Reloading .32win special with black powder?

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My bush gun out here on the wet coast is a win '94 in .32spl. I understand that this round was originally designed with the option of reloading with "smokey" as opposed to smokeless powder. I'm kind of intrigued by the idea of doing this. Has anyone on here done so? Maybe it's a bad idea for some simple reason that I'm not seeing? Maybe it's common practice if you have a tub of powder and a bunch of lead weights just waiting to be poured into a mold? If you have experience with this, or ideas, help me out! Not going to run into the loading "room" immediately. Just thinking about it at this point.
 
Could certainly be done but its pretty challenging to get good groups with small capacity necked BP rounds. If its just for *hits and giggles and the effect theres no reason not to experiment. I have played with black in 303 and 8x58R but never got quite the results I'd like.

Also be aware of the cleaning requirements for BP and how much hassle that will be for a lever gun.
 
The 32-20 & 32-40 Winchester cartridges were loaded with black powder. The 32 Winchester Special was a necked up 30 WCF the first hunting cartridge designed for smokeless, I think you find that Winchester only loaded smokeless in the 32 Special as a result. You could load black powder in it, I'm just not sure why you would want to? A smokeless cast load would make more sense to me.
 
Smokeless is starting to make more sense for sure. Not sure why I was musing about black, just kind of found the idea interesting. I suppose it's a little of "if the world goes to h**l in a handbasket, I can always make my own". Not that i would, I do have some idea about how difficult it is to make well, having once being a teenage boy myself. The cleaning is definitely an issue as well.
Thanks all for the feedback!
 
I am replying to this just to say I love your user name, of all the rifles I own or owned at one time, I like the 325 WSM cartridge the most. I know it might not be ideal for everything, but it seems to fill a nice slot in the range of calibers available. For a short stubby thing it works wonders compared to other 8mm offerings. 200 or 220 grain accubonds were made for this round, I swear.
 
Cleftwynd said:
I am replying to this just to say I love your user name, of all the rifles I own or owned at one time, I like the 325 WSM cartridge the most. I know it might not be ideal for everything, but it seems to fill a nice slot in the range of calibers available. For a short stubby thing it works wonders compared to other 8mm offerings. 200 or 220 grain accubonds were made for this round, I swear.
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I never really intended to acquire a .325, it just kind of happened to me! Mine is chambered in a stainless A-Bolt. It fits me well, I don't find the recoil punishing, and Its a nice step up from my other rifles (.243, 32win spl, 7mm rem mag). Hmm. 6mm, 7mm, 8mm. What's next?
 
.325WSM said:
I never really intended to acquire a .325, it just kind of happened to me! Mine is chambered in a stainless A-Bolt. It fits me well, I don't find the recoil punishing, and Its a nice step up from my other rifles (.243, 32win spl, 7mm rem mag). Hmm. 6mm, 7mm, 8mm. What's next?
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Might I suggest a 9.3x62 from tradex? You won't be disappointed it seems.
 
BP in the 32WinSPL and a standard cupandcore bullet would still make an effective bush gun, with a lot of character

there is no reason to NOT use a jacketed round with BP. Cast is only cheaper the more you shoot.
 
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