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RJ-35-40
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32 Winchester special
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32 Winchester special,

Any suggestions on a gallery load shooting a very light 75 grain projectile
utilizing a 32 Winchester Special cartridge?

or 

Any other suggestions for Gallery load / a projectile weight and powder for this 32 Win. Sp.

Rifle is a Martini Cadet.

TIA

Bob in Saint Augustine
  
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Re: 32 Winchester special
Reply #1 - Today at 11:29am
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I have no experience with the 32 special per se but I load gallery rounds for all my rifles under 35 cal. and have found that 2 1/2 to 3 grains of red dot work well in the 30 and 32 calibers. I have tried bullet weights from 75 to 100 grains and have found that the heavier bullets give the best accuracy. I shoot these all the time indoors and use a couple of old folded up blankets for a backstop. Shake the blanket out and you've got your lead. This load is good out to 25 yards with excellent accuracy and is a lot of fun for knocking starlings off of the bird feeder or smiting small rodents.
  
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Re: 32 Winchester special
Reply #2 - Today at 11:58am
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Jonathan ,

Excellent, Thank you..

RE: Blanket Idea... Who says you can't build a better bullet trap.! ....

I can't tell you how many frames with angled steel plates, sand boxes and sifting screens I've made over the years.

I've mined a lot of my lead over time. The last range I belonged to 
didn't want me to recover my own lead because they actually had a guy
who paid them to be able to recover lead from the berms
  
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Re: 32 Winchester special
Reply #3 - Today at 12:29pm
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RJ-35-40 wrote Today at 11:58am:
Jonathan ,

Excellent, Thank you..

RE: Blanket Idea... Who says you can't build a better bullet trap.! ....

I can't tell you how many frames with angled steel plates, sand boxes and sifting screens I've made over the years.

I've mined a lot of my lead over time. The last range I belonged to 
didn't want me to recover my own lead because they actually had a guy
who paid them to be able to recover lead from the berms   


I work at the gun club every Tuesday in our indoor range. We have an angled trap to catch bullets, and some of the bullets end up falling down into a catch area at the base of the targets. I could shovel up a 5 gallon bucket full each week, IF I could carry the bucket! 
I did shovel up a bucket 3/4 full once and brought it home, but it was a PITA to process. Lots of brass jackets to skim off, and lots of smoke from dirt and burnt powder. I still have part of the bucket in my storage shed after I quit melting it.
  

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