.327 Federal Magnum

By Wiley Clapp (RSS)

April 09, 2010

We may be missing a bet with the new .327 Federal Magnum cartridge. It is being touted as a defense revolver round. OK, I'll concede that it whips up a fair amount of energy, but in my book, no cartridge that uses a 100-grain bullet is ever going to have enough smack 'em to stop fights.


The .327—which is really a .312—is closer to the grand old .32 WCF or .32-20. This is one of the greatest critter-gitter rounds ever, but not what I would call a man stopper.


What I would like to see is this: Mike Harvey, down at Cimarron, ought to have his Italian associates whip up a pair of guns for this round. How about a light Model '92 rifle with 2/3 magazine and slim barrel matched up with his scaled-down Peacemaker with flat top frame and adjustable sights—both in .327?


 


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2 Responses to .327 Federal Magnum

Aaron W. wrote:
August 20, 2011

There are recorded incidents of a man taking a cylinder's worth of .357 and lasting long enough to kill the officer that put those rounds in him and a man who survived sixteen rounds, which is a magazine and a half for many larger-bore autoloaders, of Winchester's 'Ranger' ammunition in .40 S&W. He only succumbed after the officer maneuvered to get a clean, fatal shot to the man's head. Good shot placement is the only man-stopper, regardless of caliber.

Earl Call wrote:
October 19, 2010

The Fort Hood shooter used two .327s. Guys he shot 5 or 6 times survived. Doesn't sound like much of a mankiller.