.32 Remington | ||
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.308 Winchester (Left) .32 Remington (Middle) .223 Remington (Right) |
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Type | Rifle | |
Place of origin | United States | |
Production history | ||
Designer | Remington Arms | |
Specifications | ||
Case type | rimless | |
Bullet diameter | 0.321 in (8.2 mm) | |
Neck diameter | 0.341 in (8.7 mm) | |
Shoulder diameter | 0.394 in (10.0 mm) | |
Base diameter | 0.418 in (10.6 mm) | |
Rim diameter | 0.418 in (10.6 mm) | |
Case length | 2.06 in (52 mm) | |
Overall length | 2.54 in (65 mm) | |
Rifling twist | 1 turn in 14" | |
Maximum pressure | 36000 PSI | |
Ballistic performance | ||
Bullet weight/type | Velocity | Energy |
165 gr (10.7 g) | 2,112 ft/s (644 m/s) | 1,682 ft·lbf (2,280 J) |
Test barrel length: 22 Source(s): Whelen, Townsend. The American Rifle. The Century Co: 1918, p. 263. |
The .32 Remington (also known as the .32 Remington Auto-Loading or .32 Remington Rimless) is an American rifle cartridge. A rimless, smokeless powder design, this cartridge was once considered to be suitable for game larger than deer and black bear.[1] Similar contemporary cartridges include the rimmed .32 Winchester Special, a cartridge introduced by Winchester and offered as a chambering in Winchester's lever action rifles.
The .32 Remington cartridge dates to 1906 and its introduction by Remington in the Remington Model 8 rifle. Other rifles chambered for the .32 Remington include the Remington Model 81, Remington Model 14 slide-action, Remington Model 30 bolt action, Stevens Model 425 lever-action, and Standard Arms Company rifles. Due to their similar dimensions, the .25 Remington, .30 Remington, and .32 Remington together were known as the Remington Rimless cartridge series.[2] Firearm manufacturers generally offered all three of these cartridges as chamberings in a rifle model rather than just one of the series.
This cartridge was chambered in the Remington Model 141 also. The 35 Remington was also a part of the old Remington rimless lineup. This cartridge is a ballistic twin of the 32 Winchester Special.