.32 rimfire ammo

[Dave Bertram]

Hi folks,
I'm asking if anyone can help me with a problem I have with my two Remington .32 rimfires.
I have acquired some rounds for said rifles, however the rounds will not chamber in either rifle.
After pulling a projectile & trying to get it to go into the chamber (not without being driven) the projectile was jambing up badly on the rifling.
According to wikipedia the S&W .32 has a bore size of .318in, a bit further into the article it states that "remington .32 rifles have a bore size of.304in". Can anyone shed any light on this for me?
Thanks Dave.

[Dave Bertram]

Hi folks,
All I asked was can anyone confirm or refute the info that I've supplied.?
I'm stunned after seven days no one has bothered to reply to an honest request for info.

I can see where this "forum" is headed

[Tripod]

I have a Stevens favorite that was a 32 rimfire that has been rechambered to 32S&W and had the firing pin changed to centerfire. When I slugged the bore expecting .312 or greater I was surprised to find it was .307. So yes some of the early .32 calibers were what we would think of as 30cal. Are you after another one?

[Noisydad]

Hi Dave, can't believe I missed this interesting question for a week!
If memory serves there were quite a few versions of the smaller .32 cartidges in both rimfire and centerfire for pistol and rifle applications.
As Tripod said some were nearer .30 cal and there were long and short versions of some of them too.
Careful chamber measurement would be needed to determine just what your dealing with.

[No1Mk3]

G'day Dave,
I'm stunned that your stunned! I would say most people here are not at all informed on the very obsolete 32RF and it's variations and so it is not a case of "not bothered" but more not "able" to shed any light, 7 days or otherwise. Like Noisydad I also missed this question until now and maybe the very few others able to answer also missed it. You come on the forum with 1 post which very few folk could ever help, and your 2nd post is a whinge. Maybe you can see "where this forum is headed", but I know where I'm headed, so do what the rest of us who know the answer did, buy some books, such as Barnes COTW, and talk, politely, to some collectors.

[Gamerancher]

Perhaps he was looking for the classic, "I've never owned or seen one ,but.........." answer?

[Noisydad]

What model are the rifles? Can you measure the chamber length with the long skinny end of a calliper? Can you slug the barrel to get a groove diameter?

[<<Genesis93>>]

Hi folks,
All I asked was can anyone confirm or refute the info that I've supplied.?
I'm stunned after seven days no one has bothered to reply to an honest request for info.

I can see where this "forum" is headed

So negative on your second post Dave??

Where is it heading??, do tell....

As far as your question; WHY would you even want to discharge this firearm (I have no doubt it would be thoroughly underwhelming).... the ammo is probable worth quite a bit Just get yourself a 'proper' rifle, and if you DO NOT have a licence....(as a 32RF does not need to be registered...neither the owner needs to be licensed) .... delete your account and walk away whistling...

No doubt theyre lovely old rifles, clean them up and admire them....

[bladeracer]

As far as your question; WHY would you even want to discharge this firearm (I have no doubt it would be thoroughly underwhelming).... the ammo is probable worth quite a bit Just get yourself a 'proper' rifle, and if you DO NOT have a licence....(as a 32RF does not need to be registered...neither the owner needs to be licensed) .... delete your account and walk away whistling...

No doubt theyre lovely old rifles, clean them up and admire them....

You do need a licence if you intend to fire the thing though don't you?

[<<Genesis93>>]

As far as your question; WHY would you even want to discharge this firearm (I have no doubt it would be thoroughly underwhelming).... the ammo is probable worth quite a bit Just get yourself a 'proper' rifle, and if you DO NOT have a licence....(as a 32RF does not need to be registered...neither the owner needs to be licensed) .... delete your account and walk away whistling...

No doubt theyre lovely old rifles, clean them up and admire them....

You do need a licence if you intend to fire the thing though don't you?

Absolutely.....you also need to register it.

[Sionso]

I have a Stevens favorite that was a 32 rimfire that has been rechambered to 32S&W and had the firing pin changed to centerfire. When I slugged the bore expecting .312 or greater I was surprised to find it was .307. So yes some of the early .32 calibers were what we would think of as 30cal. Are you after another one?

Do you still have one in .32RF? Or is the one you mentioned able to change back to RF easily?

[Farmerpete]

Im intrigued iv Never heard of 32rf but being rimfire did they make them semi auto and how do they compare to 22lr
more specifically could it kill a dog or pig and what range would it be effective at

[bladeracer]

Im intrigued iv Never heard of 32rf but being rimfire did they make them semi auto and how do they compare to 22lr
more specifically could it kill a dog or pig and what range would it be effective at

.32 Rimfire was a subsonic 90gn bullet, a little more energy than .22LR, or very similar to the 100gn .30-30 subsonic load I've just been playing with.
.310 Cadet is way more potent than .32 Rimfire with a 120gn bullet at 1500fps.

[Farmerpete]

Thanks bladeracer after googling the 32rf iv sadly realised it's not an easy way to get a semi auto 30 cal for the farm but was kinda excited for a minute
I still remember how good dad's sks was on pigs even though I was only a kid when he had to hand it in

[bladeracer]

Thanks bladeracer after googling the 32rf iv sadly realised it's not an easy way to get a semi auto 30 cal for the farm but was kinda excited for a minute
I still remember how good dad's sks was on pigs even though I was only a kid when he had to hand it in

Do Qld laws simply specify semi-auto "rimfire" as CatC, no mention of caliber or chambering at all?
I don't think any of the larger caliber rimfire ammunitions are available, that's why so many old rimfires get converted to centrefire chamberings.
And I don't think loading your own rimfire ammo is really viable for a semi-auto.

[Farmerpete]

Do Qld laws simply specify semi-auto "rimfire" as CatC, no mention of caliber or chambering at all?

No mention of caliber just a limit of 10 plus 1 capacity.
If someone made a larger caliber rimfire it would be happy days

[perentie]

[quote
Do you still have one in .32RF? Or is the one you mentioned able to change back to RF easily?[/quote]

I have a Remington and a Stevens in 32 RF that I have been wondering what to do with.
They both had to be registered to my Licence here in Qld.