A 32-20 liner would work with a 32 S&W chamber 312 bore. T Js also makes a 30 luger with .311 bore.

To John Taylors point I did the very same thing and was amazed at the accuracy of the round and you can reload for it for pennys.




JMH

rj, save yourself some money & time ... just put a TJ liner in for existing 32rf long, buy some modified Roberson Cartridge 32 rf long cases, buy some 6mm Flobert primers... then bullets and powder and you keep the original caliber stamp on the Ballard
My 32rf long Tip Up has a pristine bore so I called Jeff Roberson and he modified 32 Long CF’s to the rim fires and I did the rest of the reloading to save the original caliber ... with 32rf long reload able brass 

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Very few Ballard rifles have the caliber stamp, unless they are newer Ballard rifles made by Marlin Firearms Co. and not JM Marlin marked. So it depends on which his #2 is, whether it even has a caliber marked or not. 80% of my Ballard rifles have no caliber stamp.

ssdave wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2021 at 11:07am:


Dave,
Thanks for the suggestions.
Both of those cartridges sound appealing to Me because I enjoy all things esoteric like many of us. 
However, in as much as this will be passed down to one of my grandsons who may not have any interest in hand loading I have to consider the ammo issue. 
I'm sure there will be a rifle or two he can use for hunting as well as this 'antique' even if it is modified. 
 
Now if I were organized I would have catalogued some of the videos that I found where the cast frame on some of the #2's blew to pieces with cartridges bigger than a small 32. 
Not a pretty picture.

I did have high hopes of a little bigger cartridge when I bought the rifle but quickly changed my mind when I saw the results of a few catastrophic failures. 

There are probably many out there in larger calibers that do just fine but 'casts' are a unknown quantity.   

Thanks again for your observations.

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John,
RCC, great resource thanks. 
I called RCC this morning and spoke with them about this and another cartridge. 

I've got to do some more research on the lining and chambering.

THX

Bob

Would be really tempted to make that a 32-20 but 32 long center fire would be fun. I converted a #1 rolling block from rf to cf and chamberd it to 32-20 years ago. Of course the rolling block is a bit stronger action.