Pathfinder45
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Which is the better cast-bullet shooter; 32 Winchester Special or 30-30 Winchester, and why? This assumes a dedicated handloader that is immune to the price difference of factory ammo and has plenty of components, etc.
The bad part of this is that when there gets to be some very moderate wear in the barrel the accuracy gets very bad.
Not true. The SAMMI specification for the .32 Winchester Special is .320-.321 whereas the specification for .30-30 Winchester is .308-.309 I believe. Having owned both in Winchester '94's and shot cast lead bullets in both, there was no apparent difference between the two and for the most part, have been considered to be ballistic twins. I always prefered the .32 Win. Spl., not because it was somehow, "better", but because it is less common than the .30-30 and I like the more unusual as opposed to the more common...the same way I prefer the .38 Super over the 9MM.I read in a post sometime back where someone said that both cartridges share the same bore diameter, but the 32 Special has deeper grooves providing a better grip on cast bullets: However, I don't know if this is even true.