Since a thread popped up on the 32-20 I thought I'd share a recent acquisition.



Just started playing with it. Seems to like 115s sized to .311" over 7 grs of 2400 and small pistol primers.

roger

That's different.

Congrats. Neat little guns, sold all my HVA 25'& 26's. Kept a Model 35 and several model 45's.
Not many people in the US are familiar with them.
The model 26 is 25-20 (1926-42), the model 25 is 32-20 (1908-25).
Then you have the bigger versions, Model 35 in 30-30 (1912-42) & the bigger yet Model 45 in 45-70 (1915-32).
Originally the 25 & 26 (fagelstudsare or 'bird rifle') were made for shooting black grouse and capracaille.
HVA also made a similar split bridge single shot 22 in several models from 1914 to 1963

Very interesting "fun gun". I have my great-grandfather's Marlin 1889 32-20, crappy bore, drives tacks.

A friend uses his m26 for trapped foxes.

These are brilliant rifles, and have a super octagonal barrel. They are so accurate that I had to ban them from my Rook rifle competitions! Nearly bought one in 30-30 last year, but no room in the safe.

In my mispent cowboy youth in the Big Bend country of Texas, many a cowboy or rancher packed a Win. Mod. 92 SRC in his saddle scabbard in calibers 32-20 or 25-20..They used them primarily for deer, and they kept the family fed...Used properly they are about as good as anything else, in later years the Win. mod. 94 in 25-35 and 30-30 replaced most of them. I shot a few deer back then with the 25-20 and one with a 32-20 as I recall, and wasn't impressed at all with either, it seemed to me about as good as a 22 L.R., you had to be real close and place that bullet exactly right.

They are a fun gun to play with.

Atkinson- I've really got to agree with you.
I found an M94 and converted it to .25/35(AI) with a 22" barrel, and cut it to 1/2 magazine with a tang-sight.
I then found a Rossi M92-clone in .357. It's sitting to my right as I type, converted to a 21", 1/2 mag .256 Mag.
The only way I could be happier, is to have two each.
Have fun,
Gene