Outdoorsman
Regular Member
I already own a 30-30 Winchester and a .35 Remington, should I bother with a .32 Win Spl? It's not that I need it, I just like leverguns and the more nostalgic calibers.
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Should I buy a .32 Winchester Special?
- Thread starter Outdoorsman
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Your answer.
thebigsd
Founder's Club Member
If you like it, buy it As long as you have the money, there's never a need to justify a gun purchase. Once you buy it post some pictures.
Outdoorsman
Regular Member
thebigsd
Founder's Club Member
You sound like my wife... the voice of reason.
And I sound like a gun salesman...lol
Outdoorsman
Regular Member
More like a little devil sitting on my shoulder!
Outdoorsman
Regular Member
I've been looking at both a Marlin and a Winchester. Can't decide which one to go with... that is "if" I go with one.
Gunslinger
Regular Member
Don't hunt, but own a 1976 made Winchester Model 94. Have loved that rifle since I was a boy--one of my favorite toy guns. Nothing matches it. It's hung on the wall, and while I enjoy shooting it from time to time, I mostly enjoy just looking at it. Great condition, about 98%. Got it at a gun show. While no other lever action is as iconic, why not get it if you want it? Lever action carbines make great home defense weapons, too. The .30-30 is not something I'd like to be shot with.
Outdoorsman
Regular Member
I want one or the other, just not both. I own both Marlins and Winchesters and love both. What's a guy to do?
Outdoorsman
Regular Member
Marlin or Winchester?
Outdoorsman
Regular Member
Outdoorsman
Regular Member
Here's what I suggest
buy both and then send me the Marlin since I have neither a Marlin nor a 32WS.
Let me think about that for a moment....hmmm, nope! I'll probably have to flip a coin.
Outdoorsman
Regular Member
Well, I can't decide. I guess I'll wait a while and see if anything else peaks my interest in the mean time.
The ammo is still available. What is nice is to make the case you just full length size a 30-30 case. The cases are almost identical, the principle difference the diameter of the neck.
See these.
http://stevespages.com/jpg/cd3030winchester.jpg
http://stevespages.com/jpg/cd32winchesterspecial.jpg
See these.
http://stevespages.com/jpg/cd3030winchester.jpg
http://stevespages.com/jpg/cd32winchesterspecial.jpg
Outdoorsman
Regular Member
It won't be a "wall-hanger", it will/would be a working, hunting rifle. The ammo is available, just not the cheapest on the block. As far as the .35 Whelen goes, I would like to get one some day, maybe in a Remington 760 or 7600. They have pretty bad recoil from what I hear (200gr at 2675fps, recoil is 22.6ft/lbs for an 8lb rifle), so I'm not in a rush to get that one.
