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anyone hunt deer with a 32/20?

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haven't personally...but my grandpa did for table meat. My mom said most of his success was thru a knothole in the barn...

might keep the range down...:)


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Wish I had one to find out!



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The Jordan buck was killed by the even wimpier 25/20.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnpine/jordanbuck.html

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I'd probably choose a .25-20 over a 32-20 if those were the only options. Penetration with the .25 would be a bit better. Neither would my preference however.


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I'm taking my 25-20 out Friday and Saturday for the early doe season. I've loaded some 70grn Sierra Blitzkings to about 1750fps, and they punch through 3 one gallon milk jugs filled with water (15"), and really do a number on the first two. The 75grn Speer penetrate more, but don't expand much at all.

I'm planning on taking bow type shots with the little 25-20 carbine. 40yrds or less broadside or slight quartering away. It's just a way to put a little more 'hunt' into the gun season.

I don't know why I've always wanted to use a 25-20 on a deer, but I've done the testing and load work, and will finally make it happen this week.

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No deer, but I have seen a couple of lions taken with the cartridge. Worked as good as any and better than several others I could name. It certainly would not be my choice for western deer hunting.


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Killed my first deer, a 3x3 blacktail with a 25-20 back in the day. Put it were it belongs and it's game over.



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I've never hunted deer with the 32-20 but the old timers told me that back in the day when most used a shot gun and rifles were M92's or 73s that the common deer rifle was 32-20 here. If you wanted a really big gun you used a 44-40. Kind of amusing what with all the super mag whiz bangs that some think they need today for a poor little old deer.


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I agree totally!

I use a .243 and it is PLENTY of gun to take down anything I hunt with 1 shot


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Originally Posted by Colorado1135
I agree totally!

I use a .243 and it is PLENTY of gun to take down anything I hunt with 1 shot



There's a big difference between the .243 and a .32-20.

Oh, and that Jordan buck took about the whole magazine and he died in a different state from the one he was shot in.

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Originally Posted by Boggy Creek Ranger
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Kind of amusing what with all the super mag whiz bangs that some think they need today for a poor little old deer.


I should have included this quote with my reply. believe it or not, I do know there is a difference between a .243 and 32-20.
my elk rifle is a 30-30 and there is a big difference between those, too.


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I knocked over some steel plates at 100 yards with a 32/20 handgun.
Figure at bow ranges and with a rifle instead of a handgun, the 32/20 would work for deer. Don't think I would shoot over 100 yards with it tho. just my experience from seeing them plates fall over at 100 yards.


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It isn't what you shoot them with, it is where you shoot them that makes the difference , i would use the 32-20 or 25-20 if that is all i had to hunt with and have no dough i would take home a deer with either.


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Originally Posted by bea175
It isn't what you shoot them with, it is where you shoot them that makes the difference , i would use the 32-20 or 25-20 if that is all i had to hunt with and have no dough i would take home a deer with either.


Know of many deer killed with 22 lr's and 22mg if gun is in capable hands.


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I hunt with 32-20 1892 at times. Reloads with 90 xtps IIRC too. Killed at least 4 deer or maybe 5, a few hogs and a javelina so far. No shots much over 40 yards yet. No losses either. They don't go very far at all actually so far, but I've lung shot all so far except the javelina which was facing me quartering and caught the neck.

The big issues as noted, know what you are using and what its limits are and stay within those limits.

BTW never retained a bullet either....


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Originally Posted by rost495
I hunt with 32-20 1892 at times. Reloads with 90 xtps IIRC too. Killed at least 4 deer or maybe 5, a few hogs and a javelina so far. No shots much over 40 yards yet. No losses either. They don't go very far at all actually so far, but I've lung shot all so far except the javelina which was facing me quartering and caught the neck.

The big issues as noted, know what you are using and what its limits are and stay within those limits.

BTW never retained a bullet either....



Same exact experience here. Winchester M92 saddle ring carbine with reloads pushing a Hornady 100 gr XTP bullet has proven to be quite effective on whitetails at responsible ranges and popping the flesh balloon. Never recovered a bullet as well.

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going to use a 1889 marlin in 32/20 with a 120grain rnfp

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I hunt with a modern marlin 1894 in 32-20 with tang sights. I use the speer gold dot 115gr bullet designed for the .327 federal. I'm using a load of Lil'gun that gives 1850fps. I limit shots to inside 50 yards standing broadside. It works.


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I've killed deer and hogs with the .32-20......from a single action revolver!! It's not something I would choose "deliberately" to hunt such game, but when the opportunity is there, you use what you have with you.

In my experience the .32-20 (loaded with hard-cast bullets of 115 grain bullets) is in nearly the same class as the .357 from a handgun. Should work quite weel from a rifle as long as range is limited and shots exactly placed.


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