I bought a 1st change 32-20 S&W to go with my Winchester 92. Its a great little cartridge, a little tender at the mouth...maybe worse than the 44-40 due to its smaller opening. You learn to be a little careful after you crush a few slammin and bang'em.
I keep my rifle cartridges in red boxes and pistol in green, you shouldn't push the pistol cartridges as fast as you can the rifle.
I've got a rolling block .357 Uberti that would make a decent conversion, I'm currently having too much fun with .357/38 to make the change to 32-20. 32-20 can be pushed to M1 carbine velocities and similarly will "shoot plumb through a man".
Rural Southern L.E. types that had to purchase their own firearms liked the 32-20, I often wondered if ole Barney Fife carried a 32-20. The first model I picked up looked like a Barney type used it bang up wanted posters, either that or a shop keeper used it as a hammer to pound in tacks.
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