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Thread: 32-40 Brass Shortage Solved!

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    GOPHER SLAYER, thanks for the information.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GOPHER SLAYER View Post
    Yes but your rifle will not know the difference. If you use 32SPL brass, at least the brass will have a 32 stamped on the bottom.
    Alert! Alert! Thread drift!

    GOPHER SLAYER, do you do it like a crazy old guy around here killed gophers (ground moles)?

    He would sit in a lawn chair in his front yard with a Ruger #1 in one of his Boomer calibers and waited for the dirt to move on the mole run he had tramped down, then shot in the ground at the movement. Claimed you didn't have to hit them, it was kinda like horseshoes, close was good enough. He then dug up the slug and reloaded it. Solids don't expand much.

    He had #1's in virtually every caliber Ruger made and a couple of customs.

    Got mad at the 416 Rigby, had to have a buddy with a metal detector come over to find the slugs, they went way deeper than anything else.

    Scared the @#$& out of the people driving by. Cops couldn't stop him, he said he was target shooting and was on his own place property.

    Some people just have a different reality.

    And I like it!

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    i have been getting 32 WINCHESTER SPL. and 30/30 WINCHESTER brass from AMMO BRASS TRADER, and have great success with just lubing them and running then through the 32/40 dies.! my WINCHESTER HIGH WALL doesn't know the difference?

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    here is a link to S&S 32-40 brass for sale

    http://castboolits.gunloads.com/foru...pin-amp-Sellin
    God Bless
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    Charles Steen

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    I have been forming mine out of .30-30 for years. loading with b-p and wining matches with both my 94 and Stevens 44.
    after looking at the brass not being made .32-40 .38-55 .25-35. I would not reform .32 special. I think that will be the next one to drop off the list.

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    Side Comment:
    .32 Colt (the smaller diameter .32 Cases) are Very Hard to get now in Southern California, thanks to bans on Mail Order ammo purchases and its "Low Demand" according to my Local Gun Shop.

    At least I can still reform S&W .32 cases into usable Colt cases.
    And .327 Fed Mag into .32 Extra Long replacements.

    Chev. William
    Last edited by Chev. William; 10-08-2019 at 12:23 PM. Reason: Correct Typing and Punctuation errors.

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    I would like to thank you gentlemen for discussing these older calibers and cartridges here on the forum. I never found any of these guns locally and now on limited income can't afford them. When I see them here I look them up and read the history of them and enjoy them through this forum. Thanks again.

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    Graf and Sons has 32-40 WW in stock.

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    Winchester has made a run. Get it while it's available; it probably won't be for long. I got 100 from Duck Creek last month.
    Cognitive Dissident

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    Some trickled up to Canada, bought 100 but they were really proud of it. $75 per 50 cases

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    I’ve got an old (1897) Winchester 94 in 32-40. I also have several hundred pieces of 30-30 brass. I bought a set of RCBS Cowboy dies and some cast bullets. Loaded up a batch of trail boss loads only to find out that they won’t feed through my gun. The mouth of the 30-30 case catches on the edge of the chamber, every time. The Cowboy dies won’t adjust enough to apply any crimp to the formed 30-30 cases.

    HSM apparently still loads 32-40, but I can’t find any in stock. The loaded HSM ammo is cheaper per round than buying 32-40 empty cases from Midway.

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    Check on Lee collet crimp dies, if it's not a standard size Lee should be able to make one for a reasonable price.

    More crimp will probably allow the 30-30 converted cases to feed properly.

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    32-40 brass on Gunbroker with correct headstamp

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    Starline recently introduced 32 French long ( 30 Petersen). One would think they would find a bigger market with 32-40. I don’t have a 32-40 but I have been picking up cases here and there.

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    Starline is listing 32 Special brass, might go easier than 38-55. Should be a 'simple' resize, though I would go very slowly with maybe a couple different adjustments into the 32-40 sizer, maybe start with the 32-40 seater.

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    Quote Originally Posted by beshears View Post
    32-40 brass on Gunbroker with correct headstamp
    I bought 100 of these, just showed up today.

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    they look good from my house!

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    I've had good luck over the years with converting 30-30 to 32-40.
    Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth shattering Kaboom.

    Marvin the Martian

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    me to and lee dies 1 step sizing

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    32-40 brass

    Quote Originally Posted by leadeye View Post
    I've had good luck over the years with converting 30-30 to 32-40.
    So tell me please if you happen to see this reply to an old thread,
    what is the length after resizing the 30-30 to 32-40..?

    Thanks

    Bob in Saint Augustine..

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