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Posted: 9/19/2004 10:13:11 AM EDT

My wife picked up a Nagant revolver at the fun show yesterday. Ammo is incredibly expensive and we are not set up to reload. My question is does anyone know where we can pick up a .32 cylinder for it?
Thanks

Posted: 9/19/2004 10:37:05 AM EDT

[#1]

Makarov.com had them but appear to be sold out.

Posted: 9/19/2004 11:12:10 AM EDT

[#2]

The.32 ACP round has a larger diamter than the 7.62 Nagant. It is bad for the barrel to do this.

I use .32 H&R mag ammo. It works fine.

Posted: 9/19/2004 11:49:02 AM EDT

[#3]

The 32 cylinder doesn't work well in a high proportion of the guns.

Some of them like mine it is a simple drop in. Others you hear a lot of compliants.

Lee has a low cost reloading solution using 32-20 Starline brass.

Dennis Jenkins

Quoted:
My wife picked up a Nagant revolver at the fun show yesterday. Ammo is incredibly expensive and we are not set up to reload. My question is does anyone know where we can pick up a .32 cylinder for it?
Thanks

Posted: 9/24/2004 7:25:12 AM EDT

[#4]

reload it with resized .32-20 WCF brass reformed, there a few companys which make the correct re sizing dies, and 7.26 bullets are cheep and everywere.

Posted: 9/24/2004 7:58:25 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
The.32 ACP round has a larger diamter than the 7.62 Nagant. It is bad for the barrel to do this.

I use .32 H&R mag ammo. It works fine.

You shoot .32 H&R mag ammo in the original cylinder? No problems?

Posted: 9/24/2004 1:49:41 PM EDT

[#6]

Nope, No problems.
I have heard of guys using .32 S&W short, .32 S&W long, and .32-20 with good success as well.

Posted: 9/25/2004 2:38:11 PM EDT

[#7]

What is the size of the bullets for .32 long, short, and H&R mag? I should know this off hand, because I actually have dies for them, but haven't gotten around to loading them. .32ACP is .312.

Edited to add: I just checked in Sierra's manual. .32 S&W long, short, and H&R all take .312 cal. bullets also, so why is the .32 bullet out of the ACP any different?

One last item. the 7.62X25 round also is listed in Sierra's manual as using .312, even though in most data I've seen says it also utilizes .308. I have found that the individual guns(C&Rs) vary greatly in the size of the bore.

Posted: 9/25/2004 7:37:18 PM EDT

[#8]

Just for the heck of it, I measured the bore with a caliper. No, that is not the best way to do it, but it measured .312.

I measured my CZ-52 also. It's bore measured .308.

Posted: 9/25/2004 9:02:50 PM EDT

[#9]

Bullet diameter 7.62 Nagant - .295
.32 S&W long/short - .312
.32 H&R mag / .32-20 - . 312
.32ACP - .309
7.62 X 25 - .307

The big difference is Lead bullets, not jacketed.

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