32/20 fun

[Outpost75]

I also have the Remimgton pump. Handier, lighter and more accurate than 92 Winchesters I've shot. And less expensive than a cowboy gun!

 

[JWinAZ]

I'm going to have to stop reading this thread. Very appealing cartridge and guns. No need for anything like it, but since when does that matter?

 

[L Ross]

I just get the vapors over the very idea of a Remington Model 14 1/2 in .38 w.c.f.

 

[Outpost75]

I just get the vapors over the very idea of a Remington Model 14 1/2 in .38 w.c.f.

I would love one in .44-40

 

[obssd1958]

Would you guys quit it!
I was fine when the conversation was focused on 32-20, because I have a couple of those. But then it drifted to 25-20, and 38-40, and 44-40, and now I'm all hot and bothered - and nothing I can do about it!!!
And Outpost75, that's a mighty fine looking model 25. A pump action rifle is definitely on my "looking for" horizon!

 

[obssd1958]

I used to have a Colt Lightning, chambered in 38-40. It was rode hard, put away wet, and an attempt at refinishing had already been done before I got it. Manufactured in 1891, it dripped history - if only it could talk...
In a moment of weakness, I sold it for double what I paid for it, and I still regret it. The 38-40 cartridge out of that rifle, was the most fun that I have ever had with a firearm.
Man, do I miss that rifle...

 

[Outpost75]

The Colt Lightning is not particularly strong and must be treated gently. The Remingtons handle the high velocity Winchester 92 loads with no issues. I found my Remington 25 on Gunbroker when searching 92 Winchesters. I actually paid about half of the MSRP for a modern 92 clone, or asking dreaming price for an original 92 requiring relining and repair from having been dragged over ten miles of bad TX gravel road.

I am very pleased. Sights were dead-on as received. Open sight 50-yard five-shot groups reliably 2 inches. It can handle the same hot loads I assemble for my Rugers. The Remington takes down to stow in a backpack and holds 9 rounds in the tube plus one up the pipe. The Hornady .312" , 100 grain XTP gets 1700 fps with 13 grs of IMR4227. The 116 grain #3118 Ideal bullet is subsonic with mild report loading 3 grains of Bullseye, kills small game cleanly and you can eat right up to the bullet hole.

 

[RicinYakima]

I have lusted after a Remington 25 for many years. However, all that I find are from the Indian Reservations back when black powder and corrosive primers were the norm. Most Savage 23's were made after black powder and corrosive primers, so are available.

 

[Outpost75]

I have a Savage Sporter which pre dates the model 23D. Good shooter and accurate

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

I have a Savage Sporter which pre dates the model 23D. Good shooter and accurate

 

[L Ross]

I would love one in .44-40

I was able to handle and shoot a 14 1/2 in .44-40 with a bunch of British proof marks on it. I was told they were used in Britain for some type of military guard duty. The owner knows I want it and maybe some day when he finds something he wants more it may come on the market. Then again maybe not. I'm pretty sure he used it to hunt deer with this past Fall.

 

[Elric]

The 30 Carbine's ancestry is obviously from the HV 32/20 WCF.

Some physical dimensions. I'm lazy and went to Wiki [YMMV]

The Winchester .32 Self Loading is credited as the origin. Case length of 1.283 [?]. Rim diameter .384, base diameter .347

.32/20 case length 1.315, base: .354, rim .408

Case length
.30 Carbine: 1.290 in Base: .357, Rim .360
.357 Magnum: 1.290 in
.41 Magnum: 1.290 in
.44 Magnum: 1.285 in [?]

So why isn't it acceptable to call it the .30 Magnum? Wish it was rimmed, but you can't always get what you want...

.32 H&R Magnum: 1.075 in
.327 Federal Magnum: 1.20 in