32-20 with small rifle primers

peddler

Hi, anyone reload 32-20 with small rifle primers? Thanks

charliemeyer007

Not lately. I used rifle primers in rifles and pistol ones in pistols. What does your data call for?

MIKE WISKEY

yes, all the time. it is origanly a rifle round.

peddler

articles I have read says that with some powers you get lower volicy spread with small rifle primers, when loading for a revolver.

charliemeyer007

I never think of a 32-20 repeater as a target round like a 32-40 in a single shot. Primer, powder, bullet - weight, seating depth, crimp, diameter, composition, lube are the variables to play with when reloading.

I think powder choice has more to do with velocity spread than primer choice.

v35

I do.
At 32-20 pressures, small pistol should also work.

gunnut505

One of the silhouette shooters I know uses the 32-20 in his Contender for Big Bore, right next to me, using a .30 carbine in a Blackhawk.
We were both using small rifle primers.