Who knew?
It would appear that 32 Winchester Special ammunition is now made of gold and/or platinum. I was checking prices over on the auction side and it was up to $10 per round and $5 wasn't uncommon. I can find Federal Gold Medal Match 308 Winchester 168 grain SMK ammo for less. Sheesh!
Crazy.
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Wow, I traded a neighbor out of a box a couple years ago. Maybe I ought to cut 'er loose........
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I still have 3 or 4 boxes that were dad's. I know at least a couple of them are 50+ years old. Pretty good return on his investment! His 94 Win with the factory Lyman sight has appreciated a bit as well, but not as big a percentage as the ammo. Bob
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Time to start reloading.
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Better get your press going Steve. If you're out of that 4064, I know where there is a 20 pound jug of it, not to far from you, for a pretty decent price.
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Can you even find brass? Oh I see Starline makes them so you're good, .60 cents a piece. Hmm... from my reading it's just a bit peppier than a 30-30. Even if there were no brass to be had one could make them with 30-30 brass.
If you don't reload I suppose you could pay someone to for less than factory.
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jimdeere: 30059480243739/comments/30059448285723
Time to start reloading.
Yep, one pass of a 30-30 thru a 32 WS size die = 32 Spl. 168 SMKs are my most favorite for 308 & 30-06 and most everyone who shoots rifles chambered in such. When they become available it is best to buy plenty & hoard.
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toad67: 30059480243739/comments/30059455355035
Better get your press going Steve. If you're out of that 4064, I know where there is a 20 pound jug of it, not to far from you, for a pretty decent price.
I still haven't gotten my loading room set up! Every time I think about working on it something else seems to pop up and take priority. Granted, sometimes that's a fishin' trip, so I'm not complaining!
So far I'm still sitting good with components and I still have plenty of the 32 WS loaded rounds on hand, I was just shocked when I saw the prices they were asking for it.
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15-20 years ago, a guy asked me if I could find some 32 Win for his old deer rifle. I asked him how many boxes he wanted since it was going to be hard to find and probably a case lot would be a good idea. ONE BOX was his answer. I told him I couldn't logically order ONE BOX of ammo and he needed to spend more time searching any/all local sources. His reply: "Well the hardware store doesn't sell 'shells' anymore". Apparently his search area was limited to a 5 mile radius. Don't know if he ever found more ammo or if his 13 remaining 'shells' has lasted until the local hardware store got back into the ammo business.
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That ammo seeking place has 1 listing for new Winchester 32 Win Spl @ $6 a round ($119.98 a box of 20) plus shipping.
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Might want to watch these - Best Regards - AQH
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AdamsQuailHunter: 30059480243739/comments/30059434531995
Might want to watch these - Best Regards - AQH
That's the auction that got me looking in the first place.
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