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There must be something to this because there has been a resurgence of the Schuetzen game, and single shot rifle manufacturers like C. 32-40 can hold its own with modern day match cartridges out to 300 yards. There was also a popular wildcat target cartridge based on the. In its heyday, some of the finest single shot target rifles of that era were chambered for the. This has been accomplished using both black and smokeless powder, and combinations there-of behind cast bullets, breach seated, or fixed ammunition. Many bench rest and Schuetzen records have been set with the. 32-40 lacks in velocity and energy it more than makes up for in accuracy. By today's standards, even this High Velocity load is out dated, but it will still do for small to medium size deer out to 100 yards. 32-40 to within 200 to 300 fps of the early. 32-40, and smokeless powder came in vogue, a new High Velocity hunting load with a 165 grain jacketed soft point bullet at between 18 fps was introduced. When Marlin and Winchester started producing the lever rifles for the. It was used primarily as a target round because the original loading (165 grain lead bullet between 14 fps) left much to be desired as a hunting round when compared to the. 32-40 it was supposed to be a combination hunting and target cartridge. Marlin also chambered some of their lever action rifles for the. Then Marlin jumped on the bandwagon, probably when they started manufacturing the Ballard rifle. 32-40 was actually a Ballard development the WCF tag came later. 32-40 WCF began life in 1884 as a new chambering for single shot rifles.