alchemist11
Bearcat
Been reading about in articles and forums how people have been shooting 32-20's out of their 30 carbine Blackhawks with great success. I was never attracted to doing it because of the fragile bottleneck case necks. BUT I was curious about how they would fit in the cylinder. Reports are that it would work with some cylinders and not others depending on the years of production. I dropped a 32-20 case into one of the chambers of the 30 carbine cylinder and it just disappeared inside it. What the hell?!?!?!? I've never heard of that before. The diameter of the chambers seems awfully generous, but with the 30 carbine case head spacing on the mouth, it fits perfectly. I've also heard that shooting 327 federal magnums in a 30 carbine is possible and a 327 case fits perfectly because it head space on the rim altho the chamber seems a bit ample. Anyway I've never heard of such outrageous specs in the cylinders of the 30 carbines. They must really have varied greatly depending on the years of production which makes absolutely no sense!