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Thread: 32 S&W(short) load data and bullet molds

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    Once upon a time my sister and I were shooting Remington factory loads in a S&W hammerless with the squeeze safety on the back of the grip.
    The pop can being used for a target tipped over when shot and the next shot was captured by the formed rim on the can's bottom, the light weight can flipping through the air in response to absorbing the boolit's energy. Those were probably 88 grain, a standard swaged Remington boolit back then.

    Ah ha, found the picture was looking for... used to shoot these in a 1849 Colt.
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    Back in the day my brother and I made .32 revolver bullets using a home-made hammer swage, using a piece of 1/4" boiler plate bolted to the bench top through which we had drilled a 5/16" hole through the boiler plate, chamfering the leading edge well with a countersink, then polishing the hole with 240-grit emery cloth wrapped around a spike, matching the sizing die hole with a larger 3/8" hole drilled through the wooden bench top. The little "bullets" came out about .315".

    Lay a piece of 00 buckshot over the countersunk hole. Smack buckshot flush to plate with a hammer. Then drive rest of the way through the hole with a 1/4" punch. Catch your "bullets" on a folded towel placed inside a paint can. Then slide the folded towel out and tumble-lube your "bullets" with JPW or Glo-Coat floor wax, sloshing them around in the paint can. A 5 lb. bag of hardware store buckshot lasted us all through high school in the 1960s on our trap line.

    We decapped fired cases with a nail and mallet, no need to resize. Reprimed cases on a steel plate with same hammer and 1/4" brass rod. Used a .22 short case as a dip measure for 1.2-1.5 grains of Bullseye. Push bullets flush to case mouth. Roll crimp by placing case mouth over our bullet sizing plate and tapping GENTLY with the rawhide mallet just a wee bit.
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    Needs must Outpost, great times.
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    I tried the traditional powders that work in the 32 short. Trailboss got the best velocity. 1.5gr behind a lee 90gr. Only mold I have that works, dont shoot it enough to invest in another mold.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Four Fingers of Death View Post
    I just bought an Astra 32S& W Revolver (Spanish made). I swapped it for a lever rifle I haven't used in many years (and have two of). It came with Lee dies, 1000 commercial wadcutters, 450 loaded rounds (my friend who is a reliable reloader) and 400 new brass cases. I will have to grind off that raised bit on the trigger guard, it whacks the tripe out of my knuckle (big hands, little gun). I'm looking forward to lots of economical target shooting.





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    Picked up a new in the box Uberti 1849 a couple few months back.
    Just found out I can get a conversion cylinder for it... now wouldn't that just be the cat's meow.

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    It would make a dandy little gun Good Cheer.
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    Got 2 H&R topbreaks one a premier the other hammerless. Both are from around the 20's and in great shape. This was just the thread I was looking for to see what mold people were using. I plan on using the same mold for my 32 autos and if my cz52 slugs right that as well. Most of my casting will be for these cartridges though I do have a 230gr 45 mold and will eventually find one for the rest of my calibers.

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    Fired both my 32 S & W's today. Was checking here for powder charges to load more ammo. A new model 1 1/2 and a fourth Model double action. I am suggesting to my wife to use the Fourth Model instead of her Walther P22.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check