Is it possible to make 32-20 brass from some other brass, maybe pistol brass. Don't know much about the 32-20, cousin gots an old winchester in this round. What bullets would be best for hunting. All info would help, Thanks Guys.

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Mr. Kenneday -

You can make brass from .25-20 brass, if you run across any. You can do it two ways. 1) Just fire loaded .25-20 ammo in your .32-20. You don't have to worry about headspace, because both rounds headspace on their rims, and the rim size is the same on both. The .25 bullets won't be accurate from your .32-20 bore, but they won't hurt the gun any.

2) If you have empty .25-20 brass, you can use an expander ball from RCBS to open up the necks to the proper diameter. Then you can just load it and shoot it. From then on a standard .32-20 loading die set will work just fine. You won't have to trim the new brass first because opening (expanding) the necks will also slightly shorten the cases' overall length...but not enough to hurt anything.

For hunting bullets, I recommend relatively soft cast bullets of 100-to-115 grains weight. I have killed western Oregon blacktails with my .32-20, at 30-to-100 yards and haven't yet lost any of them shot with it. But unless the rifle is an accurate one, and your cousin a decent shot, I would not recommend the cartridge for even the smallest deer. It has very little striking power, so absolutely requires correct shot placement to do humane killing.

I do not recommend hard bullets, even hard cast bullets, as there is typically very little expansion because of the slow velocity available from the round.

It is a superb cartridge for foxes, though.

If you ever come over to western Oregon, we should meet at the gun club here, and I could show you some bullets/moulds you could look for at your local gun shows....maybe even arrange for you to use one of my moulds if you are already a caster.