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To: You Gotta Be Kidding Me
I own a Remmington Pepperbox .32 derringer that was made in the early 1870s. MAN, if only it could talk!!! The damn thing still fires .32 rimfire rounds that have not been made since the 1920s. I have a box of .32 rimfire "shorts".

Whatever you do, don't fire smokeless rounds in it, it will come apart. I used to have an old Smith & Wesson No.2 Army form 1868 that fired .32 rimfire.

27 posted on 11/12/2003 2:00:59 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: Inyo-Mono
Whatever you do, don't fire smokeless rounds in it, it will come apart. I used to have an old Smith & Wesson No.2 Army form 1868 that fired .32 rimfire.

I made the gun dealer test fire it with .32 rimfire shorts (it worked fine). They sold it as a shooter thinking that I couldn't find .32 rimfire rounds (idiots). It's actually chambered for .32 rimrire "longs" (black powder, of course). I have 10 rounds of .32 rimfire "longs" and about 100 .32 rimfire "shorts". I was thinking of having a friend re-load them with black powder, so I could fire the short rounds, while keeping the longs.

In any event, an antique gun that can be proven to fire is worth more than a mere relic. I kept the 4 spent .32 rimfire "short" casings.

29 posted on 11/12/2003 2:11:29 PM PST by You Gotta Be Kidding Me
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