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Source for 32 Colt Ammo?
Aug 30th, 2026 at 6:29pm
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I’m sure it’s been discussed before, but a search and a scan of the first two pages of this forum gave me zilch. Is there an active vendor who can supply me me with a box or two of 32 Colt Long ammo?
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Reply #1 - Aug 30th, 2026 at 7:20pm
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Froggie, back in the dinosaur days when only fishermen had nets and spiders had webs, I picked up this cute little rook rifle in 300 Rook. Closest brass was 32 Long Colt so an operation was performed. It was actually possible to find an occasional box of ammo back then and I got one. In the modern age Buffalo Arms came along with a mold for a little 300 bullet so now I needed more brass. Took me several large gunshows to find a collector with a box of matching factory ammo. Was not inexpensive but necessary. It may take you a while now but at least you have many more possibilities for searching. Good luck.
  
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Reply #2 - Aug 30th, 2026 at 9:27pm
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A couple years ago I went through the effort of converting some .32 S&W to .32 LC.  What a pain.  Doable, but not fun.  On the bright side, the brass lasts virtually forever in the low pressure .32 LC loadings.  But I definitely won’t leave the range without finding any of the brass that I happen to drop. Grin

Internet searches will tell you there is a guy selling converted .32 LC brass on Gunbroker or EBay, but he quit a few years ago.
  
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Reply #3 - Sep 1st, 2026 at 1:30am
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A seller on Gun Broker has 188 once fired .32 Colt cases up for sale $50
  
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Re: Source for 32 Colt Ammo?
Reply #4 - Sep 1st, 2026 at 8:40am
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RBKenn wrote on Sep 1st, 2026 at 1:30am:
A seller on Gun Broker has 188 once fired .32 Colt cases up for sale $50


Out of curiosity I went there and checked it out because oh-so-often such ads are misleading. I was right, the .32 Colt brass in the ad is actually .32 Colt New Police (same as .32 S&W Long) and will not chamber in a true Colt/rimfire chamber. (Look closely at the one pic after magnifying it.) My suspicions in these things is from having learned the hard way long ago in a galaxy far away!

Still and all, $50 for almost 200 pieces of .32 S&W Long/.32 Colt New Police brass ain't bad.....
  
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Reply #5 - Sep 1st, 2026 at 8:56am
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If you’re looking for loaded ammo, Buffalo arms often has it. Currently they have some black powder loads.

They also have brass made from 32 S&W
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If you can find people to part with it, 25-20 SS brass works. So cases with split necks are often long enough.
  
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Re: Source for 32 Colt Ammo?
Reply #6 - Sep 1st, 2026 at 9:03am
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Given the amount of work to convert the brass, $1 per piece from Buffalo Arms is not bad.  I wouldn’t do it for that.  I’d rather take a beating in an alley than convert more .32 S&W brass to .32 Colt.  Grin
  
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Reply #7 - Sep 1st, 2026 at 10:00am
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To each his own! I don't find it to be an onerous task. On the contrary, such tasks are part of what drew me to this hobby in the first place. I also take it as a challenge to thwart the Big Ammo company's (to include BACO and others of that ilk) efforts to limit my shooting of vintage rifles.

Sometimes such work as converting brass to other configurations isn't a means to an end, rather the end in and of itself.
  
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