Ruger blackhawk buckeye 32-20 cylinder anyone?

[ray]

Would anyone happen to have a extra or spare ruger blackhawk buckeye 32-20 cylinder? I know this is a long shot but i take em all the time

[deaconkc]

I wonder if you could use a .30 Carbine cylinder and have it bored out?

[cas]

Jul 9, 2019 11:10:18 GMT -5 deaconkc said:

I wonder if you could use a .30 Carbine cylinder and have it bored out?

Depends on which gunsmith you ask. Some say yes, some say no.

[princeout]

Looking at SAAMI chamber specs, the 30 Carbine chamber is already almost 50 thousandths in diameter larger than the 32-20 chamber.

SAAMI

Tim

[kings6]

You “kill joy “ Tim!😀

[sheriff]

This falls in the FWIW category, I own both, a New Model .30 carbine and a Buckeye .32-20. I can drop .32-20 cases, unaltered, into the .30 carbine cylinder and the fit flush with the back of the cylinder. When the .30-20 case are loaded with .309 cast bullets seated to the COL length for the .30 carbine they will fire with no problem. (I use Starline cases)The ejected .32-20 case has formed into a rimmed .30 carbine, that is, the slight shoulder is gone. That by itself would lead me to believe you can't rechamber a .30 carbine cylinder into a proper .32-20 cylinder. However, as has been reported by several on this forum you can shoot .32-20's in a .30 carbine (bullets sized .309). If you resize the cases back to .32-20 you will be reforming the shoulder area and the brass will have a short life. You can just run your fired .32-20 brass through a .30 carbine sizer and it will work just fine as a rimmed .30 carbine. Just keep your brass segregated.

[princeout]

Jul 9, 2019 20:10:32 GMT -5 kings6 said:

You “kill joy “ Tim!😀

It’s the curse of being an engineer....

The Engineer’s Curse

[deaconkc]

And you learn something new everyday.

[kings6]

You “kill joy “ Tim!😀

[eskimo36]

As the sheriff mention, it works in a NM but it won't work in an OM 30 carbine due the case heads being enclosed.