blarby
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Came across a small pile of 32 special that were gifted to me by a friend.
I have no use for 32 special rounds, especially ones that by his account belonged to his father ( who is in his 80's ) as a teen.
The shells are in fairly good condition, although some of them do exhibit a waxy green verdigris that flakes off with a fingernail scratching leaving gleaming brass underneath.
My question is this : Is it possible given the striking similarity of the 32 special to the .30-30 ( its parent cartridge) to break down the rounds, dispose of the powder primers and bullets, and then resize the brass for use in .30-30?
I guess the real question is : Is there a way to make the neck width go away
I have no use for 32 special rounds, especially ones that by his account belonged to his father ( who is in his 80's ) as a teen.
The shells are in fairly good condition, although some of them do exhibit a waxy green verdigris that flakes off with a fingernail scratching leaving gleaming brass underneath.
My question is this : Is it possible given the striking similarity of the 32 special to the .30-30 ( its parent cartridge) to break down the rounds, dispose of the powder primers and bullets, and then resize the brass for use in .30-30?
I guess the real question is : Is there a way to make the neck width go away
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Later by some years I had given the 32 SPL to my brother and found some brass (200 or so) and happened to need some 30-30 brass so I sized it down and reloaded it for the 30-30. At the same aprox time one of the same cousins was hunting with our group. He has a borrowed 32 SPL from someone else and asks my GF where the ammo is and helps himself to it again.:banghead: He is out hunting and sees a deer, shoots at it and misses. That evening he shows me the borrowed rifle and ammo he grabbed and says he shot 5 rounds to try it after missing the deer and it does not even hit near where he aimed. Claims I load junk ammo.
