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Listen to tabs; he is spot on.
Great old rifle, but nothing really collectable or anything. Which, of course, can only mean one thing - have fun shooting it.
The .30 WCF, aka ".30-30" was, from its inception, a smokeless round. I understand there may have been some black powder loads made available to apease those leery of smokeless, but I have never seen one.
The .32 Winchester Special was ballistcally equivelent as a smokeless load, but was sold primarily as a black powder round chambered in the same rifle. The slight increase to .32 over .30 caliber seems pretty insignificant, until you realize it was hot on the heels of a number of black powder .32's, like the .32-20, .32-40, and others. Lots of folks had suitable bullet molds for those, but not for a .30 caliber.
So, in essence, any rifle marked as a .30 WCF, .30-30, or .32 Winchester Special is suitable for smokeless. Load her up and have some fun.
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
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