Taking the .327 Magnum plunge

[Tommie]

I went to the range this morning and shot some 100gr XTP's with 6.7gr of longshot and that load shot great.

Oh and Tommie, I know what you mean in the difference between a Ruger and a Smith. Just keep shooting it and you will get used to the heavy pull.

I can’t picture ever being able to hit anything with that double action trigger pull! Putting in an order for a Wolff spring kit.

 

[7tcu]

I have them also, just have not put them in yet

 

[Tommie]

As promised, the range report.

Before firing a single shot I installed Wolff springs. Trigger pull is still clunky but much lighter.
100 rounds of 85 grain .32 S&W long ammo was fun. Maybe more recoil than a rimfire but not much more. Hard to picture that round being edfective on much more than a racoon or possum.
100 rounds of 100 grain .327 Magnum...wow. That’s a serious load. Recoil felt like a 115 grain .357 Mag. With the Hogue grip it wasn’t painful to shoot but I wouldn’t stand in line to touch off that round with the teeny factory grip.

I’d definitely rate the .327 as a capable defensive chambering. I am not particularly impressed with the SP101 though.

 

[planewrench]

The 327 Federal is essentially a rimmed 30 carbine. The main differences are the 0.14" difference in bullet diameter, and the powders they are loaded with (since a 327 Fed is meant for a handgun and therefore faster powders). But the bullet is the same 100-115 grain weight class and at the same peak pressure.

If someone ever suggested putting a 30 carbine in a 2" snubby, you would get laughed out of the building, yet that is exactly what the 327 federal is. I have one, and have shot it a lot, but I load it to 32 H&R pressures and that is about all the noise I can stand out of it. It has exactly 1 box of fullhouse 327 loads through it, and as long as I have it, they will be the last.

It would however be an outstanding modern replacement for the old 32-20 in a 16" lever action carbine.

 

[planewrench]

Holy cow! .308 + .14 = .448.... no wonder your loads are hot!
The 327 groove diameter is .312, that's just .004 over .308.

All kidding aside, double ear protection, muffs and plugs, are necessary with a handgun. My 7 1/2" Single Seven makes my ears ring with heavy loads and that's with muffs and ear plugs.

Planewrench
FFL/ gunsmith/ NRA lifer since 1971. Geez, how time flies!

 

[Shawnba67]

Holy cow! .308 + .14 = .448.... no wonder your loads are hot!
The 327 groove diameter is .312, that's just .004 over .308.

All kidding aside, double ear protection, muffs and plugs, are necessary with a handgun. My 7 1/2" Single Seven makes my ears ring with heavy loads and that's with muffs and ear plugs.

Planewrench
FFL/ gunsmith/ NRA lifer since 1971. Geez, how time flies!

I fired a 45LC 4 times with no hearing protection opening day of deer season 2012. My ears have rang since.
DOUBLE UP FELLAS

 

[Depart123]

Holy cow! .308 + .14 = .448.... no wonder your loads are hot!
The 327 groove diameter is .312, that's just .004 over .308.

All kidding aside, double ear protection, muffs and plugs, are necessary with a handgun. My 7 1/2" Single Seven makes my ears ring with heavy loads and that's with muffs and ear plugs.

Planewrench
FFL/ gunsmith/ NRA lifer since 1971. Geez, how time flies!

Yeah, I fat fingered that one. Should have been .004" difference.