat the bullet. So far the smokeless Lube on the factory bullets has not caused a problem. But I do clean them often. At some point I'll have to invest in the correct diameter 0.361 bullets.
Thanks for the reply. I'll move over to the reloading forum.
My .32S&W “lemon squeezer” is the same earlier latch style as the O.P
What makes them better? In your opinion?Go figure the most love for a top break .32 S&W "short" revolver thread would come from the blackpowder section.
I wonder if old H&R's would get the same treatment given they are a better top break than the S&W lemon squeezers were.
Go figure the most love for a top break .32 S&W "short" revolver thread would come from the blackpowder section.
I wonder if old H&R's would get the same treatment given they are a better top break than the S&W lemon squeezers were.
No safety on the back of the grip that requires activation to fire and there's more room in the trigger guard.What makes them better? In your opinion?
No safety on the back of the grip that requires activation to fire and there's more room in the trigger guard.
Smith and Wesson learned pretty early on how to do DA well. My wife’s favorite pistol is an older Model 65 .357 with a 3” heavy barrel, round butt and a bobbed the hammer for DA only use. A fellow down in Colorado Springs tuned it and it is so smooth with a really crisp break.I never would have thought someone could look at the trigger and trigger guard of the .32 “Lemon squeezer” and decide that it’s too small somehow. It’s huge in proportion to the frame/cylinder/barrel. I wear size XL gloves and I find it a very comfortable grip. The safety is deactivated by an extremely light touch and it’s almost impossible to grip the gun without disengaging it.
Additionally as far as the other posters point about being a double action only, fair enough I suppose. I would point out that the trigger system of this gun gives a very obvious and repeatable “wall” in the pull that comes directly after the cylinder has locked into place for the shot. It’s like you get a nice single action trigger built into the double action pull.
Yeah they’re kinda like a miniature Alaskan with that monstrous trigger guard.I never would have thought someone could look at the trigger and trigger guard of the .32 “Lemon squeezer” and decide that it’s too small somehow. It’s huge in proportion to the frame/cylinder/barrel. I wear size XL gloves and I find it a very comfortable grip. The safety is deactivated by an extremely light touch and it’s almost impossible to grip the gun without disengaging it.
Additionally as far as the other posters point about being a double action only, fair enough I suppose. I would point out that the trigger system of this gun gives a very obvious and repeatable “wall” in the pull that comes directly after the cylinder has locked into place for the shot. It’s like you get a nice single action trigger built into the double action pull.