32-40 ammunition
hi,
Is 32-40 factory ammunition still currently produced. I tried winchester, federal, speer, remington and black hills websites but they don't list it anymore. Thanks in advance for any info.
Louie[?]
Is 32-40 factory ammunition still currently produced. I tried winchester, federal, speer, remington and black hills websites but they don't list it anymore. Thanks in advance for any info.
Louie[?]
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32/40's are also listed in the latest Cabellas shooting catalog.
You may want to consider taking up reloading. I reload for my old Marlin using easily reformed 32 special brass and purchased cast bullets. It costs me about $4.00 a box to load my own.
Woods
"... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'" -- Benjamin Franklin0 -
The only thing is I can throw a rock faster than the 32-40 woodsrunner loads.
You guy had to try his 32-40 loads, High arched trajectory, you could watch the bullets flying to the target. Like a red ryder BB gun. Still a sweet round and rifle Woods.
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rich, which MLB team is your employer? Must be hard on the catching staff . . . . [:D] Just to flash back to an early scene in The Magnificent Seven you can throw all the rocks you want at me if I get woods' .32-40 loads to throw at you! [;)] This is a fine old cartridge and one of my favorites.
Lonnie, welcome to the zoo. Winchester has made a few runs of "commemorative" ammo in this caliber over the past twenty-five years. Other than the fancy headstamps and nickeled cases, it is standard ammo, albeit overpriced. If you are set up to reload, it is simple enough to produce by sizing down .38-55 brass, which *is* readily available (email me if you can't find it; I have tons on hand). Never made it from .32 WS brass . . . think it might be a tad short?
If you plan to buy factory ammo, first thing you do is scratch the OWS url nononsense gave you (no offense, amigo). The OWS ammo is made by Bertram - the brass is markedly inferior and OWS habitually charges blue sky prices with an additional premium. Sometimes they are the only game in town, but I've only been forced to buy ammo or components from them twice in thirty years and believe me, it wasn't because I didn't try mightily to find the stuff elsewhere. On something as common as .32-40, it isn't even worth the trip to their site to look.
You may not know this, but in the late 1800s, the .32-40 was considered one of the best - if not *THE* best - of the target rounds, not just a hunting cartridge. Those old rifles were capable of incredible accuracy with this cartridge and anything you hit properly with that 165gr slug will not give a damn if the velocity is under 3000 fps.
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quote:Originally posted by Iconoclast
If you plan to buy factory ammo, first thing you do is scratch the OWS url nononsense gave you (no offense, amigo). The OWS ammo is made by Bertram - the brass is markedly inferior and OWS habitually charges blue sky prices with an additional premium. Sometimes they are the only game in town, but I've only been forced to buy ammo or components from them twice in thirty years and believe me, it wasn't because I didn't try mightily to find the stuff elsewhere. On something as common as .32-40, it isn't even worth the trip to their site to look. A VERY good piece of advice... I agree wholeheartedly[^].
quote:You may not know this, but in the late 1800s, the .32-40 was considered one of the best - if not *THE* best - of the target rounds, not just a hunting cartridge. Those old rifles were capable of incredible accuracy with this cartridge and anything you hit properly with that 165gr slug will not give a damn if the velocity is under 3000 fps.
Again, very correct information. Both Winchester and Ballard chambered the 32-40 in many of their "TOP" grade single shot target rifles (Model 1885 high-wall Schuetzen in Winchester's case), and it held the 200 yard accuracy record for several decades. I own an old Winchester Plain Sporting Rifle (high-wall) that was made in 1891 that still shoots 1/2" 100-yards groups with this cartridge. With a 30" No. 3 octagon barrel, and the superior strength of the high-wall action, I load hard cast bullets and shoot it at 2400 fps (which is close to double the original factory loads). If you intend to shoot this cartridge in an original old Winchester Model 1894, then my load is not recommended.
Bert H.
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quote:Originally posted by richbug
The only thing is I can throw a rock faster than the 32-40 woodsrunner loads.
You guy had to try his 32-40 loads, High arched trajectory, you could watch the bullets flying to the target. Like a red ryder BB gun. Still a sweet round and rifle Woods.
My border collie is smarter than your honor student.
And I seldom missed that hundred yard ram! Even with a razor blade thin front sight and a full buckhorn rear that nearly obscured the target. And, I can always crank up those loads if I want. My loads are just above the starting data. I put 500-600rds of ammo a year through a gun built in 1907 and marked "Black Powder". I'm not going to push the loads for everyday shooting.
Teak, Yes using 30/30 or 32 special brass you come up about .020" shorter than 32/40 brass. Seeing it's easier to get bullets intended for the 32 special this isn't much of a problem. The 32 special bullet are cannelured about .020" different from the 32/40 bullets. When I load real 32/40 bullets I just seat them out a bit.
Woods
"... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'" -- Benjamin Franklin0
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