32 rimfire ammo

You might want to look into ways of converting to centerfire or at least to .22 rimfire.

There are converter cartridges to let you shoot some of the big rimfires but if you want to build something that you can use any amount the .32 rimfire isn't going to be it.
 
many of us who shoot 32 rimfire use composite shells using a Hilti shell as a primer. You might check with Dixi to see if they sell the empty shells for you to load

cheers mooncoon
 
tactical870 said:
I've never heard of composite hulls before... Has anyone done this with a .32 revolver with any success? Thanks
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I have loaded a number of calibers from .25 rimfire up to .57 rimfire

cheers mooncoon

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you can get what you need here:

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http://www.hc-collection.com/
On this website, you will find full reloading systems for 7mm, 9mm and 12 mm pinfire "Lefaucheux", 320 and 380 Bulldog, long and short 32 rimfire US, 41RF (41 Derringer), 11mm73 Chamelot-Delvigne, and 16 mm pinfire hunting calibre.
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they are in France but ship internationally.

check out their trial offer.
 
Anyone tried any centerfire converisons on rimfire guns? If it was a wildcat cartridge then it should still keep it's antique status...... Will these old guns withstand modern pressures? Loads? Thanks
 
tactical870 said:
Anyone tried any centerfire converisons on rimfire guns? If it was a wildcat cartridge then it should still keep it's antique status...... Will these old guns withstand modern pressures? Loads? Thanks
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That is not completely true; it would have to be a caliber over .34 cal roughly and non magazine. In the case of pistols, you would have to avoid the named calibers

cheers mooncoon
 
What about in a revolver? For example, could a 38 rf be reamed to accept a 38 special case cut down to a wildcat length (or for that matter, stock length if the cylinder will allow) As the cfc fact sheet says the handgun must be

"manufactured before 1898 that can discharge centre-fire cartridges, other than a handgun designed or adapted to discharge 32 Short Colt, 32 Long Colt, 32 Smith and Wesson, 32 Smith and Wesson Long, 32-20 Winchester, 38 Smith and Wesson; 38 Short Colt, 38 Long Colt, 38-40 Winchester, 44-40 Winchester, or 45 Colt cartridges"
 
rgbai said:
there's a book here that has instructions for reloading rimfire
using match heads I'm not sure if i would want to do it this way but
it may work.
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You only have to look at the cover to know that it is not worth buying. Anyone competent enough to properly design and make guns is going to take the time to at least make a proper stock for it.

Relative to rimfires, cut a fired 22 shell open; there is virtually no space between the folded metal that forms the rim. The priming compound on a live shell, looks like a sort of varnish and is only a few thousandths thick. It extends about 1/2 way up the shell. I don't see how you could possibly get a liquid in between the folds of the rim where it would have to be to detonate from the firing pin blow.

cheers mooncoon
 
tactical870 said:
What about in a revolver? For example, could a 38 rf be reamed to accept a 38 special case cut down to a wildcat length (or for that matter, stock length if the cylinder will allow
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You need to get a copy of Cartridges of the World and compare dimensions in it. I also think that the bore of a .38 rimfire is not .357 but .38 or close to so any standard slug you might use would be considerably undersize. Centerfire shells derived from rimfires essentially used the cartridge dimensions and then applied an inside fitting slug in place of the rimfire healed bullet. You will probably find that many of the rimfire cylinders are long enough to accomodate one of the named centerfire cartridges.

cheers mooncoon
 
using match heads I'm not sure if i would want to do it this way but
it may work.
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My great Uncle had some success reloading .22 Rim Fire ammo using the tips of "strike any-where" matches packed in the edges as the primer and "stumping powder" as the main propellant. (from what I was told Stumping Powder was a mixture of low grade dynamite and black powder, the cheapest form of explosive available) This was during the depression and he would shoot rabbits to supplement food for the table.

If he could not recover a suitable lead bullet from the animal he would use an iron nail. (probably was hell on barrels).

My father has a sample of one that has been reloaded and fired several times, it is currently loaded with a rusty nail for a bullet. Perhaps the softer rust layer would allow it to grab the rifling but I don't know if he purposely used a rusty nail for this purpose or it has rusted over the years.

We also have (in very poor shape) an old Steven Favorite in .32 RF but only 3 cartridges for it.
 
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