Bought some 170gr. Hornadys, Qual-cart brass, 9 1/2 primers, now what does a guy buy for powder? And how much to use? Any suggestions out there? BTW, loading for a model 141 Rem. Thanks for the inputs, Jay

Although the two cases have a very slightly different shape, the .32 Remington and the .32 Winchester Special are ballistically identical, and the actions built for the two are of approximatetly the same strength.

There are a number of older loading manuals that have data for the .32 WS, so if you can't find it elswhere, email me and I'll copy you some data from some older Speer and Lyman manuals for the .32 WS. Offhand, I'd say that just about any medium-burning powder (3031, 4895, BL-C2, etc.) should do fine. I've used all of these for either .30-30's or modest pressure 8x57 loads for a Turkish Mauser and have had good results.

Jay
32 Remington from the Lyman 45th addition.

170grain jacketed bullet.

Powder start gr. vel max gr. vel

IMR 3031 27 1798 30 2020
IMR 4895 30 1868 33 2070

Be sure and begin with the starting loads as some 32 Rem rifles have been known to have under sized bbls.

Hope this helps.

Thanks guys, I did dig out my Lyman 46th edition and noted 31grs. RE7 was the most accurate load, well just so happens I've got alot of RE7 and some RE10x, which is very close to 7 on burn rate, have to give them a go, actually like 10x a bit better, meters a bit better, seems to be cleaner than RE7, lets say I work up from 30grs. up to 31, barrel is .321, so shouldn't have any pressure problems, thoughts? Jay

Jay,

RL 7 would be my first pick and then you found it in your older lyman manual.

Cool old rifle also, in a cool old caliber, just because there are not many of them out there in the woods anymore>?

Going to do the old red flannel hunting jacket and the red flannel cap with the ear flaps to complete the vintage hunting rifle ensomble?

cheers and good shooting
seafire

seafire, Actually, Loading for this guy at work, used to be his dads, bought it in 1932 for 32 bucks, he wanted some shells for it and he asked me, told him I'd see what I could find, found some Redding dies on Midway for 62 bucks, brass was $27 for 20, he didn't seem to mind paying that much for the stuff, wants to shoot a deer with it, then put it away. J

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Originally posted by Jay Gorski:
seafire, Actually, Loading for this guy at work, used to be his dads, bought it in 1932 for 32 bucks

Using the Consumer Price Index inflation calculator, that $32 in 1932 was worth $414.43 in 2004 -- a pretty hefty price for a new Winchester Model 94, and I'll bet that most people come closer today to having $414 in their pocket than having $32 in 1932.

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Originally posted by Stonecreek:

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Originally posted by Jay Gorski:
seafire, Actually, Loading for this guy at work, used to be his dads, bought it in 1932 for 32 bucks

Using the Consumer Price Index inflation calculator, that $32 in 1932 was worth $414.43 in 2004 -- a pretty hefty price for a new Winchester Model 94, and I'll bet that most people come closer today to having $414 in their pocket than having $32 in 1932.

Stonecreek, The rifle is a Remington model 141, not model 94, surely a more expensive rifle than a 94 if it were made today, looking at the machining that went into this rifle, $414 looks to be about right. Jay