The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - 32-20 and Short throat

32-20 and Short throat (reply)

Todd C — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 22:56:01 +0000

Scott,

Got into the same thing on the Marlin 1894. Seems the throat on the reamers the factory uses are non-existent. The solution was to have the chamber throated. It was done by Reggie Nonneman in Grant City Mo.

Now it will digest nearly any type bullet and has opened up a whole new realm of performance for the 32-20. In the little Marlin with a 20" barrel, I was shooting 120's at 2200+ and 135's at 2020 fps. Considering the 120's are right on the heels of the 7.62x39 while using 17 grains of powder, is pretty interesting.

Here is a link to a discussion on Lee Martin's forum.
Hope this helps

Todd
http://singleactions.proboards.com/thread/9606/120gr-32

oh............... well as you know i am almost that bad too (reply)

cable — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 22:42:51 +0000

Doc, I have seen Scott load magazines... He needs an (reply)

Rob Leahy — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 20:19:28 +0000

expert.

Scott, get in touch with Midwest Gunworks (reply)

brionic — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 15:09:53 +0000

if not to hire them, to solicit their advice on a suitable gunsmith

They are the Browning factory repair shop for obsolete firearms, or at least they used to be. I understand they do good work, although their rate card seems a bit pricey, especially in light of two way shipping.

Neat gun, for sure, that begs for optimizing.
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Brian

Cable...... (reply)

Scott Ambler — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 14:20:45 +0000

not a chance in hell.......

i would buy or rent a throating reamer and do it myself. i (reply)

cable — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 03:48:54 +0000

have little mechanical skill, but i did it on a 44 magnum....the reamer attaches to a hand held driver right out of your tool set.....i turned it a bit, tried chambering the rounds, shaved some more.....took about 20 minutes and has been great ever since.

it's easy and would be hard to mess it up (reply)

Scott Ambler — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 03:33:23 +0000

Open to suggestions on qualified men to do the job.....doubt there are any new barrels to be had, so.....

it's easy and would be hard to mess it up (reply)

cable — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 02:26:24 +0000

Bullets for Browning 53, 32-20 (reply)

Scott Ambler — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 01:53:18 +0000

Coming close to agreeing completely. Be nice to be able to shoot some heavy LBT's in it.

Bullets for Browning 53, 32-20 (reply)

Cherokee — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 23:48:18 +0000

Short throat, not the bullet. Need to get that fixed.

browning made a lot of the 53s, and the 45/70s (reply)

cable — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 17:21:20 +0000

with VERY short throats....my 1886 and a buddy's 1886 were ridiculous that way........i got a throating reamer another friend carefully lengthened them until they handled standard rounds properly

this was a very common problem on the 80s and 90s brownings

it is an easy job , done by hand , doesn't need a lathe...

WHOA! That seems to be a VERY short throat. (reply)

Scott Ambler — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 16:54:44 +0000

Could not tell you. Have just tried Gold Dot's and XTP's in new Starline brass. Brass is below trim length.

WHOA! That seems to be a VERY short throat. (reply)

Hobie — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 16:32:50 +0000

The one a friend hastakes the factory load alright and that seems to be very similar to the Lyman 3118, how does yours do with that? Would give me a better frame of reference. ALL of my .32-20 is now loaded with Lyman 3118.

Bullets for Browning 53, 32-20

Scott Ambler — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 15:41:37 +0000

Looking for a bullet for this very short throated rifle. With 85gr Hornady XTP's, the bullet pushes back well past the crimp grove when chambered. Any ideas on a available to purchase bullet designed for a rifle? Speer Gold Dots, same story. Thanks