32-20 ammo
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msmith1228
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32-20 ammo
Does anyone know the age of this.
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Re: 32-20 ammo
look for the patent date, on the box.
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Re: 32-20 ammo
I can't say exactly but my Grandfather had some 38 wcf boxes that looked similar with a 3.25 price on them. He said he bought them in the 1930's.
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Re: 32-20 ammo
Looks 'earlier' than all the 1950's-era boxes I had when growing up, and I'd say probably 1930's like the other guys.
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Re: 32-20 ammo
According to the book Winchester Cartridge Boxes 1856- 1956, that box dates to the 1920's. By 1928, the box type changed to 1 piece construction and the color changed to red, white @ blue.
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Re: 32-20 ammo
I think w30wcf is era correct....
No mention of "Staynless" (non-corrosive) primers on the box and the little "W" on the primer also date them back closer to WW1. I would bet those 115gr 'Full Patch' bullets have cupronickel jackets as well!
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No mention of "Staynless" (non-corrosive) primers on the box and the little "W" on the primer also date them back closer to WW1. I would bet those 115gr 'Full Patch' bullets have cupronickel jackets as well!
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Re: 32-20 ammo
Whatever the age -- heavy "kewl" factor there. Very nice box of ammo.
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Re: 32-20 ammo
"Full patch" or full-jacketed bullets in these light calibers were probably for trappers and others who didn't want to wreck valuable fur.
The .32-20 was never a military caliber but was used quite a bit by lawmen in the early 20th century both as a revolver and as a rifle or carbine. Some prisons and banks bought Remington Model 25 pumps in this caliber as guard guns, and some cops used '92s for this purpose, mainly in areas where the rides were long and the ammo supply short.
One advantage of the .32-20 was that it WOULD kill bad guys and the shells didn't weigh much, so you could carry a supply for your Colt Army Special, SAA, Bisley, or S&W Hand Ejector and your rifle or carbine that would last for a long horse patrol thru the baldies. But I never heard of a cop that cared much about the Hague Convention, so I suspect these full patch were for killin' furbearers, not felons. Bad guys got plain lead or hollowpoints.... And an 80-gr. WHV hollowpoint made a nasty hole, no matter what it was launched from.
The .32-20 was never a military caliber but was used quite a bit by lawmen in the early 20th century both as a revolver and as a rifle or carbine. Some prisons and banks bought Remington Model 25 pumps in this caliber as guard guns, and some cops used '92s for this purpose, mainly in areas where the rides were long and the ammo supply short.
One advantage of the .32-20 was that it WOULD kill bad guys and the shells didn't weigh much, so you could carry a supply for your Colt Army Special, SAA, Bisley, or S&W Hand Ejector and your rifle or carbine that would last for a long horse patrol thru the baldies. But I never heard of a cop that cared much about the Hague Convention, so I suspect these full patch were for killin' furbearers, not felons. Bad guys got plain lead or hollowpoints.... And an 80-gr. WHV hollowpoint made a nasty hole, no matter what it was launched from.