In my quest to shoot a .32 Long rimfire Stevens 44 I resorted to making .32 Long Colt brass out of .32 S&W Longs (after swapping out the breech block for a CF one).

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Please ignore the glare from the camera flash.

Left to right: Starline .32 S&W Long case; .25-20 Single Shot seater die for the initial squeeze; homemade swaging die to take it the rest of the way down to desired diameter based on chamber cast dimensions; final swaged case, with "squeeze belt" of excess material ahead of rim; .32 Colt case after a trip through the Unimat to remove the belt; final loaded round.

Heeled bullets dimensioned for simple thumb seating. No loading dies for this puppy.

I left the brass longer than "normal" .32RF brass as it chambers just fine, and it's long enough to firmly seat the soft bullet into the rifling right down to the bottom of the driving band with the camming action of the Stevens 44 breech block. (I gotta make sure that extracting an unfired round isn't in the offing - the bullet will remain in the throat. Better take a rod along when shooting it.)

With 1.5-2.0 grains Bullseye it's not a 200 yard 25-ring chewer upper, but empty beer cans in the backyard are in trouble. Initial testing was gratifying (thanks cdog!), now to make a hat full of them.

Nice work. I love the 32s. That is quite similar to the .32 Ballard extra long, the centerfire equivalent of .32 extra long rimfire. I've found it to be a very accurate heel bullet  cartridge.

ndnchf wrote on Apr 16^th, 2024 at 5:52am:

Thumb seated, or dies + crimping involved? Nice shooting!