Well 7.62x38R is larger diameter than .32-20

WB
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 14:33 (2996 days ago)

I cobbled some ammo just so we could play. It shot but fireformed extraction was hard. On the second firing they rupture, just too much movement for those brass molecules to flex. I only reloaded 3 that had been fired previously. I slightly thinned the rims too as some .32-20 were too thick for the spring loaded cylinder to push far enough forward to go full cock. An odd duck.

We ordered some PPU boxer primed ammo and I will get the proper dies. Still great fun for a 107 yr. old SA revolver. (Yes this one is SA, not DA) The factory ammo looks tapered to the end but fired cases, the chambers, look like a case with a neck about mid-way.

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That looks like an original finish gun

Steve W
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 15:47 (2996 days ago) @ WB

rather than one of the postwar refurbs. Any chance it as an "SA" in a box on the other side? Possibly a Finnish capture from the Winter or Continuation War.

Not so lucky, but no import and true NCO issue

WB
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 18:03 (2996 days ago) @ Steve W

Tula Imperial in 1911. Good bore, very tight action. The lanyard screw is broken off where some goober tried to unscrew it, not knowing it was pinned on the inside. A replacement is only a few bucks.

I found some ammo online, the dealers turned me away. $27.50 per 50 delivered.

I like the 9X18mm ctg. too and want to load

WB
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018, 06:44 (2995 days ago) @ WB

some for it. I have a bullet mould and dies. The local FFL has a Makarov (IJ70 with adj. sights) and a PA63 which I like both. I'm not a big fan of Russian guns but those two are sleepers. The 9X18 cartridge is way more than the .380 ACP that I have very little respect for. I feel the .380 is sort of a weak .38 S&W but with modern bullets I guess it is actually better. (And I carry a .380 a lot, beats a .25 for sure)

The Makarov is a .366" bullet and skips along at 1100 fps compared to the .355/900 fps .380. You have to re-spring the guns but after that they are great.

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