I had two Taurus 327 revolvers. Both were great little handguns and I was an idiot to sell them.
The ammo is still available and that is one of the best things about that caliber. You can fire 32 S&W or 32 S&W Long. These are very soft shooting calibers of ammunition that really feel kind of like you're shooting a 22lr. Very low recoil. Very low noise. You can shoot 32 H&R Magnum ammunition that is serious self defense ammo, probably close to a 38 special or a 38+P in terms of power, depending on which load you pick. OR you can shoot the full-powered 327 magnum ammunition that will be - in my opinion - more powerful than a 38 +p or 9mm +P.
So - if you want S&W 32 Long ammo - (sometimes
available at Aim Surplus for less than $14/box of 50 - currently available at
Natcheszz for $18/box of 50 and on sale at
Ammo to Go for $14/box.
Federal has 2 "personal defense" hollow-point loads - one with an 85gr bullet at about 1120fps, and one with a 95gr bullet at about 1020fps. Those will be costly - maybe $18 for a box of 20...
Finally - you can shoot the 327 magnum. It is - to me - like a 357 magnum without all the recoil. But it does make alot of noise and has some recoil. It propells an 85 gr bullet at 1400fps ) or a 100gr bullet at 1500fps. (Cabelas
has it on sale right now - $25 / box of 50)
Beyond those loads, Speer had some 115gr loads that I can't find anymore, but Buffalo Bore makes some "heavy loads" for the 32 H&R magnum - 130 grains at 1125 fps, and heavy loads for the 327 magnum: 130gr at 1300fps.
Here are some ballistics on
real world loads for the 327 Federal Magnum, in real firearms.
Here's a comparison to 9mm +P ballistics:
From a 3" barrel Ruger Sp101, Speer 115gr ammo travels at 1356fps.
From a 4" Beretta 92, Corbon +p 9mm 115gr ammo travels at 1384fps
The entry hole from the 9mm will be slightly larger, but I'd bet that nobody wants to be hit with EITHER.
SO -
is the Taurus 327 a great little revolver? Yes. Yes. Yes. Great size, Great caliber, Great versatility. I'd highly recommend it. You might not be able to get ammo at every local Walmart, but right now, Walmarts in my area are out of 9mm ammo, 22lr ammo, 357 ammo, 38sp ammo, and almost every other caliber too.