edwardware
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Had an acquaintance over last evening, with a recently inherited pre-war 32 Winchester Special Winchester '94. It was his father's (who never fired it) inherited from his grandfather, and must have been left in the only closet in the State that causes neither rust nor gumming. Other than a very dusty bore it was perfectly clean, and in remarkable shape for ~80 years old; just a hint of rust under the front handguard. I cleaned and oiled it, advised against any plans to hunt with it, and offered to adopt the cartridge as a reloader if he couldn't find ammo.
He also had a baggie of ~20 cartridges his father had kept for it, labeled "for (grandfather's) gun". But behold, this is not 32 Win Spl:
I came up empty from my manuals and SAAMI, so off to the Interwebs. . .
I learned that I a was looking at a handful of Rem-UMC headstamp .32 Winchester Self Loading cartridges, developed for Winchester's Model of 1905 semi-auto rifle. I had never seen or heard of either, but now I have five cartridges for my cartridge collection.
He also had a nearly unfired (and as ugly a new!) Iver Johnson .22 8-shot revolver, and a really beautiful S&W 39-2. Someone had good taste!
He also had a baggie of ~20 cartridges his father had kept for it, labeled "for (grandfather's) gun". But behold, this is not 32 Win Spl:
I came up empty from my manuals and SAAMI, so off to the Interwebs. . .
I learned that I a was looking at a handful of Rem-UMC headstamp .32 Winchester Self Loading cartridges, developed for Winchester's Model of 1905 semi-auto rifle. I had never seen or heard of either, but now I have five cartridges for my cartridge collection.
He also had a nearly unfired (and as ugly a new!) Iver Johnson .22 8-shot revolver, and a really beautiful S&W 39-2. Someone had good taste!
