Sharps - Borchardt

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Ah! You didn't say "32-40 Ballard" in your post. Here in my cowboy America we have a late-1800's cartridge called the 32-40 Winchester, with many lever action rifles chambered for it. Quite different cartridge from the 32-40 Ballard.

Sounds like a fun project in any caliber.

I hope you have better luck with your forearm than I did. It came out perfect until I treated it with BLO and it turned much darker than I expected.

Rich,

I think 32-40 winchester and 32-40 Ballard are the same caliber.

Weren't you thinking 32-20 WCF? That's the ''Cowboy'' caliber.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by kurusu

Rich,

I think 32-40 winchester and 32-40 Ballard are the same caliber.

Weren't you thinking 32-20 WCF? That's the ''Cowboy'' caliber.

"D'OH!!!". My mistake. I thought it might be the 32-40 Bullard. Much straighter cartridge than the 32-40 Ballard. The 32-40 Winchester seems to have been fairly popular in my area. Back in 1992, the corner Gas&Go had a box of it sitting on the shelf along with several other calibers. I bought the box for a friend who had five old Winchester lever actions.

Bob, please post pics as you progress. Always a treat to see people who actually get their hands dirty, instead of parts changers.