How to Convert a Rolling Block from 32 Rimfire to 32-20 WCF | MidwayUSA Gunsmithing 

This is EXACTLY what I am in the process of doing! Stumbled upon your video just after I purchased (from Midway, of course) a chambering ream in 32-20 with the intent of converting a really nice little .32 rimfire rolling block I bought at auction. I'd reamed the chamber by hand ( just as you showed), but haven't yet converted the breech block. Now I know exactly how to do so! Thank you!!!

Just watched this now, ...4 years late to the party I know but the video's still super interesting. Subbed MidwayUSA.

Absolutely amazing. He makes everything look so easy

In my humble opinion, only a true master should ever attempt to convert a rimfire rifle to center-fire. That's some heavy-duty work right there.

You the man Mr. Potterfield!!!! Outstanding work again!

Love these videos. Even though i may never do the work depicted, i still learn a lot. I plan to get a RB someday soon, hopefully in 7x57, although 43 Spanish might be feasible. So it was nice to see the mechanicals of the rifle. A conversion like this would be a fun light rifle.

i have always had the upmost respect for you and your firearm knowledge. thank you!

Your a true master. Thankyou for this video. I would love to become a gunsmith one day!

You make hard professional work look easy. I know that all that knowledge and the midas touch came from many years of apprenticeship and the love of guns. Thank you for sharing all the video's with us You tubers.

Great conversion!

It is always great viewing your presentations, sir.Semper Fi

Always enjoy watching you work fine job once agian thanks for the great videos

Man this guy must be some sort of a genius just absolute awesome

So calm and peaceful, he is like the Rob Ross of gunsmiths

you have got to love the simplicity of these

As always, thanks Larry!

i don't even own a rifle/lever-action gun, but man is this fun to watch! 10/10

We're not worthy we're not worthy!! You sir, are the man!! You ever need an apprentice, just LMK!! 🙏🙏🤠🇺🇸🤘🤙

this is my dream job,you are a very lucky individual sir!

One day, I hope to be fortunate enough to own a shootable rolling block rifle.

Love your videos! Thank you for your hard work and expertise!

O senhor trabalha muito bem!!!

The Bob Ross of the gun world.

32-20, is my favorite cartridge.

Belo trabalho de usinagem!

Conversion to .32 Long Colt might be a better option than going to .32-20, as nice as that round is. The rim diameters are very close, the extractor wouldn't need to be modified. .32 Long Colt ammo is readily available. I'll be looking at one of these in a few days, and while I have about 90 rounds of .32 Short rimfire ammo I am loath to shoot it, the stuff is very expensive.

Esse senhor entende mesmo,nota 10

Great master ji

Good job sir

I would love to have this rifle.

I wanna be Larry Potterfield when I grow up.

I really enjoy your contributions Mr. Pottersfield. Do you know of any practical conversions for the model 6?

Profissional é outra coisa!!!

This is so cool

My local gun shop has three of these Remingtons, all in .32 Rimfire, but they're too nice to rechamber. Would be nice to find a shooter to do this too, but I don't have the equipment, would cost me a few bucks to do.

Ok, I enjoy your videos a lot but four minutes into this one I have a question; after drilling, tapping, and chamfering the original firing pin hole could you use a pipe plug instead of a screw? My thoughts are that it could be installed flush and would eliminate the next step of milling off the screw head. Now I'm going to watch the rest of the video to see why that wouldn't work, lol.

Good advice

fascinating

I like the screw method for filling in an old hole. But why not weld it closed? are these parts too old and delicate to handle the welder?

Beautiful work but how in the blazes did they build those guns back then

A tour de force!

Man I'd have to do that firing pin thing about 10 times on 10 junk guns before I had the confidence to do it on something really nice.

I have to wonder if just reaming the chamber on my 1892 Marlin will allow firing available .32-20 (with the cf firing pin in it of course). .32 colt ammo is harder to find for me. Subbed !

I've got a #4 rolling block that needs the same work.

Just when i thought i knew jack squat about guns, i now know jack squatter, mind blown

what cartridge has similar dimensions to a 32-20 but with a larger (wider) case and same rim as a 30-30? i have a ballard in an unknown caliber even after casting the chamber (32-20 was too small diameter wise)

Why not 327 federal magnum? I'm certain the rolling block could handle the pressure.

I wish I could afford for u to work on a old Hamilton .22 I have... it's been in the family for years and its basically the pre making of the daisy guns.

Those 32 long rf are a lot like the 22mini magnum loads

Just how many of these .32 rolling blocks did Larry pick up? O.o

how much would it cost to have a stevens favorite converted? i have one in 32 rimfire and id really like to shoot it.

Is this possible on a h&r bulldog 6 shooter .32, i know they operate different but ya

Hello Larry 👋 wondering if it's possible to convert a deteriorated 30-30 1894 barrel and install a 25-35 barrel instead ?

I would have to ask about the chamber pressure and safety of this conversion. The .32 rimfire was originally a black powder round with relatively low pressures especially compared to the .32-20. How do make certain that reaming more material from the chamber that it will handle the chamber pressures? If so, maybe a .32 h&r rechamber would be a bit more reasonable.

Larry , would doing this conversion in a #4 solid frame ( early non-takedown ) "boys rifle" be too much for the firearm? if so would .32 S&W long be a good choice ?

Can a 22 lr bolt action be rechambered to 22 Magnum

Where do you get this tools my friend???? Put the link There for us please.

how to modify carbine 9mm flobert please ?

Could a Stevens in 32 rim fire be converted?

Info I have found says .32 rimfire bullet is .316" and .32-20 is .312". Isn't that a problem for accuracy? Am I missing something? Thanks.

what is the cost to do this work

After originally seeing this video it gave me the idea to do my Marlin 1895 guide gun in 45-70 I took it apart ordered the tools and turned in to a 45-110

Great conversion, would be interesting to see the cost of that. There's a lot of work involved and its a permanent conversion. Would make far more sense to just manufacture the correct ammunition in the first place.

Does the new firing pin need to be hardened?

just hold my beer and ill do this job in my garage.

Larry . what can be done for a favorite stevens 25rimfire caliber???? any type conversion??

1:46 Please do not google rimming! You will be surprised;)

your perfect

How did hi find the angle of the new pin?

How To Convert your rifle from centerfire to rimfire? Please

Y’all think it would be possible to convert an old 32 rimfire to 32 ACP?

Hello friends, I would like to know if it is possible to do the opposite? convert the 32-20 rifle into a cal. 32 since in Brazil I can't get more ammunition from the 32-20 help me please, I have a winshester 1892 rifle in perfect condition but I can't use it since I can't get that ammunition anymore, if possible put a video making the conversion rifle opposite would be very grateful and happy. thank you friends

The real 'one more step' is to remark the cartridge on the barrel.

Great video, he didn't show how the firing pin is secured.

wouldn't redoing the firing pin be all you'd need to do to fire the common 32 long centre fire

losqueremos en español porfabor son muy buenos

Will you do my Servers M1915 lol

Do you ever worry bout the gun not working right after you do a job like this

why does he sound like hank hill?

only bad part of the video was using a JET mill...

سبحان الله اقول هنه وهنه يجوز شرعا لا اله الا الله .قال ألله تعالى(لَا يَتَّخِذِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٢٨ آل عمران﴾ مِنْهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ ﴿١١٠ آل عمران﴾ وَاللَّهُ وَلِيُّهُمَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١٢٢ آل عمران﴾ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١٦٠ آل عمران﴾ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١١ المائدة﴾ إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ ﴿٢ الأنفال﴾ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا لَهُمْ دَرَجَاتٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ ﴿٤ الأنفال﴾ وَالَّذِينَ آوَوْا وَنَصَرُوا أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٧٤ الأنفال﴾ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٥١ التوبة﴾ وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنْفِرُوا كَافَّةً ﴿١٢٢ التوبة﴾ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١١ ابراهيم﴾ قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١ المؤمنون﴾ لَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا ﴿١٢ النور﴾ وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ﴿٣١ النور﴾ إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ﴿٦٢ النور﴾ لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمِنْ بَعْدُ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٤ الروم﴾ هُنَالِكَ ابْتُلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَزُلْزِلُوا زِلْزَالًا شَدِيدًا ﴿١١ الأحزاب﴾ وَلَمَّا رَأَى الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْأَحْزَابَ قَالُوا هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ ﴿٢٢ الأحزاب﴾ إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ ﴿١٠ الحجرات﴾ إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ﴿١٥ الحجرات﴾ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١٠ المجادلة﴾ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١٣ التغابن﴾

That 32-20 shoots awful quiet

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Convert a .38 revolver to fire .357 ammo

Why is there a F##king band playing?