A neat old find
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A neat old find
I was out in the shed doing some spring cleaning and found these while going through my late step-dads things. Neato! I never knew that he had a 32-20 but clearly he came across some ammo at some point. He was a Winchester collector though, had quite a few pre-war 94's. I wish I had his dads 94 rifle. Lot of history on that gun, it was on his saddle when he homesteaded the ranch I grew up on. But enough of that. Just wanted to share some neat old ammo with you folks.
Not the best picture of the headstamp.
Any body know why the half jacket is shiny on most of these?
Not the best picture of the headstamp.
Any body know why the half jacket is shiny on most of these?
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Re: A neat old find
Likely a different brass than the cases.
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IIRC, those had cupro-nickel jackets.......HawkCreek wrote:
Any body know why the half jacket is shiny on most of these ?
Two of those cartridges below IMO look to be fatter in the boolit than a .32-20, though....... ? ? ?
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I think those jackets are what was called "Cupro Nickel" and it doesn't corrode very much or maybe not at all.
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Re: A neat old find
I agree with Pete44ru that two of those look to be of larger caliber. Can you see if they're different? What might they be? Neat going through old stuff; never know what you will find.
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M. M. Wright wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:20 am I think those jackets are what was called "Cupro Nickel" and it doesn't corrode very much or maybe not at all.
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I'll dig them back out this weekend and measure them. Maybe take a brush and knock the corrosion off and make a little display with them.
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They do look a little bigger, could be .357 rounds. What does the .351 look like was it rimless???
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Re: A neat old find
Larger rounds look like 38-40 to me.
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it looks like 32-40 to me......to long of a shoulder for 38-40
nope...just checked and 32-40 is longer...I think hes right 32-20
nope...just checked and 32-40 is longer...I think hes right 32-20
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Larger ones look to be 32-20 and the smaller might be 25-20
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Sorry all I havent forgotten about this. A family emergency has me running ragged trying to get some things in order before I have to get on the road.
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Sorry for the delay, life got ahead of me for a bit. Got frustrated trying to repair the lawn mower this afternoon and went and grabbed these and cleaned them up to read the headstamp.
They are all 32-20 but with some interesting markings! One is marked 32 W.C.F. W.R.A. CO. with a W marked primer, the other 6 are marked 32 W.H.V. M-92 W.R.A. CO. which after some internet sleuthing I found out were special high velocity rounds meant only to be fired in the model '92 rifles. I couldn't find any dates for when these headstamps went out of use but it's still a neat find to me. Wish the old man was still around to ask him.
I took several pictures but this was the only one that came out worth a darn.
They are all 32-20 but with some interesting markings! One is marked 32 W.C.F. W.R.A. CO. with a W marked primer, the other 6 are marked 32 W.H.V. M-92 W.R.A. CO. which after some internet sleuthing I found out were special high velocity rounds meant only to be fired in the model '92 rifles. I couldn't find any dates for when these headstamps went out of use but it's still a neat find to me. Wish the old man was still around to ask him.
I took several pictures but this was the only one that came out worth a darn.
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1. Hope everything worked out OK with the family emergency.
2. Really great find on that ammo. Provides a link of common interest between generations of your family, which makes that a real treasure!
2. Really great find on that ammo. Provides a link of common interest between generations of your family, which makes that a real treasure!
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The 32-20 that is marked W.R.A.CO. is pre 1930. The others are 1930-1960.---6
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+1!
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