Magnum Wheel Man
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looking at doing this conversion, & shooting apropriate size round ball... I see Midway still offers 32 short colt brass...
anyone else load for this cartridge ???
any comments on the conversion ??? my original thoughts were to have 5 chamber inserts made up for the gun for 22 lr, but my builder thought I'd need to extend the firing "rib" on the hammer... the gun is in really good condition, but the cylnder chambers are pretty rough, so he picked up some reference material, & we decided we could "clean up" the chambers enough to fit the 32 Colt cases, alter the hammer, & get the smaller sized 32 caliber black powder round balls which will fit nice into the 32 colt cases & in the barrel nicely... I figure if I need to alter the gun any ( to shoot the 22 lr cartridges ) I might as well go up to the 32 Colt to keep the gun shootable ( I have a thing about collecting guns that are not at all shootable )
OK... blast me if you must...
here is a pic... case color on the hammer is almost as new...
anyone else load for this cartridge ???
any comments on the conversion ??? my original thoughts were to have 5 chamber inserts made up for the gun for 22 lr, but my builder thought I'd need to extend the firing "rib" on the hammer... the gun is in really good condition, but the cylnder chambers are pretty rough, so he picked up some reference material, & we decided we could "clean up" the chambers enough to fit the 32 Colt cases, alter the hammer, & get the smaller sized 32 caliber black powder round balls which will fit nice into the 32 colt cases & in the barrel nicely... I figure if I need to alter the gun any ( to shoot the 22 lr cartridges ) I might as well go up to the 32 Colt to keep the gun shootable ( I have a thing about collecting guns that are not at all shootable )
OK... blast me if you must...
here is a pic... case color on the hammer is almost as new...