32-20
I had a hard time selling the 1870 because it was a 32-20. I would ask "Are you going to shoot it?" They would respond, no but it would be a cooler gun to hang on the wall if it were in a better cartridge.
I'd say that cartridge, if not dead, is in hospice an rattling.
Hey Amigo , I hope they did not beat you up too bad and if they did you probably had better not look at GunBroker completed sales . Unless they are a beat up turd they bring GOOD money.
True if one dabbles in 32-20 reloading is mandatory ! Sometimes troublesome to reload a few simple tricks make it no worse then anything else.
Also true is the old guns , while big fun are not where you are going to find sparkling performance. Good but anemic.
In a strong , modern gun made of modern steel 32-20 can go toe to toe with the 327 fed.
New guns available , you bet, if you look hard . While all seem to be Single Actions several are available Ruger , Freedom Arms ,Uberti , Thompson Center and even USFA had it as an option. Marlin did a small run of lever guns several years ago.
When sold ALL command a oddball hard to find premium price.
If pressed towards honesty I would admit when hot rodding a 32 I usually go with a 327 ,,,,, it's just that much easier to get the same results. It may eventually take out the 32-20 but,,,,,,
For now it still has legions of true believers .
But then again I still shoot 225 Winchester, so obviously I seldom see the writing on the wall.