Looking forward to your experience. Hope you like the gun. Confident you’ll like the round.

As noted, I went and did it. I finally got to the range with it earlier today, and made a few holes in a paper target.

After a few rounds at five yards for familiarization, I set the target at seven yards for the rest of my (limited) time. Went through about two dozen rounds of .32SW Long (Privi Partisan 98gr. round nose), and about a dozen rounds of Federal Magnum JHP.

Short version: I don't hate myself for this purchase. I figure to work this into my concealed carry program at some level.
Yes, there's room for improvement, but not bad for trying to quick fire with my first snubbie.

Consider using wadcutters and semi-wadcutters in 32 S&W Long.

sig230 wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 6:27 pm Consider using wadcutters and semi-wadcutters in 32 S&W Long.

I'll look for some for my next ammo purchase, even though the price per round is half again more for wadcutters than for the round nose stuff I bought this time. Thanks!

Bonus points for buying a new gun, posting pics and a range report. Looking forward to more deets.

Remember - small bore means smaller holes. Bigger holes look more impressive for scoring, but that looks like 80% in the big circle at 21 feet - with a new-to-you snub. Not too shabby!

wings wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 8:33 pm Bonus points for buying a new gun, posting pics and a range report. Looking forward to more deets.

Remember - small bore means smaller holes. Bigger holes look more impressive for scoring, but that looks like 80% in the big circle at 21 feet - with a new-to-you snub. Not too shabby!

Thank you!

The only other snubbie I've fired was a range-owned S&W Airweight in .38 Special. I went through a quarter box of ammo, and didn't enjoy it at all. The next quarter box or so went through a Ruger revolver from the rental counter that had a longer barrel and a bit more heft to absorb more recoil, and it was better, but still not much fun. Shooting that Airweight, I was doing target shooting, not "acquire a target, shoot, return to high ready, rinse, repeat, to six rounds in ten or twelve seconds," as I was today.

That I usually work more on rapid target acquisition with my 9mm pistols (mainly a P07 and a PCR) is probably a factor.

That the .32 round is far more comfortable to shoot is the other big factor. Even the Magnum rounds are pretty smooth shooting.

Oddly enough, my large hands can get a pretty decent grip on this gun--better than on my wife's SigSauer P365XL or my own M&P Shield 9.

When I bought the gun, I bought a Bianchi leather single-clip holster, to have something. This holster is marketed as being appropriate for a J-frame S&W, and this gun fits pretty well as near as I can tell. I have considered a Sticky holster for it to experiment with pocket carry, but I'm not terribly fond of the concept in the first place, so probably won't even bother trying it.

I love it! Guns don't have to be ugly. Not even manly guns.

Welcome to the dark side. With the cool kids.

featureless wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 10:07 pm I love it! Guns don't have to be ugly. Not even manly guns.

Over the course of my life, I've occasionally done slightly abnormal things, like own recumbent bicycles. Or wear kilts (not at the same time, although I have bicycles that I can ride while wearing a kilt). Or not care what others think if they discover that I'm carrying a lavender pistol.

Heck, my second recumbent bike (out of the six or seven I've owned over the last thirty-some years) is purple.

BearPaws wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 7:33 am Heck, my second recumbent bike (out of the six or seven I've owned over the last thirty-some years) is purple.

Purple People Seater.jpg

Let me be only the most recent to tell you that you suck to draft.

BearPaws wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 7:33 am
Over the course of my life, I've occasionally done slightly abnormal things, like own recumbent bicycles. Or wear kilts (not at the same time, although I have bicycles that I can ride while wearing a kilt). Or not care what others think if they discover that I'm carrying a lavender pistol.

Heck, my second recumbent bike (out of the six or seven I've owned over the last thirty-some years) is purple.

Ya got style, BP. Well done. In a world of mediocrity and lowered expectations it's uplifting to see genuine style.

Good on ya.

VooDoo

Congrats on the purchase, and remember...for when you do get bandwidth...keep thy brass!

And by the way, regarding lavender/purple, remember that purple has long been a royal color.

wooglin wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 9:14 am

BearPaws wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 7:33 am Heck, my second recumbent bike (out of the six or seven I've owned over the last thirty-some years) is purple.

Purple People Seater.jpg

Let me be only the most recent to tell you that you suck to draft.

Odd of you to say that. A coworker was riding my commute with me one evening on his wedgie bike (his house was along my route home), and commented that I was pulling a LOT of draft. So, yeah, I guess you could say that my draft sucked.

On the other hand, my high-performance 'bent was surely hard to draft from. The "high racer" style recumbents don't create much turbulence at all!

CowboyT wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 1:55 pm Congrats on the purchase, and remember...for when you do get bandwidth...keep thy brass!

And by the way, regarding lavender/purple, remember that purple has long been a royal color.

I've already started keeping the .32 brass, what little of it I've generated. It's easy with a wheel gun.

Whether I'll put it to use is to be determined.

So far, I have a box or two of brass saved. It's easier to save one's brass with a revolver than with an auto-loader, of course.

I have struggled with rapid sight picture acquisition, so am experimenting with some paint pens from Birchwood Casey to make the front sight easier to see with my aged eyes. So far, I've tried the white and the green (using the white as a base coat for the green), and I'm encouraged but not satisfied with the results.

More work is needed. Happily, the "more work" part is fun. Unhappily, the "more work" part is not cheap, at a bit under half a shekel per round (almost twice the cost of my 9mm range rounds, but less per round than I paid for my first bulk purchase of 9mm range ammo).

Now, my big issue is a good holster. When I bought the gun, I bought a Bianchi leather IWB holster that is marketed for a J-frame Smith & Wesson revolver. It fits the gun just fine, but I'm having issues with it staying on my belt reliably. This may be that my belt (a 5.11 Elas-tec) is too thick, or that the True-Spec short pants I've been wearing don't work well with this holster. I carry strong side, because reasons. I'm also having difficulty reholstering with the leather holster because the holster is collapsing when the gun isn't in it, as a function of belt tension on my wide-ass-waist.

Prior to this, my EDC has been either a CZ P07 or a CZ PCR, with an Alien Gear Cloak Tuck 3.5 holster. Alien Gear offers their Cloak Tuck 3.0 to fit the J-frame, which *should* work for my Lady Lavender (note that the current Bianchi is marked as fitting the J-frame).

I'm even considering a pocket holster, although most of my pants pockets don't allow my big hands (see my screen name) to get in and back out quickly.

Harry's Holsters Icon 2.0 look pretty good for J Frame sizes, but they don't list any Charter Arms revolvers. I'd give them a call.

https://harrysholsters.com/product/icon/

wooglin wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2024 8:33 am Harry's Holsters Icon 2.0 look pretty good for J Frame sizes, but they don't list any Charter Arms revolvers. I'd give them a call.

https://harrysholsters.com/product/icon/

The current Bianchi holster is designated as J-frame, and the gun fits it pretty well, so I think that part is okay. The problem I'm having is keeping the holster on my belt, and that Harry's model might do the trick. Thanks!

BearPaws wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2024 8:53 am

The current Bianchi holster is designated as J-frame, and the gun fits it pretty well, so I think that part is okay. The problem I'm having is keeping the holster on my belt, and that Harry's model might do the trick. Thanks!

Well, you can also get aftermarket clips. But you also said your holster was collapsing.

https://discreetcarryconcepts.com/HLR-D ... -c26960683

Yeah, this leather holster worn inside the waistband tends to crush when the pistol is out, making reholstering a bit more challenging than what I'm accustomed to with my Alien Gear Cloak Tuck 3.5 holsters for my PCR and P07. Add that I'm not as flexible as I once was (at least one spinal disc is degenerating), and it's getting difficult to twist so that I can see the holster clearly for reholstering. I will also experiment more with AIWB for this pistol, once I resolve the main problem of the holster coming off my belt. I tried AIWB a few days ago, and it was far more comfortable than with my 9mm pistols, largely because the pistol is smaller. It almost worked, but the holster clip let go of my belt and I had to discretely adjust things out in the open before the holster got away from me. I don't like having that happen, as you might imagine.

Perhaps I should have worded it like this:
The size and shape of the J-frame "pocket" in the Bianchi holster seems fine, as far as determining whether a more rigid holster that does a better job of staying connected to my belt would work.

I carry Appendix and have learned a few things that are not apparent. Kydex works way better than leather. it doesn't collapse when you draw and using things like claws and wedges helps tuck the grip into your body thus reducing printing to virtually zero. The belt clips tend to work better as the holster material does not give/is not flexible.



Here's one by ANR with claw and it works great. I have a whole "Drawer of Shame" with holsters I never use and all of them are leather. I love leather for holsters but not for Appendix carry.

VooDoo

BearPaws wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 7:33 am Purple People Seater.jpg

Does your Purple People Seater have one horn and one eye (headlight)?

AlterCocker wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:14 pm

BearPaws wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 7:33 am Purple People Seater.jpg

Does your Purple People Seater have one horn and one eye (headlight)?

LOL

At one time I did have an air horn on that bike.

And the current headlight is a single LED, although at times I've had as many as four (weaker) headlights mounted.

VodoundaVinci, thank you for the brand suggestion. At first, your picture had me thinking something other than a holster for a revolver, but their web site shows a minimalist Kydex piece that might just work.

wooglin wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:15 am

BearPaws wrote: Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:33 pm CowboyT, I have thought about reloading a little bit. I recognize that it could be more economical than buying "ready to use" ammo, once the initial investment in equipment and education is paid off.

I think a lot of potential reloaders think this, and I think its wrong. Checking Midway, you can get dies, scoops and a Lee hand press for about $130 right now. Reload factory brass or get Starline. Get a Lymans reloading guide. Your expendables are powder, primers, and bullets. Using the reloading guide, figure out a load that will work with one of your dippers (the guide provides a range of loads from mild to hot -- go for somewhere in the middle and not the high end -- and then find some of that powder, those primers, and those bullets. For me that is Blue Dot and 85 grain XTP JHPs with small pistol primers for 32 H&R. I like the XTPs because I don't have to worry about leading (something "real" reloaders will caution about that is above my head, so I just avoid the issue).

With that setup I can reload about 50 rounds in about as many minutes. That's not enough for a range day (that's what 22 is for), but its enough to stay proficient.

This.

The hand press is pretty slow, but it's cheap and takes up VERY little space, and you can use it anywhere. If you are wiliing to go even slower, you can forgo a powder meter and just get an exceedingly cheap Frankford scale and use dippers (which can be custom made out of a stray piece of .380 or 9 mm brass cut or filed short, and with a little piece of wire soldered or epoxied on as handle if the dipper that comes with your Lee dies doesn't fit your load). The press, a Ram Prime tool, a scale, a set of dies (carbide, for sure), a hundred or two cases, a box of 500 bullets, a pound of powder and a brick of primers can all be put in a boot box and stashed in the back of a closet. If I'm not mistaken, the equipment will pay for itself before you run out of that box of bullets, at the price of .32 H&R loaded ammo. I saw a brick of primers for 8 cents a piece online recently, which is still steep but helps a bit vs when they were over 10 cents. HP-38 or WSF powder would be an economical and versatile choice for powder. You can eke out a few more FPS with others that require more powder per round, but does it really matter?

Edit: You don't need a tumbler for revolver brass. Put in an old plastic container, add some hot water, a dash of dish or laundry soap and a teaspoon of citric acid (found in the spice or baking section of most grocery stores), stir well, soak overnight and rinse several times, then put in an old paper grocery sack until it dries out. Deprime and relaod. Wear dishwashing gloves while stirring and rinsing the brass, and don't let this equipment or the water touch anything else, because that lead residue is bad stuff. Ditto for any dust that comes off while depriming and resizing. The lead styphnate from the primers is the worst. Avoid getting that into your food chain and you should be OK.

Looks nice BP. To hell with what anyone thinks, if it shoots well and you like it that's all that counts. Personally I've always steered away from odd calibers because ammo is expensive and often hard to find, but that's me. Enjoy !

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