Daniel Howe
US Veteran
Been looking for a new worth while project and was thinking about reloading the obsolete .32 rimfire ammo. Any body know where I can find brass? or is that why its obsolete? 
.32 rimfire brass, where can I find it?
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Green Frog
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You can still get 32 rim fire blanks for nail guns, but shootable 32 RF ammo? Not likely. There are several rigs people sell to reload 22 RF, so you might be able to adapt.
BTW, the 32 ammo imported about 20 years ago from Brazil by my friends at Navy Arms have entered collector status themselves and for whatever reason, the priming doesn’t seem to have held up very well... reliability leaves a lot to be desired. I’d love to see a fresh batch though.
Froggie
BTW, the 32 ammo imported about 20 years ago from Brazil by my friends at Navy Arms have entered collector status themselves and for whatever reason, the priming doesn’t seem to have held up very well... reliability leaves a lot to be desired. I’d love to see a fresh batch though.
Froggie
Ivan the Butcher
Member
32 RF, is typically not reloadable. Many people with RF rifles convert them to Center Fire, by either trimming the long dash style hammer face pins to a "Period" closest to the center of the hammer face. Or they have a floating firing pin, and fill the channel and redrill the breech block so it strikes the CF primer.
I have never seen a revolver conversion I could accept.
Ivan
I have never seen a revolver conversion I could accept.
Ivan
This thread needs a couple of clarifications. I bought a few cases of Navy Arms 32 Long and Short ammo about 30 years and have yet to have one misfire that I can recall. I still shoot a couple boxes a year. I did research years ago on velocities of original 32 Rimfire by shooting lots of original BP ammo. It appeared that the worse the box looked, the more misfires occurred. I believe that age had little to do with the viability of the Navy Arms or original 1800s ammo, but rather the improper storage of the cartridges.
Odd caliber rimfire brass used to be reloaded by back when you could get your hands on priming compound. Clean the fired cases, use priming coumpound like lead azide, lead styphnate and tetrazene derivatives, and spin the brass in an electric drill, then let it dry. Load and shoot. I am sure that it would be impossible to obtain the compound today. It was lots of work, but even by WWII there was only 22 Rimfire ammunition out there for sale so necessity was the mother of invention.
Odd caliber rimfire brass used to be reloaded by back when you could get your hands on priming compound. Clean the fired cases, use priming coumpound like lead azide, lead styphnate and tetrazene derivatives, and spin the brass in an electric drill, then let it dry. Load and shoot. I am sure that it would be impossible to obtain the compound today. It was lots of work, but even by WWII there was only 22 Rimfire ammunition out there for sale so necessity was the mother of invention.
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22lrfan
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Dixie Gun Works sells reloadable brass and aluminum cases for the .32 Rimfire. They use a .22 rimfire for the primer. Looks like both are currently out of stock. There are several YouTube videos on reloading the .32.
Here is an article . I believe the author to be one and the same as a member here.
.32 Rimfire: Getting a Long Obsolete Round Back into Action
.32 Rimfire: Getting a Long Obsolete Round Back into Action
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Daniel Howe
US Veteran
My Uncle Jim gave me a couple options for liguid primer. My problem now is I can't test them until I find some spent brass. He also gave me the tools he uses to reload .22lr.
Green Frog
Member
Gary, I'm very surprised to hear this. The last box of Navy Arms 32 rf I had gave about as many misfires as fires. I don't know whether my experience came as a result of buying a box of ammo that had suffered poor storage or what. I was using it in a good solid 32 rf low wall. ?Quien sabe?
Froggie
I have a website for a custom brass maker on my desktop that lists it.
Roberson Cartridge Company at rccbrass.com
I have never bought anything from these folks and have never heard of them other than finding the site while looking for something else, if anyone has any first hand knowledge about them please speak up.
Roberson Cartridge Company at rccbrass.com
I have never bought anything from these folks and have never heard of them other than finding the site while looking for something else, if anyone has any first hand knowledge about them please speak up.
