interesting about the revolver case ...in fact the chamber has no ledge to limit case length ,and as 32/20 cases work without trimming,I suspect the Nagant case may also work without trimming,being only 3/16" longer.
interesting about the revolver case ...in fact the chamber has no ledge to limit case length ,and as 32/20 cases work without trimming,I suspect the Nagant case may also work without trimming,being only 3/16" longer.
Quite a few of these old Cadets will chamber a 32/20 -- EXCEPT for the rim thickness.
also seen numerous 92 winchesters rebarrelled with spare martini cadet barrels and despite the (real or imaginary) discrepancy in sizes they shot fine
as a youngster I remember seeing adverts for cadets for 3 pound ten shillings (7 bucks) half my weeks wage at the time so I spose its all relative - take your pick of rifles out of a barrel full of em - walk down the street with it over your shoulder and not get arrested
Generally the early delivery Greeners will take a 32/20 as issued,the later delivery second model BSA s wont,and its necessary to remove the barrel ,deepen the rim recess and refit ......due to the small 3/4" tenon thread ,the barrel unscrews easily .....whole job takes a few minutes.....At one time the guns were recessed with a special pull reamer ,for sale on the US market.Operation took maybe a minute.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |