Omni,
I do have a 32-40, it's an abused 1893 Marlin. 20" octagon barrel with rifle style nose cap & serpentine butt plate. It has a dark bore which shoots jacketed bullets fine, but my RCBS 32-170 FN needed to be a little harder to keep them from tumbling. Normally I cast 7 parts wheel weight mixed with 1 part 60/40 solder, but I had to thicken the batch with 3 parts wheel weights to 1 part 60/40 solder. I did shoot a doe at about 60 yards, clean kill with the John Wayne stuff. This is a fun one, easy to load for.
The pictures I posted look like a cross breed between a Winchester and a Ballard. Wish I could remember where I found the pictures.
AntiqueSledMan.