The .32 Winchester Special / 8.2x51mmR (or .32 WS) is a rimmed cartridge created in October 1898 for use in the Winchester Model 94 lever-action rifle. [3] It is similar in name but unrelated to the .32-20 Winchester cartridge (which is also known as .32 WCF).

The .32 Winchester Special has been the lifelong running mate of the .30-30 Winchester. It has never been as popular as the .30-30, but it has been popular enough to be one of the top ten best selling American centerfire rifle calibers for most of its life.

Aug 9, 2009 · The theory has always maintained that this was the purpose behind the .32 Winchester Special, to provide the shooter a platform with which he could reload blackpowder after shooting the smokeless factory round. There is a flaw in this theory however.

Aug 29, 2024 · Ballistically similar to the far more famous .30-30 Winchester, the .32 Special was unveiled as a cartridge available with smokeless powder, but which could be reloaded with black powder. Instead of the 1:12-inch rifling of the .30-30, Winchester offered the rifle with a …

The .32 Special was originally developed with smokeless powder, but the slower rifling twist of 1:16-inch was used to allow for reloading with black powder back around the turn of the 20th Century when the cartridge was introduced.

The .32 Winchester Special cartridge, which we have adapted our popular Model 1894 Rifle to handle, was developed to meet the demand of many sportsmen for a smokeless powder cartridge of larger caliber than the .30 Winchester, yet not so powerful as the .30 Army, and which could be loaded with black powder.

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Aug 10, 2018 · To feed those guns, Federal, Remington and Winchester offer essentially the same .32 Special load: a 170-grain bullet with a muzzle velocity of 2,250 fps. Eleven years ago Hornady added a 165-grain Flex Tip bullet in .32 Special to its LeverEvolution line.

The .32 Special is now being offered across the Model 94 line, including the Carbine (20" barrel), Short Rifle (20" barrel) and my personal favorite, the Model 94 Sporter Rifle. This deluxe version comes with a 24" barrel to extract the full catalog velocity from factory loaded ammunition.

Apr 30, 2013 · The Speer Bullets Reloading Manual No. 14 in its foreword on the .32 Spl. quotes the 1902 Winchester catalog as stating “Loaded with Smokeless powder and a 165-grain bullet, it (the .32...