
Ībove: Iver Johnson Safety Automatic* Below: Colt Police Positive -both chambered for. 32 NP cartridge has been historically loaded with a flat nosed bullet as opposed to the round nose of the. The cartridges are functionally identical with the exception that the. 32 "Colt's New Police" cartridge, concurrent with the conversion of the Colt New Police revolver from. This reputation led Police Commissioner Roosevelt to select it as an expedient way to increase officers' accuracy with their revolvers in New York City. 32 Long is well known as an unusually accurate cartridge. The cartridge was then adopted by several other northeastern U.S. When he was the New York City Police Commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt standardized the department's use of the Colt New Police revolver. The cartridge stayed the same, but was now loaded with smokeless powder to roughly the same chamber pressure. In 1903 the small hand ejector was updated with a new design. In 1896, the cartridge was loaded with black powder. The hand ejector design has evolved some, but with its swing out cylinder on a crane, has been the basis for every S&W revolver designed since. 32 Long is simply a lengthened version of the earlier. 32 S&W Long was introduced in 1896 with the company's first hand ejector revolver. 32 Colt New Police in revolvers it made chambered for the cartridge. It was introduced in 1896 for Smith & Wesson's first-model Hand Ejector revolver.

32 S&W Long, also known as 7.65x23mm, is a straight-walled, centerfire, rimmed handgun cartridge, based on the earlier.
