winchester ninety four 32 winchester special

[benelliman]

I just acquired a Winchester Ninety Four in 32 Winchester Special, made in the forties. I would welcome recommendations for molds. G.C. or not, powder selection, etc. I need to purchase components, molds, and assorted supplies from scratch, and would appreciate guidance in these areas. I have a friend with a similar rifle, so we will work together on load development for both guns. I guess I had better get busy smelting down my ten buckets of wheel weights.....Thanks for your input.... Benelliman

[jtaylor1960]

The RCBS 32-170-gc mold is very good for the 32 spl. My favorite powder is H-4895 although there are many that will work.I have a Marlin with ballard rifiling and a tight bore.I am thinking about using it for deer this year.

[corvette8n]

I have the Ranch Dog .323 165 gas check mold but I have yet to cast with it.
+1 on H4895
my W94 was made in the 50's
some day when I get some time I need do some load development.

[Char-Gar]

Swede of Night Owl Moulds has just produced his 326407 185. This should be a crackerjack mold for the various 8mms and also the 32 Win. Special. He has some of these for sale. If you don't want to go that route the RCBS 170 GC is a very good mold for the32 Win. Special.

[BruceB]

Yep, the RCBS 32-170 works fine for me, too. It's a gas-check design, and you might have some trouble finding .32 checks. Keep an eye open, as my latest bunch came from Midway some time ago.

.30-30 brass is much more common than .32 Special stuff, which is nice because it works perfectly for the .32. Just run it through the .32 Special sizing die, and VOILA'.....instant .32s. Fired .30-30 brass seems to be just as good as new un-fired, which is not always the case when modifying cases for a different caliber.

In my latest .32 Special experiments, with a Marlin 36 (not 336) and a Winchester 64, IMR 4350 has shown some excellent results. I'll be trying some other slow-burners when I get a round tuit.

[Hank10]

Bman, I have the same m94 as you, mine also made in the 40s. I use the Lyman 321297 fpgc, 187 grs. lubed and checked, cast .323 sized .321 for the .32. Any of the medium burners, such as 4895, 4064, 3031, Varget, blc-2, 748, about 30 grs.
will give you 1900 -2000 fps. Under 2", no problem, 100 yds.
H10

[26Charlie]

The Loverin design 323470 has given me good results in this caliber. It is a round nosed gas-check design with lots of grooves weighing about 165 gr. If you can get one, by all means do so; If you size it with a flat top punch like Lyman #8, it puts a little flat on the nose. That is just in case you worry about using a round nose bullet in a tubular magazine. I don't jack up the velocity beyond about 1650 fps, so the recoil is not worrying in that regard.

[Newtire]

I have used the RCBS 170 which weighs out at around 181 grains outof wheelweights from my mould. It's a real accurate boolit.

I used 19 grains of SR4759, 25-27 grains of RX-7 and even one with 12 grains of Blue Dot. I chronoed the RX-7 loads at 2000-2100 FPS and the Blue Dot at 1350-1400 FPS but somehow didn't get around to writing down the info on the SR4759 load.

These were out of a M-64 with a 24" barrel. I love that rifle!

I have an RD mould in .35 that really shoots and one in .30 cal that I need to find a load for. I haven't yet cast anywith the .32 mould he designed but it sure looks nice.