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  1. 02-20-2017, 02:00 PM #1
    map55b
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    6.5 Carcano

    Anyone casting for this? I'm thinking of using a 270 mold, I should old have to swage it about .009 down to the right size. Thoughts?
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    I thing swaging that much is going to hurt your accuracy. I try to keep it to the minimum. Good Luck if you decide to try this!
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    Do a search on this forum for "6.5 Carcano" and "Jeff in NZ". He owns a 6.5 Carcano and has been shooting lead in his for a long time and has several times passed that knowledge into the forum here.
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    NOE offers some fat 6.5 molds, measuring from .268" to .270"

    I use a NOE 268-149 RN boolit that drops at a hair over .269 and I run it through a lubesizer with a .270 die to apply the lube, for a custom Jap 38 rifle that slugs .2685
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    Quote Originally Posted by map55b View Post
    Anyone casting for this? I'm thinking of using a 270 mold, I should old have to swage it about .009 down to the right size. Thoughts?
    I use a Lee `Cruise Missile` bullet, cut down to 150gn and lubed with liquid Alox. I use it as cast at .2695 for my M91 Carcano.

    The original 170gn bullet key holed, but the 150gn works well for me.

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
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