This is a really impressive, coherent little package. The Lipsey’s exclusive models are what all sixguns would be like if everyone at the gun companies was a hardcore, knowledgeable revolver enthusiast.
April, 2024. A brand new Taurus 327 in 32 caliber can be bought easily for under $300.00. I own the Taurus 327 and a Performance Center SW 640. Mechanically I think they are equal. And I bet they will last about equally. Why would you spend twice as much?
They _were_ made for each other. Quite literally. The original "I" frame was made specifically for the .32 S&W Long cartridge. It was later lengthened to create the "J" frame to accomodate the .38 Special. It is referred to by collectors as the ".32 frame". The early "Kit Guns" were titled ".22/.32 Kit Guns" because they were a .22 revolver built on a .32 frame.
@@raywhitehead730 The real question is...why did YOU spend twice as much on a S&W Performance Center Model 640? Why haven't you sold your S&W 640 Performance Center revolver and bought 2 or 3 Taurus revolvers instead?
@@raywhitehead730LMMMMMAAAOOO no dude no taurus is mechanically “equal” to a custom performance center Smith. Keep dreaming. You can like your taurus all you want but it is a flat out lie to say they are just as good. You get what you pay for.
@@CarolinaRimfire Lipsey usually has runs of these special edition revolvers. Just have to be on the lookout for them. I want one with a 3" barrel to pack around when we are out in the woods. It's light enough and offers decent protection.
@@PassivePortfolios Semi-auto barrels and revolver barrels are not measured the same way. Revolver is only the barrel, not the cylinder. Semi-auto includes the entire chamber.
I own a few self protection devices and yet I EDC a revolver. It's a Taurus 856 in .38 Special-6 shot. I'd never owned a Taurus before, but I needed to get a snub during Covid and my dealers were raking everyone over the coals on prices ( they were near $ 1,000 for an LCR, which was my first choice) This is a beautiful gun and a .32 magnum is more than adequate for self protection for the average person. A good alternative for budget buyers is the Taurus 327 that will shoot .32 Mag and .327 Federal magnum. They go for the high 300's at dealers.
@@raywhitehead730I agree. I lost any respect for my local dealers who really took advantage of people during Covid. When they mark guns up across the board base on greed and not a lack of supply, it's a no brainer to move to Taurus. The 327 is a nice EDC.
In the 90's gun writer Dick Metcalf did a 2,500 round torture test on 2 aluminum j-frames. After the test both of them went back to Smith and Wesson for a check-up. No appreciable on either one of them. These revolvers are tough. .32 H&R is a great caliber in these little gems. Best ammo for these is the Lost River wadcutter, shoots to the sights and very accurate too! Well done Lipsey's.
I've heard this and I don't think it's true. This revolver is 16 oz. The Ruger LCR in .327 Magnum is 17 .oz. So S&W couldn't add an once and get this thing to spec to shoot .327?
Very good combination! What became the "J" frame, the "I" frame, was originally designed for the .32 S&W cartridge. The early "Kit Guns" were called the ".22/.32 Kit Gun" A .22 revolver built on the .32 frame. It was lengthened slightly to accomodate the .38 Special cartridge and was dubbed the "J" frame. I have carried J frames for over 50 years now, for off duty use and concealed carry. All of mine have been in .38 Special, but in the early 2000s (around 2002/2003) I bought a S&W Model 332 Airlight for my wife as a concealed carry revolver. It is chambered in .32 H&R magnum. Fantastic combination! The cartridge easily equals .38 Special performance and gives an extra 20% ammo capacity! For some reason (low sales. no doubt) S&W dropped the Model 332 and they are now incredibly expensive, if you can find one. This revolver fills that void. As for the other features...not so impressive. But the .32 H&R Magnum in a J frame snubbie is great news.
@@teuton6167I love the gun. I have about 500ish rounds through it. I carry and dry fire it often. .32 H&R Mag is a dream to shoot out of a J Frame. I use the Lost River wad cutter for the street but you’d be just as good with the Buffalo Bore.
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I'd said elsewhere, too little, too late and too much. But, after watching your review I see that the new engineering has extended the life of the gun, unlike the regular airweights which aren't made to be shot a lot, and made it a better shooter. Good review.
Most civilian self-defense is point blank out to 25 ft Max.. usually one or two assailants... Five shots for sure.. for close quarters contact shots you can't beat the centennial type j frames.. just load with well crimped jacketed ammo. To prevent the lead from creeping out and locking up the gun... And you've got a formidable self-defense revolver.. even if there are four.. assailants after you shoot the first two I doubt the others will hang around
Very cool little J frame. I do wish they had made it in 327 Mag though as the 327 Mag can chamber and fire 327 Mag, 32 H&R Mag, 32 S&W Long, 32 S&W and in some guns 32 ACP. S&W had made basically this same gun in 357 Mag so 327 Mag should not be an issue.
Original Precision and TK Custom both handle a Loc-delete product to eliminate the lock on the S&W revolvers. I have plugged all the frame lock holes on all my Smith and Wesson revolvers.
always had a soft spot for 32s. love 38 snubs but 32s the same size and extra shot and lower recoil is nice. my older 432 weighs in at 13 oz unloaded. you don't know it is in your pocket until you need it.
I have a S&W J frame 32 S&W Long revolver with a 3 inch barrel which I have enjoyed for 50 years. It was manufactured in the 1970's, and I acquired it from a friend. Some load data I have suggest it could be hot rodded in velocity but I was never tempted to try it on such a beautiful & accurate revolver. The question I have about this new release from Lipsey and S&W is why it's chambered in 32 H&R instead of 327 Federal so it could fire 5 different cartridges? I have an idea it's because the 327 would be too vicious to fire in the light weight of this firearm even with a stainless steel cylinder. I have a S&W 38 Special air weight with a titanium cylinder and it is brutal with anything more than wad cutters. I fired it in one of my CCW classes with 130 grain standard velocity factory ammo and the barrel is loose in the frame now. I shot all of the rounds needed to qualify but my thumb joint and palm had an ache in it for a year afterwards. Does anyone else remember when JC Penny used to have home style rifle glass cabinets in the men's clothing department? The last rifle I looked at in the 70's there was a Winchester model 70 with hand checkering so sharp it hurt my hands. The guy helping me find my shirt size had the key in his pocket.
I seen one of the at my local shop and can get at $670 so i wanted to check it out. That's one of the best reviews on YT right along with Sootch videos. Thanks a bunch. I sub'd.
people scoff at revolvers? Hell, I carry a 1964 Detective Special on a daily basis. In fact - My only handgun that isn't a revolver is a 1911, the rest are wheelguns - from a 1937 police positive in .32 long (like the one Bronson used in Death Wish), to a 4 inch Python. Got a .38 j-frame too, and as nice as it is to carry, I like the det. special more - extra round, and much more pleasant recoil. .32 mag though - that's a great round. Better than .38 spl, and you can shoot regular .32 long in it, which is the centerfire equivalent of .22lr - lightweight ammo compared to something like .45 acp. Damn shame these are exclusive, though - would love a 432 over on my side of the Atlantic.
Very handsome and well thought out revolvers. I must say I’d be tempted to go with the new Kimber XS snubby. Six shots of .38 spl. is better than five. Same size and weight as a j-frame with better trigger and sights.
I understand just why these cannot shoot 327 mag. 327 mag would require a steel frame which would no longer be “airweight” - the primary design parameter of this gun. HINT: AMMOSEEK app allows you to easily locate availability and price comparisons of the elusive 32 cartridges this gun requires- removes the hassle factor in locating ammo. P.S. Love the Gunblast reviews. So much concise information.
playing with my 432uc right now. The VZ grips are nice but I prefer my smaller 43C grips better, because of hand pains at 65. In total darkness, I wish the rear sight had 2 tritium dots.
Great revolver.. most gun fights happen within 10 feet with less than 2 or 3 shots fired... revolvers are King...never jams, can instantly visually see it's loaded and leaves no evidence behind when fired
My everyday carry is usually a S&W 332 , I have about a half dozen or so 32 Magnum and 327 snub nose revolvers. If I carry an auto if's one of my .32 auto's, I have the other calibers, 380, 9mm, 38, 357, 44, and so on, but nothing is better than 32, especially as I age.
A no brainer if in a 327 mag. I still might consider the 32 HR mag since the weight savings trade off is very appealing especially for pocket carry. I like the blued one better actually with the suede pocket holster. Nice combo with double tap flat ammo
The trend is moving back to revolvers, we should have never left revolvers to begin with. a revolver can be carried any way you want giving you the tactical and stealth advantage, dangerous city at night pumping gas your right hand in jacket pocket on a j frame is a simple pull out or shoot through jacket if a gun gets pulled on you in a immediate response needed situation, police in a traffic stop same thing, your hand on j frame ready for the car window ambush where police have no time to draw their duty gun in time . Revolvers the mistake we made was going off of feelings about them rather then looking at the facts of private citizen defense situation, Claude Werner and many top defense researchers are seeing that no more people have lost defense situations with revolvers then semi autos, when a private citizen does lose a defense situation it's more about poor tactics, for example a Chicago fireman won a gun fight early with 3 guys planning to attack or rob him, he fired one shot and they ran, he came out from cover to chase them and he was struck with a bullet ending his life, the revolver was fine but he wanted to chase and come out of cover, even if he had a semi auto he broke his cover so I would have ended the same way with the semi auto. also the vast exaggeration that a bad guy will come to your cover while reloading, this is extremely rare, often people get that from police when they used revolvers, very rare police got killed while reloading out of millions of successful shoot outs where police won the gun fight or captured the suspect, so cherry picking examples or creating straw dummy arguments many use to try and convince us revolvers are not good for defense but not looking at over 200 years of history they have done fine for defense, bill Jordan, Jim cirrilo, pat Rogers, bob stasch had some good things to say about revolvers, you train with a revolver and learn how to train with good shot placements. gang members with 30 round magazines in Glock have been found dead in the street shot by other gangs, so capacity isn't the end all be all, you could be taken out no matter your capacity if your a unskilled fool taking high capacity for granted. even the the most recent videos on revolvers used for defense you see bad guys running not caring or knowing it was even a revolver because things happen so fast, even if you only had 5 shots and more attackers no one wants to be in the odds of getting shot, this is why millions of revolver defense situations are successful, even a bad guy is not like in the movies, they don't challenge some one who shoots back, they are smart and know getting shot
Wow 4lb 8oz?! I second some others I want this in a 3 inch barrel!!! Until then I still like my Taurus 605. I’m just not “man enough” to shoot a 2 inch barrel reliably (and trust me I’ve tried, put 1200 rounds through my model 642 and still couldn’t hit a 6 inch target reliably at 7 yards :/)
I have owned a Performance Center SW 640 for years. Good gun. Recently, bought a Taurus 327. The fit finish and mechanical workings are near identical. The Taurus costs about 300 dollars less then the SW 632. For the money, I would get the Taurus. I bet it's every bit as dependable.
Hello...New Yorker who can't own a gun...what's the consensus among EDC guys who carry J frame 38s? 5 shot .38s or the 6th from a .32? Excuse my ignorance, but I'm learning and have no practical knowledge about this stuff. Love the snobby revolvers, though, if I could have one
Ordered mine through a Lipsey dealer and had it for $680 a few weeks later. They are going to make these so long as orders are made so ignore the scalpers.
Disturbing to discover through research that there have been a higher than usual number of mechanical issues with these UC’s requiring a return to S&W..
I don't understand my .38 Special and now .32 H&R revolvers are made when they both have big brother cartridges. I'll never buy a .38 or a .32 H&R when I can buy a .357 or a .327. I'll take a few more ounces to be able to fire all the loads.
Any studies been done about having tritium up against your skin for an extended period of time? I know it glows because tritium is radioactive, not sure I would want to appendix carry.
I was lucky a few years back to find a used mint condition Smith 342 air light TI 38 special centennial only 11 oz unloaded I recently installed crimson Trace rubber laser grips the shorter ones I can hit easily out to 50 ft with this 11 oz revolver
POS. Sending mine back to S&W for repair/warranty work. First 2 cylinders fired from the revolver revealed that the trigger went dead and would not return to be able to shoot again. Usually on the 4th shot. Yes, they sent a shipping label. Ok. That’s fine. But, when I asked about when I could expect to get my gun back, the answer was 6 to 8 weeks. Bullshit. I spent 800 dollars for a broken gun and now I have to wait nearly 2 months?
Ignore the GB scalpers. Ordered and received one in two weeks from my local gun shop. Lipsey rep said they will keep making them as new orders come in.
@@matthew.tamasco I know. The prices I see on that site under a lot of stuff is absolute nonsense. Why go to the trouble of posting, if your prince is laughable and only inhibits ANYONE from ever purchasing your item.
@@danhantheman the muzzle energy of a 327 magnum. Exiting a 2" barrel is around 550 pounds. Plus or minus, that same round out of a 5" or 6" barrel. Should have a muzzle energy over 600 pounds. Which is what a 357 magnum produces.
I got a 432 UC. It has to go back. Hopefully mine is a relatively isolated issue. S&W 432 Ultimate Carry or Ultimate Fail ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dc9enKlhNbY.html
