User:Trekphiler/.33 Winchester

.32 Long Colt
Type	Revolver
Place of origin	USA
Production history
Designed	1875
Specifications
Bullet diameter	.313 in (8.0 mm)
Neck diameter	.313 in (8.0 mm)
Base diameter	.318 in (8.1 mm)
Rim diameter	.374 in (9.5 mm)
Case length	0.92 in (23 mm)
Overall length	1.26 in (32 mm)
Rifling twist	1:16
Primer type	small rifle
Ballistic performance
Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy 82 gr (5 g) (factory load) 790 ft/s (240 m/s) 114 ft⋅lbf (155 J) 80 gr (5 g) 840 ft/s (260 m/s) 126 ft⋅lbf (171 J) 95 gr (6 g) 700 ft/s (210 m/s) 104 ft⋅lbf (141 J)
Source(s): Barnes & Amber 1972

The .32 Long Colt (commonly called the .32 LC or simply .32 Colt) is a American centerfire fire revolver cartridge.

Introduced by Colt's with the New Line revolver in 1875, the .32 Colt was inspired by the .320 Revolver. It originally used a .313 in (7.95 mm)-diameter 90 gr (5.8 g) outside-lubricated bullet, which was later changed to inside lubrication, leading to a diameter change to .299 in (7.59 mm), a slight reduction in bullet weight, and a shortening of overall length.

With a case lenthened by .31 in (7.87 mm) over the .32 Short Colt (which means the .32 SC will chamber and fire in any weapon designed for the LC), the .32LC is in the same class in power as the .32 Smith and Wesson Long,without comparable accuracy.

More popular in Europe than North America, only Colt chambered any weapons in .32 Long Colt, most notably the Police Positive.

See also

• List of cartridges by caliber
• List of revolver cartridges
• List of centerfire cartridges
• 8mm caliber

Sources

• Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. ".32 Long Colt—.32 Short Colt" & ".320 Revolver", in Cartridges of the World, pp.155 & 177. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. ISBN 0-695-80326-3.