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For the first time in 5 weeks I got out of the house to go somewhere other than go to the doctors office. (Achilles tendon repair)
My son took me to the shooting range and I took 4 handguns and enough ammo to make it count!
He had to carry the range bag.
I started out shooting my 41 magnum and checking loads with my magneto speed. I was sitting on a stool and resting my foot on the floor, (Operation and it's in an air cast ) and pretty much got used to shooting the 41 magnum.
When I was done with that I picked up my 327 FM and loaded it with 32 S&W longs that I loaded up for my old 1947 Hand Ejector.
I wanted to try them in my 327FM before I ran them in my old Smith.
I pulled the trigger on the first one and I heard it pop, but nothing happened. I opened up the cylinder and looked at the fired case, looked down the barrel to make sure the bullet wasn't still in there, and it was clear. WTH.
I thought no way. I put it back up and shot it again and it sounded like a cap gun going off. I checked it again and same thing. I started laughing and my son came over to see why.
I had him shoot it and he started laughing and shaking his head.
This is the first time I've shot a 32 S&W Long cartridge out of revolver.
The guy in the next lane came over and I had him shoot it. He started laughing and went to shoot again and had to stop until he quit laughing.
It was like truly like shooting a cap gun and going from 41 Magnum loads to this thing really took me by surprise. I can't believe that at one time the police used these.
We had a lot of fun shooting something so week, yet so vintage, that it was the best part of the range outing.
I'm so used to shooting something with recoil that I could barely hit the target with it.
My next trip will be with my 1947 Hand ejector, I haven't shot it yet, an I-frame and it is tiny. This should be a blast.
I did notice in my 327FM that it only took 18 rounds of 32 S&W long to make the 327s not want to chamber.
I don't think I ever had a gun crap up so fast by shooting a shorter case in it, like this one did.
My hand ejector won't do that since that's it's caliber.
I may re-think the powder I'm using, it's really old.
These loads were 2 gr of Hercules bullseye with 100 gr RNFP Acme coated bullets.
Anyways, I had a lot of fun and came home with about 300 cases of different calibers to clean, process and load.
Happy as a pig in a wollow.
My son took me to the shooting range and I took 4 handguns and enough ammo to make it count!
He had to carry the range bag.
I started out shooting my 41 magnum and checking loads with my magneto speed. I was sitting on a stool and resting my foot on the floor, (Operation and it's in an air cast ) and pretty much got used to shooting the 41 magnum.
When I was done with that I picked up my 327 FM and loaded it with 32 S&W longs that I loaded up for my old 1947 Hand Ejector.
I wanted to try them in my 327FM before I ran them in my old Smith.
I pulled the trigger on the first one and I heard it pop, but nothing happened. I opened up the cylinder and looked at the fired case, looked down the barrel to make sure the bullet wasn't still in there, and it was clear. WTH.
I thought no way. I put it back up and shot it again and it sounded like a cap gun going off. I checked it again and same thing. I started laughing and my son came over to see why.
I had him shoot it and he started laughing and shaking his head.
This is the first time I've shot a 32 S&W Long cartridge out of revolver.
The guy in the next lane came over and I had him shoot it. He started laughing and went to shoot again and had to stop until he quit laughing.
It was like truly like shooting a cap gun and going from 41 Magnum loads to this thing really took me by surprise. I can't believe that at one time the police used these.
We had a lot of fun shooting something so week, yet so vintage, that it was the best part of the range outing.
I'm so used to shooting something with recoil that I could barely hit the target with it.
My next trip will be with my 1947 Hand ejector, I haven't shot it yet, an I-frame and it is tiny. This should be a blast.
I did notice in my 327FM that it only took 18 rounds of 32 S&W long to make the 327s not want to chamber.
I don't think I ever had a gun crap up so fast by shooting a shorter case in it, like this one did.
My hand ejector won't do that since that's it's caliber.
I may re-think the powder I'm using, it's really old.
These loads were 2 gr of Hercules bullseye with 100 gr RNFP Acme coated bullets.
Anyways, I had a lot of fun and came home with about 300 cases of different calibers to clean, process and load.
Happy as a pig in a wollow.