I recently picked up a little H&R .32 in .32 S&W Long, along with some boxes of the short .32 S&W ammo that had been packed away in a friend's garage for quite a number of years. The gun came with the original box, and evidently hasn't been carried, or shot very much, and responded well to a good cleaning and lube job. I got some .32 S&W Long ammo at a recent gun show, and tried out the shorts and the longs, and found it groups pretty well with both of them. After pricing factory ammo in this calibre, reloading the emptys is definitely the way to go, even for casual target practice. I have both lead and jacketed bullets that will fit from loading for my .32 ACP and .32-20 WCF, but I'll be needing a set of dies.
My question is whether a die set for .32 Long or .32 H&R could also reload the .32 Short? The only Lee dies I've seen around are marked just ".32 S&W", and I don't know it they'd work for the .32 Long as well. Has anybody tried this?
My question is whether a die set for .32 Long or .32 H&R could also reload the .32 Short? The only Lee dies I've seen around are marked just ".32 S&W", and I don't know it they'd work for the .32 Long as well. Has anybody tried this?