Reloading the 32-20 Winchester

[GeoDudeFlorida]

This is interesting:

Montana Bullet Works

• 32-20 caliber

You can use gas-checked bullets in a revolver but I don’t recommend it. It’s a waste of a gas-check and may stick in forcing cone. I recommend sticking with plain base bullets and under 1350fps in older guns.

 

[MEHavey]

Any ever actually have/see a GC left behind?

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Any ever actually have/see a GC left behind?

Good question! I wonder if the first couple fellers to ring their.32-20 barrels asked the same thing about using “rifle” ammo in revolvers?

 

[jski]

Any ever actually have/see a GC left behind?

I have been using exclusively GC’ed bullets for my 45 Colt reloads because of leading problems and I’ve never experienced any problems.

I also use exclusively GC’ed bullets with my 30 Carbine reloads. Again, I’ve never had any problems. And, that applies to my use of them in my Blackhawk.

But I must say, pushing a GC’ed bullet thru the forcing cone becoming potentially a problem does sound legit.

Both the 45 Colt and 30 Carbine bullets came from Montana Bullet Works.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I have been using exclusively GC’ed bullets for my 45 Colt reloads because of leading problems and I’ve never experienced any problems.

I also use exclusively GC’ed bullets with my 30 Carbine reloads. Again, I’ve never had any problems. And, that applies to my use of them in my Blackhawk.

But I must say, pushing a GC’ed bullet thru the forcing cone becoming potentially a problem does sound legit.

Both the 45 Colt and 30 Carbine bullets came from Montana Bullet Works.

Interesting. I don’t even use gas checks on all my rifle loads. Never had a problem with leading in a.45 but I tend to stick with Unique and WW231 for that cartridge. In.30-30 I do use gas checks in any load that may go into the Marlin. The microgroove seems to work better with very hard cast and a gas check. No difference in the Contender or Stevens though.

Something to keep in mind about CAS. It’s a club related to the SASS, not any historical reenactment society. Lots of guns used during the Victorian period are not used in CAS because they were double action. A genuine Colt Lightning is verboten but a Lightning quasi lookalike in single action is fine. Even some very common guns like the Remington SxS 12ga are not used because they have hidden hammers. CAS is not about history, it’s about shooting single action revolvers while dressed up like Tom Mix.