Craig Boddington was the senior contributing editor of our modern gun and ammunition caliber dictionary. Craig was involved in the development and testing of many of these and writes from first hand experience. This dictionary was written exclusively for Wholesale Hunter with unique information found nowhere else.
GUN CALIBER DICTIONARY
Handgun
32 H&R MAG
The 32 H&R Mag (Harrington & Richardson Magnum, 32 Colt New Police) is a rimmed revolver cartridge introduced by Harrington & Richardson in 1983. It is essentially a lengthened 32 Long case, using an 85-grain .315-inch bullet at 1100 feet per second. The longer case prevents chambering in 32 Short or 32 Long revolvers, but both 32 Short and 32 Long cartridges may be chambered in 32 H&R Mag revolvers, offering low-recoil ammunition for practice and the faster 32 H&R Mag ammunition for small game and personal defense. Few new revolvers are currently chambered to 32 H&R Mag, but ammunition is widely available. — Craig Boddington