95grain 32/20 loads

[bubba15301]

what velocity should i get with 8 grains of 2400 and a 95 grain cast bullet in a 24 in barrelled 32/20?

[bubba15301]

someone must have an idea on this

[I'll Make Mine]

I'd give a wild-*** guess of just above 1300 -- but I've never shot a .32-20 and only used 2400 once, in .221 Fireball, most of thirty years ago.

[JeffinNZ]

1300fps would be my guess too. You'd do better with 4.5gr of Green Dot.

[bubba15301]

i have 4 lbs of 2400

[bubba15301]

i tried 4.5 grains of unique didnt shoot very well

[bubba15301]

shot the 2400 load(8gr) 95 gr swc -shot into 2 inches at 50 yards

[I'll Make Mine]

That's not terrible -- work up and down a little on the load, you might well find one that will cut a half inch or more off that group.

[bubba15301]

need to find a tang sight for this rifle (1889 marlin) so i can see the sights and target better

[I'll Make Mine]

Shouldn't be hard to find a tang sight for a Marlin 1889. Best get a professional to do the drill and tap, though; as I recall the tang on that rifle is curved, not an easy thing to get the hole in just the right place with a drill press (if you have a milling machine, never mind...).

[bubba15301]

already drill ed andtapped for tang sight from the factory

[I'll Make Mine]

already drill ed andtapped for tang sight from the factory

Excellent!

[bubba15301]

any idea where to find one?

[I'll Make Mine]

I presume the (readily available) ones for the 1895 (and 336) don't fit the 1889, but it appears the ones that fit a Marlin 1894 do -- Brownell's has a couple choices that fit the 1894 Marlin (don't forget to buy the screws separately).

[bubba15301]

what velocity would i get with 9 grains of 2400 and a95 grain bullet?

[hicard]

8 grs of 2400 and a 95 gr boolit = 1405 fps
9 grs of 2400 and a 90 gr boolit = 1578 fps

[bubba15301]

would 14 grains of 1680 and 95 grain bullet be a better load?

[Cherokee]

I don't know about 1680, my best load is 8.5 gr AA9 with 115 FN cast for 1250 fps from my 1889's.

[bubba15301]

how about a case full of triple 7 and a 95 or 115 grain bullet

[bubba15301]

gonna try 20 grains of 4f and 95 grain swc

[bubba15301]

decided to use 120 grain rnfp

[bubba15301]

shot 9.0 grains 2400 and 120 gr rnfp . shot very well . go ing to use this load.

[Cherokee]

8.0 gr AA9 in 28" 1889 gave me 1232 fps with a 96 gr cast. 2400 should give about the same velocity. YMMV