.32 caliber is a size of
ammunition
Ammunition, also known as ammo, is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. The term includes both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines), and the component parts of oth ...
, fitted to
firearm
A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and operated by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see legal definitions).
The first firearms originate ...
s with a
bore diameter of .
Handgun chamberings
*
.32 rimfire, chambered in revolvers and rifles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (1860)
*
.32 Webley, a centerfire version of the .32 Rimfire (1868)
*
.32 Long Colt, an American centerfire fire revolver cartridge and an improved version of the .32 Webley (1873)
*
.32-20 Winchester, a rifle cartridge that found popularity in handguns as a powerful .32-caliber offering (1882)
*
.32 S&W, cartridge was introduced in 1878 for the Smith & Wesson model 1 revolver (1892)
*
.32 S&W Long, a straight-walled, centerfire, rimmed handgun cartridge, based on the earlier .32 S&W cartridge (1896)
*
.32 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol), a pistol cartridge (1899)
*
.32 H&R Magnum, a rimmed cartridge designed for use in revolvers (1984)
*
.32 NAA, a cartridge/firearm system from North American Arms and Corbon Ammunition using a .380 ACP case (1996)
*
.327 Federal Magnum
The .327 Federal Magnum is a cartridge introduced by Federal Premium Ammunition and also sold by Sturm, Ruger & Co. It is intended to provide the power of a .357 Magnum in six-shot, compact revolvers, whose cylinders would otherwise only hold f ...
, a rimmed "
super magnum
A super magnum is a longer and/or more powerful version of a "Magnum cartridge, magnum" Cartridge (firearms), cartridge. Although the term "super magnum" typically refers to a Handgun, handgun cartridge, created by lengthening an existing straigh ...
" cartridge based on the .32 H&R Magnum with elongated case and higher pressure (2007)
Rifle chamberings
*
.32-20 Winchester, the first small-game lever-action cartridge that Winchester produced (1882)
*
.32-40 Ballard, an American rifle cartridge (1884)
*
.32 Winchester Special, a rimmed cartridge created for use in the Winchester Model 94 lever-action rifle (1901)
*
.32 Winchester Self-Loading, an American rifle cartridge (1903)
See also
*
8 mm caliber
This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the caliber range.
*''Length'' refers to the empty cartridge case
Case or CASE may refer to:
Instances
* Instantiation (disambiguation), a realization of a concept, theme, or design ...
*
32 (disambiguation)
{{Set index article
Pistol and rifle cartridges