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Greetings and thanks Bumblefoot and all,
Clearly I have spent far too much time reading about interesting old stuff. The 32-20 and other target cartridges were often not loaded as we do now with the...

Greetings again Jhon,
I see that Match Grade Machine in the US offers barrels for the Contender in 32-40. Somewhere in my banana boxes of Handloader and Rifle mags there will be load data for the...

Greetings again Jhon,
Seeing you mentioned single shots the 32-40 was originally chambered in all manner of single shots including the Peabody. This was a tilting block action that was later...

I think it was probably timing. By the time new rifles became available and affordable in NZ the 32 Specials time had passed. As late as the 1960's the most common rifle encountered in the ranges was...

Greeting Jhon,
There seem to be two options depending on what rings your bell. One of the John Wayne rifles may be around depending on what they fetch. Should be less than vintage 94 or 99 rifles in...

Greetings Micky,
That would be the32 Winchester Special. It was a cartridge that could be hand loaded with black powder and give reasonable results. Had a slower twist than the 30 WCF (30-30) that...

Greetings All,
The 32-40 was created by necking down the 38-55. Both were used as black powder target rifles. Winchester did a run of John Wayne Commemorative rifles and cartridges some years back....