The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - Interesting. When I was a kid, a cousin's family had two

Interesting. When I was a kid, a cousin's family had two (reply)

Slow Hand — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:20:19 +0000

I picked one of those up several years ago with the intent of a quick and easy conversion to .32 SWL. It has the rimfire firing pin and at the time, Wideners had centerfire ones available. I messed around and never ordered one and now they are out of stock and they said they weren’t sure when they would make any more. This one is pretty rough, but it seems like it’s all there. It’s kind of an oddball as it has a longer than standard barrel. I forget now what was standard but this one was 4” longer, I believe. If it weren’t so rough, it might have some collector value but I doubt it in its current condition. Yet another project I need to work on…

Interesting. When I was a kid, a cousin's family had two (reply)

Slow Hand — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:17:26 +0000

I had a little Rolling block years ago in .32 RF. Back when you could easily buy Navy Arms ammo. I shot it some and it was fun. A slightly bigger .22. I think that one was a Meriden? It had a big cone on the take down lever/screw so it would continue to stay tight as the gun wore.

I currently have a Remington Roller that I am in the process of converting to .32 SWL. That project, like others, has floundered on the work bench for far too long.

Rimfire adapters on Gunbroker (reply)

AaronB — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:27:04 +0000

Sure enough, there's a fellow on Gunbroker who makes these for .32, .38, and .41 Short Rimfire.

If he were to make a run in .44 Henry Rimfire I bet he'd sell a few, even as pricey as they are (and I can't blame him for the price, there's a lot of machining in those adapters).

Rimfire Adapters on Gunbroker

-AaronB

Interesting. When I was a kid, a cousin's family had two (reply)

A K Church — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 06:34:22 +0000

The most interesting one I ever saw was a Marlin 1992, which a long-ago acquaintance in Lenexa Kansas had.

It was factory set up for either a .32RF, or with a firing pin switch, a .32CF....32 SC best I recall. Big coin slotted screw on the receiver visually just like a Marlin 39 screw, but to retain a sideplate.

Interesting. When I was a kid, a cousin's family had two (reply)

JohnKDM — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:14:12 +0000

32RF single shot rifles - Remingtons, IIRC. One was in really nice condition and the other was well used. They also had several ancient boxes of ammo in short and long format. We were really interested in the 'big 22lr' so we fired a few rounds and put them back in the rack. I bet they were quite effective rabbit rollers during the Depression.

His parents are long dead, but I bet he still has the guns and ammo.

.32 S&W Rimfire rides again!

AaronB — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:23:23 +0000

For old-timey gun wonks this is pure gold...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtWPY0LN7u4

If you see any old-timey gun wonks, be sure and let 'em know...

-AaronB