Cool round. I think of it as a 30 super, well up into 32 H&R territory in a semiauto. This would make an awesome doublestack modern concealed carry pistol round.
I can't find my notebooks as I am in the middle of yet another move.
I load for a 1935A and a 1935S. The 1935A is a nice pistol, the 1935S is a dog.
I started my first real reloading efforts with a box of 25 Federal 32 S&W long ammo I turned into 7.65 ammo. The 98 grain LRN I pulled from the 32 S&W rounds shot very well out of the 1935A with a moderate powder charge, probably with 231. I'll try the 98 grain Magtech LRN bullets someday. This bullet would probably make an excellent 7.65 load.
110 grain carbine bullets are just too heavy and loads with this bullet feel unbalanced. They match the French ball profile pretty well, though.
I concentrated on using Remington or Magtech .311 71 FMJ bullets as they shoot well in several different 30 cal pistols and are cheap.
I spoke to Starline, and their 32 H&R cases have the same internal case head dimensions as their 32 S&W cases. I bought a batch of 500 starline cases and converted ~150 of them to 7.65.
231 powder works OK, but the yellow sticky in my MTM box says this last batch was loaded in 2015 with 5.0 gr. Power Pistol with Magtech bullets to 1.110 LOA. There is not much bullet shank in the case, but I have not had any problems with bullets moving. This is a hot load, for sure. I have good case life, is accurate and functions well, and primers and primer pockets look good.
I use Lee 32 acp carbide dies. I need to fix that bullet seating stem, one of these days.
The longer case rims in the pic are a mistake made when my dial indicator shifted. Slowly attriting these by case loss.