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August 18, 2009, 03:53 PM | #1 |
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32-20 and 25-20 Reloaders
I have spent some time trying to find ammo in these calibers with little luck in my area. So I am looking out there to see if there are any reloaders working with these calibers. PM me.
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August 18, 2009, 06:32 PM | #2 |
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I do some reloading of .32-20 for an old Smith & Wesson revolver that I have.
I have a .25-20 rifle, but I have never reloaded for it.
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August 18, 2009, 06:37 PM | #3 |
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marlins 32 20 works well with hornadys 85 grain 32 cal pistol bullet. you have to trim cases back a little to get the crimp groove in the right place. then the overall length will work out correctly.
....on small game or varmits it expands beautifully. bobn |
August 20, 2009, 05:25 PM | #4 |
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It looks like I'm going to sit down and load 100 rounds of .32-20 this evening.
115-gr. LFP and 2.4 grains of Trail Boss.
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August 20, 2009, 06:17 PM | #5 |
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I have an old Savage 23 sporter in .25-20, that is in very good shape, and quite accurate. I load for it, but I don't post loads usually since the brass is thin, and there are a lot of old guns that may not do as well with my loads.
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August 20, 2009, 06:33 PM | #6 |
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I reload both quite a bit of both.
For the 32-20 I use a 100 grn flat nose because one of them (2 pistols and 2 rifles) is a tube fed Rem 25 which I load a bit stronger than my Colt pistols. For the 25-20 I've used both the 75 grn and the 86 grn. Don't really have a preference since I'm just target shooting, sometimes it's just what you can find. The 25 is a little trickier because the neck is fairly thin. Tech support at Redding suggested chamfering and that helped a lot. The brass is fairly easy to find, most of the online stores have them. |
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