Erasmus

Just looking at the SAAMI chamber and cartridge drawings, 32 S&W is short enough but has a larger rim diameter than 32 ACP.

3.1 grains of Red Dot under a 125 grain coated bullet averages 550 fps out of some 5.5 inch Uberti 1873 SAA repos. Out of the holster thr first shot is often under 500, subsequent shots are closer to 600. Uberti SAA 5.5 Chey Cast coated 125 RNFP CCI 500 Red Dot 3.1 478.1 542.3333333 57.57571826 Pistol A First round from holster is slower 3.1 589.3 Pistol A 3.1 559.6 Pistol A 3.1 Pistol A 3.1 Pistol A 3.1 503.6 581.2 55.18592816 Pistol B First round from hlster is slower 3.1 599.7 Pistol B 3.1 588.1 Pistol B 3.1 Pistol B 3.1 633.4 Pistol B 564.5428571 55.3112664 Composite 594.02 26.57587252 Composite minus first round from holster

I'm not suggesting how you should feel, I'm suggesting the difference between gamer .32s and .22RF is less than the difference between gamer 32 (or 38s for that matter) and full house full house 45 LC. We are so far removed from those old loads, why stop there? And if that's what we need to grow the sport, maybe it's not that bad.

I would suggest there's less of a leap from gamers using super light .32s to people use .22RF, than from those same gamers using super light .32s and other people choosing to shoot full house .45s. That is we are so far gone, with how formulaic the game has come, and the allowance for things other than guns capable of knocking down horses (etc., and for reasons other than just gamers, plenty of people have health problems preventing them from safely shooting full black powder power 45 LC) there might as well be an all ages .22 category to attract new shooters from all ages.

I'm all for it, and have been advocating for it for a couple of years now. An all ages .22 category using two .22 single action pistols, any lever action .22 rifle, and a 20 gauge or better single shot (or single loaded double/repeater) shotgun. There are plenty of folks out there with a single action .22 revolver and a single action .22 lever rifle already that would like to play Cowboy Action but don't want to borrow gear (being dependent on the good will of others) or buy gear (buying 4 new guns). If we had an all ages .22 category, even as a side match, people could dip their toes in the game and drum up some more participation. Sure, many of us can reload .38 cheaper than we can buy .22; but LOTS of people interested in trying out CAS don't reload, and some of them aren't interested in reloading. Sure, you can buy cheap used guns from people on this forum, but you have to know about this forum and be willing to deal with the particulars of buying a gun from some random person you met on the internet. You can walk into Bass Pro and buy two Heritage .22 pistols, a Stoeger coach gun, and a Rossi Rio Bravo for under $1,000 and still have money to go to Tractor Supply for a shirt, some boots, and a hat. And tons of people already have some (or some variation) of those guns (like Dad's Single Six and Marlin 39a) and wouldn't only have to supplement their current armory.