LCR in 327 less accurate with 32 S&W Longs?

Well, in 40+ years of shooting, it's been my experience that shooting .22 Shorts in a LR chamber results in noticeably less accuracy than shooting .22 LR in that same chamber. It's not noticeable IME with .38s in a .357 chamber. It might be noticeable with .32 S&W Long in a .327. It's one more thing to consider.
 
Well, in 40+ years of shooting, it's been my experience that shooting .22 Shorts in a LR chamber results in noticeably less accuracy than shooting .22 LR in that same chamber. It's not noticeable IME with .38s in a .357 chamber. It might be noticeable with .32 S&W Long in a .327. It's one more thing to consider.
Ever consider the light bullet the .22 Short uses isn't the issue?
 
I wouldn't be concerned about loss of accuracy due to the jump, for any .327 my concerns would be the large throat meant for jacketed bullets and the large barrel/cylinder gap common with production revolvers these days. What is lost in a long jump to the throat is velocity due to escaping gas around the bullet. It's not huge, but it is a loss and with the low power the .32 S&W Lg has, you don't want to be losing any velocity.

That doesn't mean I recommend against shooting it in a .327, if anything I'd recommend against shooting shorter .32 S&W in a .327 because the jump and gas loss is considerably more and IMO is a waste. If anyone has .32 S&W, shoot it in a .32 S&W or S&W Long chambered gun.
 
You are not going to want to read this, but the difference in accuracy is probably due to your follow through/flinch. The faster bullet will leave the barrel before you push the pistol a greater distance. Slow bullets, if the follow through is not perfect, the flinch reaction will push the pistol further before the bullet leaves the barre. Flinch/trigger pull errors will move the bullet a surprising distance.

The 32 S&W Long was a well established Bullseye Pistol target round, and I have shot next to shooters who were using it in competition. The thing will cut clusters at twenty five yards, and will hold the X ring at 50 yards. It is an inherently accurate round when loaded to a velocity that keeps the bullet from tumbling. Pistol bullets are very susceptible to tumbling at low velocities.

In print writers used to fill magazines with accuracy tests of 38 Specials in 38 Special revolvers, and 38 Specials in 357 Magnum revolvers. They seldom shot statistically meaningful group sizes, but accuracy differences were primarily due to the mechanical ability of the pistol, not the round.

This is a discussion of this issue from a Bullseye Pistol Forum

Accuracy of 38 Special from 357/38 revolver vs 38

Even though a 327 bullet is a different size, and the cartridges are different, I am confident that the inherent accuracy between a 32 S&W Long fired in a 327 chamber, and a 327 fired in a 327 chamber, are negligible. Any differences will due to the shooter's reaction during hammer fall.

On top of that, he’s using a gun that’s designed for anything but precision target shooting. As long as it shoots one minute of human torso, call it good and move on.
 
To my experience, any loss of accuracy shooting a shorter case cartridge is so small its not to be considered.

I shot a case of cheap +P 38 Special Zero LSWCHP bullets through my S&W 357 M66-2

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I did that because I did not want to shoot all those +P rounds through a 38 Special K frame. Rated for +P or not.

What did happen was a hellous lead rings inside the cylinder of the M66. Those lead rings made it just about impossible to extract full power 357 cases. And to make it more fun, removing those lead rings was a big chore.

So I developed my own 38 Special equivalent loads in 357 cases.

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I shot a case of cheap +P 38 Special Zero LSWCHP bullets through my S&W 357 M66-2

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I did that because I did not want to shoot all those +P rounds through a 38 Special K frame. Rated for +P or not.

What did happen was a hellous lead rings inside the cylinder of the M66. Those lead rings made it just about impossible to extract full power 357 cases. And to make it more fun, removing those lead rings was a big chore.

So I developed my own 38 Special equivalent loads in 357 cases.

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Zero lead bullets are soft to my experience. Shooting +P versions only excaserbate leading in the cylinder and barrel. I avoid both by only shooting only a few soft lead bullets at high velocities at a time and cleaning throughly after every shooting session.
 
I have to respectfully disagree with Slamfire…

The throat/bore diameter is difference, along with the barrel throat on the Ruger. Don’t feel bad, my Ruger Single 7 is exactly the same.

The windage difference (and elevation) are due to velocity (barrel transit time) and torque due to rifling twist.

The cylinder jump isn’t that critical. I’ve shot National records and won matches at the PPC nationals with a S&W 686 2.5” .357mag shooting .38Spl 158gr SWC’s. Bullet lube, bullet diameter, case, and powder charge are critical, however…

It’s the reason I won’t buy a new small revolver without adjustable sights.
If/When Ruger makes a 3” adjustable sights LCR in .327mag, I’ll own one…

With.312” jacketed bullets, my S-7 .327 w/5.5” barrel is quite accurate. However, cast bullets in .32SWL are barely plinking grade. Much like OP’s LCR. HOWEVER, use a .314” sized 100gr NOE RFN over 2.5gr of Bullseye, and it magically shoots bug holes at 15yds.
The following is a “Beagled” Lee 113gr RFN over 10.0gr of #2400 at 25yds. Not quite a Hornady 100gr XTP, but at 1/10th the expense, and available during “COVID” , and Obama-ammogheddon… IMG_0004.jpeg
 
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