SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, DC  20549

                                  FORM 12b-25
                                                   Commission File Number 1-8903

                          NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING
                                                            
(Check One):  (x) Form 10-K  ( ) Form 11-K  ( ) Form 20-F  ( ) Form 10-Q  ( ) Form N-SAR
 
 
 

For the Period Ended:        December 28, 1996
 
(  )   Transition Report on Form 10-K   (  ) Transition Report on Form 10-Q
(  )   Transition Report on Form 20-F   (  ) Transition Report on Form N-SAR
(  )   Transition Report on Form 11-K

For the Transition Period Ended:

     Read the attached instruction sheet before preparing form.  Please print or
type.

     Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the Commission has
verified any information contained herein.

     If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above,
identify the Items(s) to which the notification relates:


                        Part I.  Registrant Information

Full name of registrant:          Moore Medical Corp.

Former name if applicable:

Address of principal executive office
 (Street and number):             389 John Downey Drive, P.O. Box 1500
 (City, State and Zip Code):      New Britain, CT  06050

                       Part II.  Rule 12b-25 (b) and (c)

     If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or
expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25 (b), the
following should be completed.  (Check appropriate box.)
 
(x)  (a) The reasons described in reasonable detail in Part III of this form
     could not be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense;


(x)  (b) The subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition report on
     Form 10-K, 20-F, 11-K or Form N-SAR, or portion thereof will be filed on or
     before the 15th calendar day following the prescribed due date; or the
     subject quarterly report or transition report on Form 10-Q, or portion
     thereof will be filed on or before the fifth calendar day following the
     prescribed due date; and


( )  (c) The accountant's statement or other exhibit required by Rule 12-b-25(c)
     has been attached if applicable.

 
                              Part III.  Narrative

     State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Form 10-K, 11-K, 20-F, 10-
Q, N-SAR or the transition report portion thereof could not be filed within the
prescribed time period.  (Attach extra sheets if needed.)

     The reasonable estimate referred to in Part IV, below, could not be made by
     March 28, 1997, the last regular date for filing the Registrant's Form 10-K
     for its fiscal year ended December 28, 1996, without reasonable effort or
     expense, for the reason set forth therein.

                          Part IV.  Other Information

     (1)   Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
     notification:

                     Joseph Greenberger, Esq.
                     (212) 757-4001

     (2)    Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15 (d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment
     Company Act of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter
     period that the registrant was required to file such report (s) been filed?
     If the answer is no, identify report(s).

                                                     (x)  Yes   ( ) No

     (3)   Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of
     operations from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be
     reflected by the earnings statements to be included in the subject report
     or portion thereof?

                                                     (x)  Yes   ( ) No

     If so, attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively
and quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable
estimate of the results cannot be made.

     The Registrant is evaluating its potential financial exposure for certain
     price adjustments with respect to certain supply agreements. A reasonable
     estimate of the exposure could not be made by March 28, 1997 without
     unreasonable effort or expense because voluminous data must still be
     reviewed and analyzed before such an estimate can be made.

     (Name of registrant as specified in charter):  Moore Medical Corp.

Has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.


Date:  March 31, 1997             By:  /s/ John A. Murray
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                                      John A. Murray, Vice President
                                      Finance, Chief Financial Officer

     Instruction.  The form may be signed by an executive officer of the
     registrant or by any other duly authorized representative. The name and
     title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed beneath the
     signature. If the statement is signed on behalf of the registrant by an
     authorized representative (other than an executive officer), evidence of
     the representative's authority to sign on behalf of the registrant shall be
     filed with the form.


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