Shooting 32/40 BPCR Low Wall

[Marty]

Hi Fellow BP Shooters,
I have shoot 45/70 BPC, but have been thinking of shooting a smaller cartridge, i.e. 32/40. The reason being to use at shorter ranges such as 100-200meter shoots. I know it has accuracy potential, but just heard from another shooter that it has fouling concerns due to the smaller bore size, and I would be better off w. another calibre such as 38/55. I can understand the bore concerns from a muzzleloader viewpoint, but I thought as BPC it would be fine. Pope shot this calibre a lot. I was thinking of spinning the 45L.Colt barrel off a Browning Low Wall and rebarreling in this calibre.

Any comments. Will this work well as I had planned for short range target matches? Thanks for looking.

Marty

[bfoster]

Though I shoot a 32-40 frequently I can't address your concern regarding fouling directly. My rifle is a schüetzen chambered Ballard: I breech seat and duplex load. With the use of as little as 2.4 grains of 4759 there is no black powder fouling buildup with most lots of Goex FF.

Bob

[Marty]

Thanks for the input. I will bear this in mind when the time comes to start loading. I think I will serously consider using this calibre. This will be a little way off since I have not acquired the basic rifle yet to rechamber. I have seen the Ballard site and do admire their rifles.

Marty