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PhilOhio · 07-30-2009, 07:28 PM

Postino,

Wow! These .32 ACP commercial bullet diameters may be all over the board. I never paid any attention to actually measuring one until today, shooting nothing but my own cast bullets and having accepted the .308" to .309" lead bullet sizing recommendations from Lyman.

A .307" jacketed bullet should work O.K. in most bores, I imagine, but it would not be a tight fit and would not be especially accurate. Of course, most of these pistols are not known for accuracy anyway, and few users would ever be aware of the diameter or wonder why the gun was not a tack driver.

But these .305" Remington bullets just have me shaking my head...wondering...

And you got an amazing price on that Magtech ammo. It's good stuff. Colt uses it to accuracy test their SAAs after tuning; did so with one of mine.

Anybody else have some commercial .32ACP bullets to measure? If you use a vernier caliper, right in front of the case mouth on a loaded round, you should have true bullet diameter to measure.

I would be curious to see if any of them come close to the high numbers Midway mentions.

07-30-2009, 07:28 PM	#17
PhilOhio User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 145 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	Postino, Wow! These .32 ACP commercial bullet diameters may be all over the board. I never paid any attention to actually measuring one until today, shooting nothing but my own cast bullets and having accepted the .308" to .309" lead bullet sizing recommendations from Lyman. A .307" jacketed bullet should work O.K. in most bores, I imagine, but it would not be a tight fit and would not be especially accurate. Of course, most of these pistols are not known for accuracy anyway, and few users would ever be aware of the diameter or wonder why the gun was not a tack driver. But these .305" Remington bullets just have me shaking my head...wondering... And you got an amazing price on that Magtech ammo. It's good stuff. Colt uses it to accuracy test their SAAs after tuning; did so with one of mine. Anybody else have some commercial .32ACP bullets to measure? If you use a vernier caliper, right in front of the case mouth on a loaded round, you should have true bullet diameter to measure. I would be curious to see if any of them come close to the high numbers Midway mentions.