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gunner81gunner81 Posts: 683 Senior Member
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I have an old mold that I bought in a set of mixed molds that I can't ID it has the handles and the mold in one piece and the only #s I can see is 32   40   165 I take it that its a 32 40 caliber and 165 gr but I'm not even sure that is a caliber
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  • SpkSpk Posts: 4,840 Senior Member
    edited February 2021 #2
    Well it is a real caliber/cartridge.

    A picture of the mold would probably be helpful.
    Does it look like one of these?



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  • Big Al1Big Al1 Posts: 8,818 Senior Member
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    .32-40 is a .38-55 straight tapered to .32 cal. Developed as a target round about 1873 or so. I have two of them, an 1893 Marlin and an 1894 Winchester. Cool old round and fun to shoot!
    See the source image
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  • gunner81gunner81 Posts: 683 Senior Member
    #4
    Spk said:
    Well it is a real caliber/cartridge.

    A picture of the mold would probably be helpful.
    Does it look like one of these?




    Spk said:
    Well it is a real caliber/cartridge.

    A picture of the mold would probably be helpful.
    Does it look like one of these?




    Exactly like it
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  • gunner81gunner81 Posts: 683 Senior Member
    #5
    Big Al1 said:
    .32-40 is a .38-55 straight tapered to .32 cal. Developed as a target round about 1873 or so. I have two of them, an 1893 Marlin and an 1894 Winchester. Cool old round and fun to shoot!
    See the source image

    Big Al1 said:
    .32-40 is a .38-55 straight tapered to .32 cal. Developed as a target round about 1873 or so. I have two of them, an 1893 Marlin and an 1894 Winchester. Cool old round and fun to shoot!
    See the source image

    How on earth would you resize that case
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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 7,642 Senior Member
    #6
    Big Al1 said:
    .32-40 is a .38-55 straight tapered to .32 cal. Developed as a target round about 1873 or so. I have two of them, an 1893 Marlin and an 1894 Winchester. Cool old round and fun to shoot!
    See the source image
    of course you do...  :D
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  • Big Al1Big Al1 Posts: 8,818 Senior Member
    edited February 2021 #7
    gunner81 said:
    Big Al1 said:
    .32-40 is a .38-55 straight tapered to .32 cal. Developed as a target round about 1873 or so. I have two of them, an 1893 Marlin and an 1894 Winchester. Cool old round and fun to shoot!
    See the source image

    Big Al1 said:
    .32-40 is a .38-55 straight tapered to .32 cal. Developed as a target round about 1873 or so. I have two of them, an 1893 Marlin and an 1894 Winchester. Cool old round and fun to shoot!
    See the source image

    How on earth would you resize that case
    Actually, I had to form my brass from .30-30 cases because there is not much new brass available. I just ran the cases through a .32 Special die to to open it up to .32 then ran it through a .32-40 die to removed the shoulder. They come out a little short but usable. I tried reforming .38-55 cases but I had a lot of split cases, so I just stuck to the .30-30's.  8.2 grains of Unique duplicates BP velocities, no reason to hot rod it. So, now that you have the bullet mold, you have the beginning of a project. I've started with less!!  B)
    I did find some .32-40 factory cases last year, haven't used them yet!
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  • kansashunterkansashunter Posts: 1,917 Senior Member
    #8
    GunNut said:

    of course you do...  :D
    Exactly my thought
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  • SpkSpk Posts: 4,840 Senior Member
    #9
    This mold is a Winchester #32-165 bullet mold without the wooden handles.
    Should still work pretty good as long as everything is still aligned properly.

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  • gunner81gunner81 Posts: 683 Senior Member
    #10
    Big Al1 said:
    gunner81 said:
    Big Al1 said:
    .32-40 is a .38-55 straight tapered to .32 cal. Developed as a target round about 1873 or so. I have two of them, an 1893 Marlin and an 1894 Winchester. Cool old round and fun to shoot!
    See the source image

    Big Al1 said:
    .32-40 is a .38-55 straight tapered to .32 cal. Developed as a target round about 1873 or so. I have two of them, an 1893 Marlin and an 1894 Winchester. Cool old round and fun to shoot!
    See the source image

    How on earth would you resize that case
    Actually, I had to form my brass from .30-30 cases because there is not much new brass available. I just ran the cases through a .32 Special die to to open it up to .32 then ran it through a .32-40 die to removed the shoulder. They come out a little short but usable. I tried reforming .38-55 cases but I had a lot of split cases, so I just stuck to the .30-30's.  8.2 grains of Unique duplicates BP velocities, no reason to hot rod it. So, now that you have the bullet mold, you have the beginning of a project. I've started with less!!  B)
    I did find some .32-40 factory cases last year, haven't used them yet!

    Big Al1 said:
    gunner81 said:
    Big Al1 said:
    .32-40 is a .38-55 straight tapered to .32 cal. Developed as a target round about 1873 or so. I have two of them, an 1893 Marlin and an 1894 Winchester. Cool old round and fun to shoot!
    See the source image

    Big Al1 said:
    .32-40 is a .38-55 straight tapered to .32 cal. Developed as a target round about 1873 or so. I have two of them, an 1893 Marlin and an 1894 Winchester. Cool old round and fun to shoot!
    See the source image

    How on earth would you resize that case
    Actually, I had to form my brass from .30-30 cases because there is not much new brass available. I just ran the cases through a .32 Special die to to open it up to .32 then ran it through a .32-40 die to removed the shoulder. They come out a little short but usable. I tried reforming .38-55 cases but I had a lot of split cases, so I just stuck to the .30-30's.  8.2 grains of Unique duplicates BP velocities, no reason to hot rod it. So, now that you have the bullet mold, you have the beginning of a project. I've started with less!!  B)
    I did find some .32-40 factory cases last year, haven't used them yet!

    I usually work the other way around get the gun then the mold but I'm not opposed to doing it bassed akwards it gives me something to look for and finding an old gun like this is as good of a chance as finding a new gun I want
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