38/357 sabot to 32 wadcutter

[Coyote9]

Help please, I have many hundreds of lead 32 wadcutter bullets (soldmyWalther GSP) and would like to load them into 38 special brass for use with my Ruger blackhawk. Does anyone know of a source for sabots?

 

[motorcarman]

Speer shot Capsules?

 

[Coyote9]

Speer shot Capsules?

I'll check them out,only shooting 10 meters about 33 feet

 

[rotor]

Speer shot Capsules?

I believe these are made out of unobtaneum. Took me years to find them. Poster might do better with a lead melting pot and a mold.

 

[Coyote9]

I believe these are made out of unobtaneum. Took me years to find them. Poster might do better with a lead melting pot and a mold.

I have 500 to 700ish cast lubed 32 wadcutter bullets now. guess I could melt them in my pot and recast as 25-20 and 32-20 and 50 ball. but I have all the ammo I will likely shoot in those calibers, I was concerned about accuracy anyway...thanks guys for bitch slapping me back into reality

 

[Wolfwood]

Paper patch?

 

[paknheat]

Look on YouTube, Ron Spomer Outdoors, he has a video going on sabots in rifle cartridges getting really high velocities.

He mentioned the name of a company that makes sabots. Might be what you need.


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[Coyote9]

Paper patch?

An idea! I paperpatched 45 3 1/4 foran oldsharps with great results, however the thickness required combined with the aggresive pistol rifling would likely just strip the paper without imparting much spin

 

[HoustonDave]

Quick search says actual diameter of .32 is actually .336. So to a .357 bore you are talking a difference of .021. If you are double wrapping, you will need about .005" thick paper wrapped twice. That is #28 pound bond paper which you can even buy on Amazon. Please don't think I have tried it, I just did the math.

 

[skfullgun]

Too bad you aren't closer or I would make you an offer on those. I'm back into .32 S&W Long!

 

[Alan R McDaniel Jr]

I had a bunch of 32 cal cast (32-20) bullets that had been given to me. I didn't have anything 32 at that time. I simply ran them through my 30 cal sizer and loaded them in 30 Carbine. Years ago my grandfather had a Win 1907 in 351 SL. He had a 30 cal sleeve put in it and chambered in 30 carbine. I shoot the cast in it. I can't remember the weight of those bullets but if you shoot 30 cal they'd make great plinkers...

Alan

 

[Alan R McDaniel Jr]

As I think about it, the issue I had with that particular rifle was that with other than factory ammo (I don't buy any more factory ammo than I have to), .308 bullets (110 gr) regardless of make or material, would stick in the rifling. The throat must have been very short. If I loaded a round and fired it, no problem. If I loaded one and ejected it, it made a big mess with powder everywhere and a bullet stuck in the barrel. If I set them back the case was beyond the ogive and I'd get setback in the magazine (or in the ammo box). The 32-20 bullets had a different ogive and would not stick in the rifling.

I need to get that old rifle out and run a few rounds through it sometime...

Alan

 

[Coyote9]

Quick search says actual diameter of .32 is actually .336. So to a .357 bore you are talking a difference of .021. If you are double wrapping, you will need about .005" thick paper wrapped twice. That is #28 pound bond paper which you can even buy on Amazon. Please don't think I have tried it, I just did the math.

I will try a few, I was looking for sub sonic and low decibel ,so maybe the paper will impart some spin!?

 

[TXTad]

Did you ever figure out what to do with these?