.32 s&w

yes on the shorts but be advised that if you shoot a lot of them, you may get pitting or erosion ahead of the shell. The shells headspace on the rim so odds are that you will not be able to shoot 32 acp. Exception is that you can if the chamber has a shoulder which allows the rimless shell to stop with the correct headspace. You would still have to knock the shells out with a ramrod since they do not have a rim. Also be wise to slug the bore to confirm that you are shooting the right diameter slugs

cheers mooncoon
 
Thank you. Great info. Yes the acp has thinner rim so I'm not sure if this will work but its just so easy to obtain. In worried if they are not too powerful as far as I know they look as similar with acp being slightly hotter..would be nice to have the option of all three.., And I found 3 boxes of s&w shorts at a local store so would be cool., I was just concerned with the slight shoulder in the chamber...
 
.32 ACP is a rimless cartridge. Isn't interchangeable with any rimmed cartridge. Other than a select few high end target pistols, .32 calibre handguns are too evil for most people anyway.
 
Hehehe... Yes they are so evil but there's still a few lucky old timers who can have fun with them. I happen to know one.
Well I noticed that acp has a semi rim and seems to hold in the chamber nicely...mind you it won't fit the the headspace as well as proper cartridge. Rim is thinner...I'm actually more concerned about the short s&w as I can borrow a rifle in that calibre. Not so evil.
 
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sunray said:
.32 ACP is a rimless cartridge. Isn't interchangeable with any rimmed cartridge. Other than a select few high end target pistols, .32 calibre handguns are too evil for most people anyway.
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the .32 acp has a rim and will catch on a .32 S&W chamber I have adaptors for both 7.62x54r and .303 they will chamber S&W shorts and longs but the acp works ok as well idk if it will work I a pistol

pitting will not happen but leading can with a shorter cartridge like when you shoot .22 shorts out of a .22lr gun
 
32 ACP is loaded to a much higher pressure than 32 S&W.
Saw an Iver Johnson with a split cylinder caused by shooting ACPs in a 32 S&W cal arm.
The semi rim on the 32 ACP allows it to headspace and fire in a 32 S&W revolver.
 
antiqueguy said:
pitting will not happen but leading can with a shorter cartridge like when you shoot .22 shorts out of a .22lr gun
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It is not that uncommon to find inexpensive 22s with erosion ahead of where a 22 short ends. It is a result of firing thousands of 22 shorts out of the gun because they were cheaper than long rifle shells. It makes it difficult to eject the long rifles because they are slightly expanded at the mouth of the shell

cheers mooncoon
 
Mooncoon is quite right on this.

It also happens commonly with 1890 Winchesters, which were .22WRF, if they have been fired half-of-forever with LR, L and S. Gets to the point that the proper ammo bulges up front and finally won't even extract. This was the original reason for the 1906. By the time the WRF went out of production, there were very few barrels left which would handle it, even though there were lots of the rifles.

I had the same thing on a nice little .300 R&R; it had been fired with .32 revolver stuff so much that proper .300 R&R expanded near the front of the chamber, needed a ramrod to get out (nice trick on a commercial Martini sporter) and generally looked as if it were related to the Burnside.

You find this more with soft-iron barrels and that is an awful waste because the old soft-iron barrels could be VERY accurate.

Only solution is a new chamber..... and that can get expensive.
 
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