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Win1906 Participating Member Offline Posts: 39 Location: altona,ny Joined: Mar 28^th, 2026	need help with caliber Jul 20^th, 2026 at 1:17pm	Print Post
	old beat up stevens tip up rifle in centerfire.did a chamber cast but didnt get much of the rim.looked in a bunch of my books but not seeing a 32 caliber like that.any suggestions.measurements are a close but not exact


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Digital_Dan Participating Member Offline Posts: 21 Joined: Jul 30^th, 2007	Re: need help with caliber Reply #1 - Jul 20^th, 2026 at 9:20pm	Print Post
	Is it rimfire or centerfire?


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Jeff_Schultz ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1671 Location: Ransomville, NY Joined: Apr 25^th, 2004	Re: need help with caliber Reply #2 - Jul 20^th, 2026 at 9:23pm	Print Post
	Well, he said it's centerfire.

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TRowe Full Member Offline Posts: 202 Joined: Sep 4^th, 2017	Re: need help with caliber Reply #3 - Aug 1^st, 2026 at 8:08pm	Print Post
	Somebody messed up the chamber, making a wildcat. The only early CF Stevens that I know of was the .25-20 SS, the rest were straight cases.


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Dellet Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1350 Joined: May 19^th, 2017	Re: need help with caliber Reply #4 - Aug 3^rd, 2026 at 11:47am	Print Post
	Looks like someone ran a 9mm reamer. .392”, Into a 32 Ideal chamber, .344”


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3008 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: need help with caliber Reply #5 - Aug 3^rd, 2026 at 1:06pm	Print Post
	Dellet wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2026 at 11:47am: Looks like someone ran a 9mm reamer. .392”, Into a 32 Ideal chamber, .344” If it is reamed to a 9mm pistol chamber, a .38 S&W cartridge case might fit. But what then?


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Sure shot Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1196 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: need help with caliber Reply #6 - Aug 3^rd, 2026 at 1:35pm	Print Post
	Would the chamber clean up with a 32-40 reamer?


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Dellet Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1350 Joined: May 19^th, 2017	Re: need help with caliber Reply #7 - Aug 3^rd, 2026 at 4:37pm	Print Post
	Sure shot wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2026 at 1:35pm: Would the chamber clean up with a 32-40 reamer? Maybe. First thought was a 32-35, at least that was a common chambering, but wrong bullet diameter. But too much taper. 32-40 is a maybe. If the note isn’t pristine, I’d be tempted to bore it out to 35-30 Maynard or there were a couple of 38 stevens cartridges, 38-45 would be interesting. All of those have a .400-.405” base like the 32-35 Maynard cartridge. There might be an equivalent German rook cartridge Tesching(?) that some one was trying to imitate. 8mm is about the right bullet size.


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