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.30 Rem. in a .32

bigcountry_75214bigcountry_75214 Member Posts: 494 ✭
edited June 2003 in Ask the Experts
Why should it be so hard for me to try to explain to some dumb * who just sold me a box that says .32 Rem. and has.30 Rem. inside that this ain't smart!@!! He insist that it will shoot just fine! Am I missing something? Please help.
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  • richbugrichbug Member Posts: 3,650
    edited November -1
    Measure the diameter of the bullets, if they measure .321 or so this is the proper ammo. If they measure .308 you legitmately have 30 rem. 30 rem brass is hard to come by, but 32 is almost imposible. 30 rem can safely be resized to 32 and in most cases it is the only source of brass all be it hard to come by in its own right.

    My border collie is smarter than your honor student.
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  • bigcountry_75214bigcountry_75214 Member Posts: 494 ✭
    edited November -1
    The ammo originally came from Old Western Scrounger. The box says .32 Rem. while the ammo says .30 Rem.. My guess is that W.S. put wrong ammo in this box and this guy never noticed it.[?]
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Old Western Scrounger reforms (converts) available brass whenever possable. If nothing is reformable to suit, than they have the proper brass (with correct headstamp) made.

    I have some of their 35WSL cartridges at home that are made from 357Mag brass, which involves lathing off the rims, cutting a new extractor groove, resizing, and trimming. The bullets for the 35WSL are also not available (there .006 under standard), so OWS has them custom made to fit also.

    In the case of your 32Rem all they have to do is open up the neck slightly while sizing (30 Rem is also necked down to make 25Rem cases). Unless the bullet is undersize (unlikely IMHO), what you got is what you need.

    Pick up a copy of Donnallys (sp) "Reloaders Handbook of Cartridge Conversions" (Title is close to that anyway) from Midway, and you will see just what you can do and how much work is somtimes involved.

    Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
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