At $200, you stole it. One, it has to be a pre-64 rifle and two the round was dropped from the line sometime, I believe in the 1950s. I recently picked up a minty M94 flat band in .32 WS and it cost me $400. I haven't shot it yet. The rifle, if the bore is in real good shape, is a best buy if you want to shoot cast bullets. The 30-30 came with a 1 in 12" twist rate for the barrel while the .32 WS has a 1 in16" twist. Why such a radical difference for two such very similar cartridges shooting the same weight bullets? very simple. People were used to relaoding with black powder. Smokelss powder was still trhe new guy in town and there were accidents. People at the time were just a bit leery of relaoding with smokelss powder. Enter the .32WS with it's slower twist. People who tried to load the 30-30 with black powder found out that the bore would foul up so badly in just a very few shots that accuracy was totally gone. The .32 WS was also a smokeless powder round that could be loaded with black powder and it used the same twist rate as the black powder 32-40 round. So, in essence, you could have the 2000 FPS of the smokeless load or the 1200 FPS of the black Powder reload. The best of both worlds for the time frame.
One thing to watch out for. A 30-30 with a worn barrel will still continue to give good groups for the class of rifle. The .32WS with a worn barrel will not. I have seen a few .32WS rifles, including one that was a special order gun, where the barrel looks like a smokestack with none of the rifling visible at all due to corrosion from an improperly cleaned barrel.
I have to order brass, mold and a lube sizing die so I can shoot the one I have. I would dearly love to have on in a Model 64 Winchester. JMHO, but they are the nicest balancing rifles Winchester ever brought out. I have two in 30-30.
Paul B.