32 H&R favorite powder

[bigdog454]

Any favorite powder-s for the 32 H&R with a 95 gr cast? would like to find something accurate and mid velocity maybe 900fps.
BD

[Larry Gibson]

Bullseye

[Wheelguns 1961]

Bullseye

Same here!

[Outpost75]

Another vote for Bullseye. 3 grains with Saeco #325 in Starline H&R Mag brass will do just what you want.

[Gus Youmans]

bigdog54,

If Bullseye does not do what you want, I would try Winchester 231/HP38. It works well for me in both .32 S&W Long and .32 H&R Magnum with several bullet weights. Both cartridges have yielded 25 yard machine rest groups that average less than 1.5 inches for five, five shot groups using WW231/HP38. Admittedly, not all loads will do that, but enough that I feel confident recommending it.

Gus Youmans

[Petrol & Powder]

It was many years ago but 231 was my go-to powder the 32 H&R magnum unless I was seeking the upper magnum levels of performance.

When loading 32 H&R magnum, 357 magnum and 44 Magnum rounds for maximum effect there's only ONE powder you need - H110 [ww296]

[bigdog454]

I'm going to ty the 231 first, since I have a lot left from a *lb'r, I also have more then a 1/2 8lb'r of Herco. has anybody had any experience with Herco in revolvers?
BD

[lawdog941]

Around 4 gr of Herco would be a fun load.

[EMC45]

Bullseye/Unique

[Thumbcocker]

4.0 of Unique under 105 rnfp. Consistently accurate in multiple. 32 mags. Tried other powders keep coming back to Unique. Don't use much Unique elsewhere mostly. 32 mag.

[Larry Gibson]

Any favorite powder-s for the 32 H&R with a 95 gr cast? would like to find something accurate and mid velocity maybe 900fps.
BD

Just a reminder what the question was..........

[onelight]

Red dot and BE-86

[Wheelgun]

Bullseye and TiteGroup.

[mattw]

I like Universal. Very accurate and not quite such tiny charges.

[Larry Gibson]

Oops...I put this post on the wrong thread. I will leave it here anyway......my bad.

I don't load a lot of 32 S&W because I don't have a revolver specific to that cartridge. Besides the Contender 32 H&R test barrel I have a M30 S&W chambered in 32S&WL and a Ruger SS (original run) in 32 H&R. Thus my interest in loading the diminutive 32 S&W is for pressure/velocity testing only.

I have Hornady loading dies marked 32S&W/H&R. They load the 32 S&WL and 32 HR cartridges very nicely. As to the shorter 32 S&W cartridges the sizer sizes and deprimes w/o problem.

The expander stem is not adjustable within the die body so adjustment is done moving the die in or out in the press. All the way down it just expands the inside of the sized case just right for a .314 bullet. However, it does not flare the case mouth so I use a Lee expander die to do that.

The Hornady seating die has a sliding collar which has the crimping part in it. The seating stem slides in the collar and is separate from the adjustment stem. I remove the adjustment stem and drop a 45 ACP FMJRN bullet into the seater die on top of the seating stem. That way it can be adjusted to seat the bullets to the crimp groove in the bullet. After all the bullets have been seated I remover the seating sem and with the 45 ACP bullet back in the seater die I can then adjust the collar to put the desired crimp on the cartridge.

Kind of a PITA but once I figured it out it's not really that bad. Get's the job done for me with what dies I have.

[bigdog454]

I'm not so talented Larry, I just use lee dies and adjust to the cartridge length ("kiss").
As for Unique, I like that powder but; it seems so dirty. Of course my keg is old.
BD