Sizing Diameter For 32-20?

[ELFEGO BACA]

I have a Marlin 1894CL in 32-20. What is the 'ideal' sizing diameter for this cartridge in the Marlin? :castmine:

[6pt-sika]

I have 4 Marlin 32-20's at the moment . One was made around 1906 , another in the late 1980's and the other two since 2000 . And I size my home cast WW bullets the same for them all . They are run thru a .312" die .

[JeffinNZ]

Match it to your throat diameter.

[9.3X62AL]

Ditto to Jeff's response. My Marlin 94 CCL has a fat .312" throat, so it gets .313" boolits. I've shot boolits sized @ .312", and they did about as well as the .313" slugs. The Lyman H&I dies for the respective diameters are spot-on for diameter with 92/6/2 alloy. I just finished a lot of 32-20 ammo for the rifle, and part of the prep was to check these sizer die results.

[MT Chambers]

Elfego Baca!! i thought you were dead!

[ELFEGO BACA]

Thanks for the info. My spirit is still alive:)

[mtngunr]

Thanks for the info. My spirit is still alive:)

Great shootout, though! Still never understood why you went into politics after that.......as said, slug the rifle with one of those bullets....my B53 is .312", and I shoot .313"......1200fps ballpark loads with 115gr might be 3.5gr/HP38, 3.5gr/Unique, 3.2gr/Bullseye, 7.3gr/2400.....1400fps ballpark loads with 115gr might be 5gr/Unique, 12gr/RL7....1500-1600fps might be 13gr/RL7, 9.8gr/2400, 9.3gr/AAC-9.....and faster at same pressure as the midrange 11gr/H110 at 1800fps.....too many to list!

[Jack Stanley]

Sizing to .311" has always worked well for the little Browning . Well enough that I didn't even try other sizes ....... oops[smilie=1:

Jack