| .32 Winchester Special | ||||||||||||
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 .32 Winchester Special in 165 grain Hornady FTX (left) and 170 grain Remington SP (right) | ||||||||||||
| Type | Rifle | |||||||||||
| Place of origin | United States | |||||||||||
| Production history | ||||||||||||
| Designer | Winchester | |||||||||||
| Designed | 1899 | |||||||||||
| Produced | 1899–present | |||||||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||||||
| Parent case | .38-55 Winchester | |||||||||||
| Case type | Rimmed, bottleneck | |||||||||||
| Bullet diameter | .321 in (8.2 mm) | |||||||||||
| Land diameter | .315 in (8.0 mm)[1] | |||||||||||
| Neck diameter | .343 in (8.7 mm) | |||||||||||
| Shoulder diameter | .401 in (10.2 mm) | |||||||||||
| Base diameter | .422 in (10.7 mm) | |||||||||||
| Rim diameter | .506 in (12.9 mm) | |||||||||||
| Rim thickness | .063 in (1.6 mm) | |||||||||||
| Case length | 2.040 in (51.8 mm) | |||||||||||
| Overall length | 2.565 in (65.2 mm) | |||||||||||
| Case capacity | 45 gr H2O (2.9 cm3) | |||||||||||
| Rifling twist | 1 in 16 in (410 mm) | |||||||||||
| Primer type | Large rifle | |||||||||||
| Maximum pressure | 42,000 psi (290 MPa) | |||||||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||
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| Source(s): Hodgdon[2] | ||||||||||||
The .32 Winchester Special / 8.2x51mmR (or .32 WS) is a rimmed cartridge created in October 1898 for use in the Winchester Model 94 lever-action rifle.[3] It is similar in name but unrelated to the .32-20 Winchester cartridge (which is also known as .32 WCF).
- ^ "C.I.P. TDCC datasheet 32 Win. Spec" (PDF). CIP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-04-30.
- ^ ".32 Winchester Special (rifle) data Archived 2007-11-11 at the Wayback Machine" from Hodgdon
- ^ Hornady (2003). Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading. vol I (6th ed.). Grand Island, NE, USA: Hornady Mfg Co. pp. 488, 489.