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Post by rjm52 on Apr 7, 2021 16:19:21 GMT -5
This is my first .32-20 of any kind. I know there used to be "rifle" and "handgun" loads a long time ago but there were also a lot of very weak, non-heat treated .32-20 handguns back in the day...
So the question is, for a newly manufactured Colt SAA in .32-20 what kind of loads can one run?
I have 90-95-120-130 grain cast bullets...
Thanks...Bob
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Post by Encore64 on Apr 7, 2021 16:21:44 GMT -5
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Post by rjm52 on Apr 7, 2021 21:11:40 GMT -5
Thanks...really appreciate it...
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Post by Encore64 on Apr 8, 2021 10:54:23 GMT -5
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Post by jd on Apr 9, 2021 15:37:08 GMT -5
Do yourself a favor and order a Lee Collet Crimp die for crimping. It will save a lot of cases and aggravation!!!!!
Also, if possible try to stick with Starline brass. It is FAR better than any other brass out there....
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Post by Encore64 on Apr 9, 2021 15:42:08 GMT -5
Do yourself a favor and order a Lee Collet Crimp die for crimping. It will save a lot of cases and aggravation!!!!! Also, if possible try to stick with Starline brass. It is FAR better than any other brass out there.... This is all a true story!!! I use the Lee Collet Crimp only. Completely eliminates case loss. |
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Post by blackhawk44 on Apr 9, 2021 19:38:02 GMT -5
Old stocks of 4756 are gold for a 32-20.
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Post by ddixie884 on Apr 9, 2021 20:30:23 GMT -5
I'd like to help, Bob. I have never loaded a round and the only one I ever shot was an olk K-frame That was a little bit scarry lookin.......
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Post by taffin on Apr 9, 2021 20:56:56 GMT -5
This is my first .32-20 of any kind. I know there used to be "rifle" and "handgun" loads a long time ago but there were also a lot of very weak, non-heat treated .32-20 handguns back in the day... So the question is, for a newly manufactured Colt SAA in .32-20 what kind of loads can one run? I have 90-95-120-130 grain cast bullets... Thanks...Bob My standard Colt SAA .32-20 with 100-120 grain cast bullets, 100 grain jacketed bullets has been 10.0 grains #2400 for 1,250-1300 fps |
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Post by taffin on Apr 9, 2021 20:57:46 GMT -5
This is from a 2011 5-1/2" Colt SAA
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Post by Cholla on Apr 12, 2021 5:15:09 GMT -5
Brian Pearce did a couple of extensive articles over loads for the 32-20 in the pages of Handloader magazine. I'll see if I can run mine down and get the numbers so you can get the back issues if you want.
A couple preemptive suggestions-
Make sure you wear earplugs and ear muffs when you shoot heavy loads; it's a LOUD little cartridge. EK even mentioned this in SIXGUNS.
Since alcohol consumption while handloading is probably not safe, I considered a prescription of Xanax to help deal with the anxiety of wide extreme spreads with some loads. Pearce even mentions this problem (wide E.S.'s, not Xanax)in one of his articles. I found as long as I stayed with fairly standard loads with fast-ish burning powders, everything was pretty much normal. But when I delved into the heavier loads with 2400 and other such powders, extreme spreads were at times so wide, that I could literally tell the difference in recoil and report before I even looked at the chronograph reading. I tried many different primers, to no avail. But really, it's a small game cartridge so there's no much need in souping it up, in my opinion.
Good luck!
Cholla
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Post by Encore64 on Apr 12, 2021 12:22:33 GMT -5
The main thing I've found for high performance 32-20 Ammo is to stick with heavier bullets.
I use 115-125 grn bullets if I move up to magnumish loads. With bullets of 100 grns or less, I stick with the faster powders like Unique.
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Post by rjm52 on Apr 12, 2021 17:28:42 GMT -5
Thanks all... This is just going to be for range work out of the pair of Colt SAAs so no super-duper loads are needed... I have the Accurate Molds 31-120S and the larger 31-135S and lots of Unique and AAC-7 so should not be too much of a problem...
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Post by ddixie884 on Apr 12, 2021 23:10:28 GMT -5
I decided to put way too much 2400 behind a 118gr .32-20 bullet in .32 Mag. I don't remember how much. I fired a couple in my M16-4 I chickened out after a couple and worried about my gun. I didn't pull them and finally fired them after 2 or 3 years after they came out with the Single Seven. The 110gr .327Fed didn't have any thing on those babies. I think it was 9 or 10 it was an even number and it wasn't 8. I wasn't even old enough to be senile but it was before I quit drinkin................
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Post by boolitdesigner on Apr 13, 2021 12:18:54 GMT -5
Ya'll need to try SR 4759 in your 32-20's. SR 4756 was good, but 4759 is much better...... IF you have any since it was discontinued.
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