I got a Smith and Wesson that'll shoot plum through a man.

[C Broad Arrow]

Saw this one today, but it is a 32 S&W. $300

 

[Muley Gil]

If you have the money, buy it. Those grips are worth the price all by themselves.

 

[Plain Old Dave]

Update: I am waiting to fire my qualification for the NRA Pistol Instructor certificate with the 32-20.

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[Green Frog]

That ought to raise a few eyebrows! Go out there and show them what old school can do!

Froggie

 

[Plain Old Dave]

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[Plain Old Dave]

Seven yards, standing Weaver SA. When I'm shooting for accuracy, I fire a group at the first bullet hole. 32-20s are accurate, and I ain't a bad shot. But 5-Shot can cook. That's his handload.

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[Plain Old Dave]

HSM 115s don't do bad. Bit snappy through this pistola, but the bullnose should make this a dandy defensive load.

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[Tadeus67]

If I send for my baby, and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none
And if she gets unruly, thinks she don't wan' do
If she gets unruly and thinks she don't wan' do
Take my 32-20, now, and cut her half in two
She got a .38 special but I believe it's most too light
She got a .38 special but I believe it's most too light
I got a 32-20, got to make the caps alright
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none
I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my gatling gun
I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gotta shoot my gatling gun
You made me love you, now your man have come
Ah-oh, baby, where you stayed last night?
Ah-ah, baby, where you stayed last night?
You got your hair all tangled and you ain't talking right
Her .38 special, boys, it do very well
Her .38 special, boys, it do very well
I got a 32-20 now, and it's a-burning
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Wisconsin sure can't help her none
Hey, hey, baby, where you stayed last night?
Hey, hey, baby, where you stayed last night?
You didn't come home until the sun was shining bright
Ah-oh boy, I just can't take my rest
Ah-oh boy, I just can't take my rest
With this 32-20 laying up and down my breast

Composer Robert Johnson 32-20 Blues © Peermusic Publishing, The Bicycle Music Company

 

[Plain Old Dave]

First 32-20 and maybe the first wheelgun at the new Point Blank Range and Gun Shop in Knoxville. 100gr JSPs at 7 yards.

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[Warren Sear]

The Sudden End of an Unhappy Marriage - The Knoxville Mercury

Pull:

A strong believer in his personal rights, Clyde carried a .32-20 handgun. You never know when you'll need it.

Decades ago, Knoxville was a rough town. And a lot of the depression-era rough people carried .32-20s. This story may be one of the reasons people around here said a .32-20'd shoot right through a man. In 1940, there was a very good chance this pistol was a Smith or possibly a Colt PPS.

Wails, they at wuz back in the days when men wuz men an so wuz the wimmin.

 

[Plain Old Dave]

Rastoff's Challenge, with two kinds of ammo.

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[Buford57]

Those old timers knew their guns. When I started hunting my boss advised me to find a 30-40 Krag because it would "shoot clean through a telephone pole". I did, and it would but then Remington quit loading 220 grain Cor-Lokts and they closed the season on phone poles.

 

[Plain Old Dave]

And now a companion rifle...

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[handejector]

Those old timers knew their guns. When I started hunting my boss advised me to find a 30-40 Krag because it would "shoot clean through a telephone pole". I did, and it would but then Remington quit loading 220 grain Cor-Lokts and they closed the season on phone poles.

Please share a good recipe for phone poles.
I'm from the South, so some method of frying would be nice.

 

[DWalt]

And now a companion rifle...

Savage once made the bolt-action Model 23 in .32-20. I once had a friend with one, He had scoped it, even used it on deer. I think there is a place for something similar in .32-20 today as a short to medium range varmint gun. Should be good out to 125-150 yards, little noise or recoil, and better than any of the .22 RFs. Not many available today chambered in .32-20, other than those guns made for CAS, and maybe Thompson-Centers.

 

[Plain Old Dave]

Savage once made the bolt-action Model 23 in .32-20. I once had a friend with one, He had scoped it, even used it on deer. I think there is a place for something similar in .32-20 today as a short to medium range varmint gun. Should be good out to 125-150 yards, little noise or recoil, and better than any of the .22 RFs. Not many available today chambered in .32-20, other than those guns made for CAS, and maybe Thompson-Centers.

This one IS a .32-20....

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[tennexplorer]

Sometimes, modern parts will fit. I fitted a .312" combat trigger to a WW I era .32-20 back in the '70s.

Make a post in the gunsmithing section and I'll bet tennexplorer will know.

It's an "it depends" answer. There are three major variations. Take the sideplate off. Take a closeup picture of the hand and the trigger and then one of the inside of the sideplate. Then we can tell what will fit.

 

[tennexplorer]

Please share a good recipe for phone poles.
I'm from the South, so some method of frying would be nice.

Lee, no! The creosoted ones are high in cholesterol.

 

[Buford57]

Please share a good recipe for phone poles.
I'm from the South, so some method of frying would be nice.

The creosote provided the oil for deep frying, but other than that the only thing I remember is that you don't need toothpicks.

 

[k22fan]

I owned one of the Savage (Model 23?) .32-20 bolt actions 30 years ago. It was to be a companion piece to my .32-20 M&P Target which I was persuaded to sell. That Savage had excess head space which the model was prone to have. The short story is gunsmiths said it was not worth fixing. If I had it to do over I'd have bought the same rifle in .25-20 and necked down .32-20 brass leaving the shoulder far enough forward to fit the chamber.

During the early 1990s Marlin made their pistol cartridge size tubular magazine lever action in both .25-20 and .32-20. I would prefer that rifle.