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Old 08-04-2006, 11:06 AM
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Oh, I just ran a search. Not even The Old Western Scrounger has 32 rimfire ammo.

As an interesting sidenote, there were once the following 32 rimfire rounds made in the U.S.:

32 Extra Short
32 Short
32 Long
32 Long Rifle
32 Extra Long

The 32 Long was originally a revolver round before later being chambered in rifles, including the Stevens. It used a slightly heavier bullet than the 32 Short, carrying a 90-gr bullet over 12 to 13 grains of blackpowder. Very popular as a small game round because it did not destroy meat, it had a maximum accurate range of about 50 yards.

Supposedly, Navy Arms Co had some of this ammo made for them in Brazil in about 1990, but it is long gone.
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