.32-20 Winchester

American rimmed rifle/pistol cartridge .32-40 Winchester .32 Winchester Special .32 Winchester Self-Loading .32-20 Winchester 32-20--32ACP.JPG .32-20 (Left), .32 ACP (Right) United States Rifle, revolver Winchester Repeating Arms Company 1882 1882–present Rimmed, bottleneck .3125 .3051 .327 .342 .354 .408 .065 1.315 1.592 1 in 20 in mm on Small pistol 16,000Saami pressures. (n.d.). Retrieved May 3, 2023, from https://leverguns.com/articles/saami_pressures.htm 85 JHP 1100 228 115 CL 900 207 100 CL (Rifle) 1210 325 "Cartridges of the World", Chuck Hawks The .32-20 Winchester https://www.chuckhawks.com/32-20.htm Chuck Hawks 2013 Barnes Frank C. McPherson, M.L. Cartridges of the World 8th 1965 1997 DBI Books 64, 91 0-87349-178-5 300px|thumbnail|disassembled .32-20 Winchester cartridge with 100 grain lead bullet The .32-20 Winchester / 7.94x33mmR, also known as .32 WCF (Winchester center fire), was the first small-game lever-action intermediate cartridge that Winchester produced.Taffin John Levergun loads: the .25-20 Winchester April 2004 Guns Magazine 50 4 FindArticles http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_4_50/ai_113853247 https://web.archive.org/web/20050601085122/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_4_50/ai_113853247 June 1, 2005 usurped It was initially introduced as a black-powder cartridge in 1882 for small-game, varmint hunting, and deer.".32-20 Winchester (HV-92) https://web.archive.org/web/20050522055510/http://www.accuratepowder.com/data/PerCaliber2Guide/Rifle/ObsoleteCartridges/32%2020%20Winchester%20pages%20353%20and%20354.pdf 2005-05-22 " from Accurate Powder"The .32-20 Winchester" by Chuck Hawks Colt produced a single-action revolver chambered for this cartridge a few years later."32-20 Winchester Centerfire 1882" by Paco Kelly at Leverguns.com The name .32-20 refers to the 32 caliber bullet of .312 in mm -diameter mid and standard black-powder charge of 20 gr. Performance This cartridge was sometimes used for deer hunting in the past, and William Lyman, the designer of rifle sights, said of it: "For large game, of course, a .32-20 W.C.F. cartridge is rather small, but it comes nearer to being an all-around cartridge in my opinion than any other."Townsend Whelen The American Rifle: A Treatise, a Text Book, and a Book of Practical Instruction in the Use of the Rifle https://books.google.com/books?id=7vBCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA256 1918 Century Company 256 Many now consider it too light and low-powered for deer and better suited to small game and metallic silhouette. It has a good reputation for accuracy in rifles as well as the few handguns that have been chambered for it. Because of its low power, it destroys very little meat, making it a good hunting round for appropriately sized game, up to about 100 yd m.August 2019 Although it is an inexpensive cartridge to reload, care must be taken by the reloader because of the extremely thin walls of the cartridge case.People who do hand load the .32-20 feel this is not problematic, and if usual care is taken, there is no special problem with the case. Energy and pressure levels for handloading are determined based on the strength and condition of the firearm action to be used. Because most firearms chambered for this cartridge are older (e.g. early model Winchester Model 73 and 92 rifles as well as older Colt and Smith & Wesson revolvers) factory ammunition usually has reduced pressures from what can be achieved through handloading. Most factory ammunition exhibits ballistics of about 1200 ft/s m/s on and 325 ft.lbf J on of energy at the muzzle with a 100 gr g on bullet from an 18 to 20 inch rifle barrel. The performance characteristics of the cartridge listed in the sidebar should be considered maximum performance parameters obtainable, and even then only with a modern weapon designed for higher pressure loads. Factory-type loads - and reloads mimicking factory type loads - are the safe maximum loads for use in older firearms. Few, if any, companies still manufacture firearms in this caliber. Daughter cartridges The .25-20 Winchester cartridge is simply a necked-down version of the .32-20. In addition, the .218 Bee was created using the .32-20 as its parent cartridge. The .32-20 cartridge case has been used to create usable ammunition for the Nagant M1895. This is accomplished by removing .01" from the rim thickness and sizing the case in a specific reloading die (Lee Nagant 3 die set). The ammunition produced is functional and easy to reload; however, .32-20 brass does not provide a gas seal as it is not long enough to protrude past the Nagant cylinder.http://www.makarov.com/nagant/m1895.htm M1895 Nagant Revolver Reloading Project Fisher George N. November 9, 2002 Makarov.com December 8, 2012 The .32-20 cartridge case can also be used to create 8mm French Ordnance ammunition for use in the Modèle 1892 revolver. Currently, the .32-20 is used and modified by shooters in the UK and Australia for the .310 Cadet cartridge. Modifications involve length resizing and in most cases reducing the rim thickness. Due to the .310 using a heeled projectile, the neck thickness is not too much of a concern, after first being case length resized to 1.075" (27.3 mm). Most .310 cadet chambered rifles need to have the rim of the .32-20 case reduced from 0.065" to under 0.045" (1.7 mm to 1.14 mm), to allow proper head spacing and operation of rifle. However, in the instance of a lever action .32-20 fitted with a .310 barrel, the rifle will cycle better without the case rim thickness being reduced. As home reloading is the main option for the .310, many shooters play with different case length reduction of the .32-20, anywhere from 0.875'' to 1.185'' (22.23 mm to 30.10 mm).October 2020 See also 32-20 Blues, a song by Delta Blues musician Robert Johnson and many other cover versions.32-20 Blues 8 mm caliber H&R Handy-Gun .327 Federal Magnum, modern revolver cartridge with similar ballistics List of rimmed cartridges List of rifle cartridges Table of handgun and rifle cartridges References 2 Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:Rimmed cartridges Category:Dual-purpose handgun/rifle cartridges Category:Winchester Repeating Arms Company cartridges