32-20 brass

rickyp · Feb 20, 2018

Does anyone have some 32/20 brass they can spare around southern MD?

Only need about 14 or so I want to try to convert it to 7.62 nagant.revolver.

Rambler · Feb 21, 2018

These are a bit pricey but ready to go. I have purchased a couple of boxes from here and they are decent quality:

https://www.buffaloarms.com/7-62-russian-nagant-revolver-bertram-formed-box-of-20-ber7-62nagant

rickyp · Feb 21, 2018

Midway USA has them in stock. I just want a few to try and make the nagant brass before I buy a bunch.

John from MD · Feb 21, 2018

I don't have any to spare but it is easy to convert. The bigger problem is the tolerances of your gun. On some Nagants, the fixture that actually pushes the cylinder forward, may not have enough clearance for the thicker 32-20 cases. If you are handy, it is easy to deal with by just filing the block until the cases will clear. The downside is that, if you shoot standard 7.62 Nagant ammo, the case mouth will not go far enough into the barrel and will tend to expand more making them hard to eject. This doesn't bother me as I rarely shoot the Russian stuff.

I use a 115gn SWC in front of 3.7 grains of WW231 and get nice groups from the bench. Unless you have young eyes, that front sight is almost impossible to see at arms length. I have been planning to find some kind of wider front sight, maybe like a Swedish Mauser to put in it so I can see the damn thing.

rickyp · Feb 21, 2018

I have about 500 rounds of surplus ammo for it. I shot a few. Boxes thought it and it was very hard to extract the fired cases. Wonder if someone reworked this to use 32-20 brass.

I will be having a set of dies and some Graf and son bullets coming soon for it.

I am trying to find the best things to shot out of this revolver. I doubt it is going to be a regular range puce but still want the ability to shoot it

John from MD · Feb 21, 2018

The load I gave you has worked well for me for years. Don't do too much double action shooting with it. You will wind up with a hernia. :rolleyes:

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