A neat old find

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A neat old find

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I was out in the shed doing some spring cleaning and found these while going through my late step-dads things. Neato! I never knew that he had a 32-20 but clearly he came across some ammo at some point. He was a Winchester collector though, had quite a few pre-war 94's. I wish I had his dads 94 rifle. Lot of history on that gun, it was on his saddle when he homesteaded the ranch I grew up on. But enough of that. Just wanted to share some neat old ammo with you folks.


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Not the best picture of the headstamp.
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Any body know why the half jacket is shiny on most of these?
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Likely a different brass than the cases.
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HawkCreek wrote:
Any body know why the half jacket is shiny on most of these ?
IIRC, those had cupro-nickel jackets.......

Two of those cartridges below IMO look to be fatter in the boolit than a .32-20, though....... ? ? ?


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I think those jackets are what was called "Cupro Nickel" and it doesn't corrode very much or maybe not at all.
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I agree with Pete44ru that two of those look to be of larger caliber. Can you see if they're different? What might they be? Neat going through old stuff; never know what you will find.
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M. M. Wright wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:20 am I think those jackets are what was called "Cupro Nickel" and it doesn't corrode very much or maybe not at all.

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I'll dig them back out this weekend and measure them. Maybe take a brush and knock the corrosion off and make a little display with them.
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They do look a little bigger, could be .357 rounds. What does the .351 look like was it rimless???
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Larger rounds look like 38-40 to me.
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it looks like 32-40 to me......to long of a shoulder for 38-40
nope...just checked and 32-40 is longer...I think hes right 32-20
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Larger ones look to be 32-20 and the smaller might be 25-20
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Sorry all I havent forgotten about this. A family emergency has me running ragged trying to get some things in order before I have to get on the road.
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Sorry for the delay, life got ahead of me for a bit. Got frustrated trying to repair the lawn mower this afternoon and went and grabbed these and cleaned them up to read the headstamp.
They are all 32-20 but with some interesting markings! One is marked 32 W.C.F. W.R.A. CO. with a W marked primer, the other 6 are marked 32 W.H.V. M-92 W.R.A. CO. which after some internet sleuthing I found out were special high velocity rounds meant only to be fired in the model '92 rifles. I couldn't find any dates for when these headstamps went out of use but it's still a neat find to me. Wish the old man was still around to ask him.

I took several pictures but this was the only one that came out worth a darn.
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1. Hope everything worked out OK with the family emergency.

2. Really great find on that ammo. Provides a link of common interest between generations of your family, which makes that a real treasure! :D
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The 32-20 that is marked W.R.A.CO. is pre 1930. The others are 1930-1960.---6
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claybob86 wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:42 am 1. Hope everything worked out OK with the family emergency.

2. Really great find on that ammo. Provides a link of common interest between generations of your family, which makes that a real treasure! :D
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