.32 Remington
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| .32 Remington | ||||||||
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 .308 Winchester (left) .32 Remington (middle) .223 Remington (right) | ||||||||
| Type | Rifle | |||||||
| Place of origin | United States | |||||||
| Production history | ||||||||
| Designer | Remington Arms | |||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||
| Case type | rimless | |||||||
| Bullet diameter | 0.321 in (8.2 mm) | |||||||
| Neck diameter | 0.341 in (8.7 mm) | |||||||
| Shoulder diameter | 0.394 in (10.0 mm) | |||||||
| Base diameter | 0.418 in (10.6 mm) | |||||||
| Rim diameter | 0.418 in (10.6 mm) | |||||||
| Case length | 2.06 in (52 mm) | |||||||
| Overall length | 2.54 in (65 mm) | |||||||
| Rifling twist | 1 turn in 14" | |||||||
| Maximum pressure | 36,000 psi (250 MPa) | |||||||
| Maximum CUP | 37,000[1] CUP | |||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||
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| Test barrel length: 22 Source(s): Whelen, Townsend. The American Rifle. The Century Co: 1918, p. 263. | ||||||||
The .32 Remington (also known as the .32 Remington Auto-Loading or .32 Remington Rimless) is an American rifle cartridge. A rimless, smokeless powder design, this cartridge was once considered to be suitable for game larger than deer and black bear.[2] Similar contemporary cartridges include the rimmed .32 Winchester Special, a cartridge introduced by Winchester and offered as a chambering in Winchester's lever-action rifles.
Description
[edit]The .32 Remington cartridge was introduced in 1906 by Remington in the Remington Model 8 rifle. Other rifles chambered for the .32 Remington include the Remington Model 81, Remington Model 14 slide-action, Remington Model 30 bolt action, Stevens Model 425 lever-action, and Standard Arms Company rifles. Due to their similar dimensions, the .25 Remington, .30 Remington, and .32 Remington together were known as the Remington Rimless cartridge series.[3] Firearm manufacturers generally offered all three of these cartridges as chamberings in a rifle model rather than just one of the series.
This cartridge was also chambered in the Remington Model 141. The .35 Remington was also a part of the old Remington rimless lineup, although it is based on a rimless version of the .30-40 Krag. This cartridge is a ballistic twin of the .32 Winchester Special.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Max chamber pressure - saami specs. Return to the index to LASC. (n.d.). Retrieved May 1, 2023, from http://www.lasc.us/SAAMIMaxPressure.htm
- ^ Whelen, Townsend. The American Rifle. The Century Co: 1918, p. 230-232
- ^ Stebbins, Henry M. Rifles-A Modern Encyclopedia Stackpole Co.: 1958, p.182