32-20 patching ?

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paper patching for the 32-20 ... novel idea or considered too small in every respect?

i aim to order a barrel for my single shot rifle { no it is not anything old nor resembling anything old } in 32-20 but ... i will stipulate it be actual 30-20 with a faster 12 twist or maybe 14. i want to shoot heavy boolits for cal and nice n slow and quiet as well as accurate. black powder will be tried so thought id start here for some ideas and experience with the 32-20 X .308.

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I don't think it's going to be a problem Ted. I'm going to order a PP mould for my .32-40 schuetzen rifle next week. I've had excellent results with patching for .38's and I suspect that .32's will work well too.

The only difficulty I think will be trying to patch those tiny bullets.

Chris.

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I tried patching some 100g bullets that were originally intended (I guess) for the .30 carbine. It worked fine but I was shooting a marlin lever action with iron sights so I cannot say if I improved accuracy. The limiting factor was me. It wasn't too bad to roll just using fingers.

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cool ... thanks for the replies. i will be going for a 150 grain + boolit for the 32 ... er 30-20 so they may be just a little kinder on my fingers. could try a cigarette roller i guess as they should be just about the same diameter.

i wonder if trying bore diameter would be best in the smaller diameter boolits? maybe just stick with the groove diameter ... what do you think?

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In all honesty, my pp effort on the 32-20 wasn't too sophisticated. I don't actually know what my bore diameter is. I just tried it and it worked. In my 9.3, I do have bore diameter to bore dia-.002" (ie .360 and .358) slugs that I patch up and slightly size back to groove or slightly over. I do a similar thing with .30-30 and .308.