Bottleneck Advice

["Big Boston"]

1 hour ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:

 

Doesn't that fall under the general ban on ".32" caliber, or is that calibre, ammunition.   The reasoning for which I understand was that guns chambered for .32's were small and easily concealable.   Nobody bothered to notice that .32-20 is not akin to things like .32 S&W or .32 ACP.

 

 

I think you are right, my apologies to the OP for derailing the thread.

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

35 minutes ago, "Big Boston" said:

 

I think you are right, my apologies to the OP for derailing the thread.

No need to apologize!  It is normal and natural for discussions like this to have the occasional tangent.   That's part of what makes them so much fun.

[Doc Altman SASS#74468]

No problem, BB. 
Interesting information!!

 I’ve learned a lot from you all. 
Thank you!

[Kid Rich]

I have gone to using a .427 bullet in all my 44/40 loads because on of my rifles really doesn't like anything larger.

kR

[German Jim]

On 11/18/2022 at 2:39 PM, Driftwood Johnson, SASS #38283 said:

Here is another little secret. Because 44-40 brass is so thin at the case mouth, it will sometimes develop cracks at the case mouth. My rule of thumb is if a crack is present, and it is not longer than 1/16", I go ahead and load that puppy again. If the crack is longer than 1/16", I discard the round. Been doing this for a long long time, and so far no problems, even with short little cracks at the case mouth.

Same Same here, except I'm shooting 38-40.