32 Short Colt?

by Paul , Wednesday, March 09, 2022, 13:14 (926 days ago)

I dropped by a local gun store today while out with my Mom.She stayed in the car so didn't browse too much, just checked out their loading supplies. Much to my surprise they had a baggie with 83 pieces of 32 Short Colt primed brass. With the asking price for primers being so high, the 20 cents or so apiece seemed reasonable. Now I've got access to calipers (sure miss my reference books) I find they are 0.315" external diameter, a very loose fit in the H&R chamber. So now to investigate what ever was chambered for this round. My hunch that it would be interchangeable with the S&W round appears to be wrong.