.32 short or long?

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Just picked up an H&R 732. Barrel is marked 32 S&W. Will this shoot shorts and longs, or only shorts? It is a later model with transfer bar, made after 1974. The gun looks unfired, blue steel. For $100 bucks I figured it couldn't be a bad deal. Thanks.
 
Your H&R is a later model and will take either the ,32 S&W or the .32 S&W Long. You will enjoy shooting this little critter. I have it's younger brother in .22 LR and it's hard to describe old time class
 
Thanks to all if you. I know it's not a powerhouse, but I'm betting it's going to be a fun little gun to shoot. I read in another forum that being this is a later model, I could also shoot 32 acp, as it is semi- rimmed, but not recommended for older guns. Picked up a couple boxes of 32 S&W Long today. Looking forward to shooting it.
 
32 Long is an excellent "plinking" cartridge. It is most often found in round-nosed lead and wadcutter loads. Fiocchi is, or recently was, selling a RN-FMJ version. Years ago, that was loaded hotter than American 32 Long ammo, but I don't know if that is still true.

Weirauch of Germany used to make 7-shot 32 Long revolvers under its Arminius trade name, some with target sights. These can be decent guns for the money if they are in good shape, because they usually don't sell for a very high price. They are usually in better shape than the Arminius 22 revolvers - 22 ammo is so cheap that the 22 guns got shot a lot more, and the Arminius guns have zinc alloy frames instead of steel. They will still last a good long time with a mild load like 32 Long, though.

Very occasionally you can find S&W revolvers of various vintages in 32 Long for decent prices too, but they almost always have fixed sights. The older fixed sights are really tiny. But a 4-in J-Frame in 32 Long is an extremely pleasant gun.

I wish H&R had made a Model 999 style gun in 32 Long, but they never did. The cartridge just wasn't popular enough to justify the cost of tooling, I suppose; that's why the S&W Model 16 was dropped.
 
If you shoot .32 shorts in it (if you can find them), you may be amused by the distinct time difference between the ignition and the impact of the bullet against a metal backstop. My buddy has an old H&R .32 short which he insists on occasionally using, calling it his "belly gun".
 
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