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Thread: 6.5 ITALIAN for the AR15

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    Boolit Master kywoodwrkr's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moleman- View Post
    I had some carcano brass that came with a mauser I bought 10 years ago. Someone did a decent job of putting a fajen stock, and peep sites on a 1891 Argentine Mauser, then modified a rusty pitted 6.5 Carcano barrel to fit. And yes the barrel was made at the Brescia Arsenal for a Carcano rifle and even had remnants of the hex on the barrel stub that wasn't completely turned off along with the Brescia stamp. Used the brass that came with it for testing a couple wildcats including a .40. 6.8 brass is easier to get and cheaper so the 375 wildcat I've been working with the past few months is based off of the 6.8spc case.
    There was some banter sometime back about rebarreling a Arg. M91.
    I always look for what will possibly work across the two rifles.
    The 6,5 Carcano was the best match as far as I could see for the Arg. M91 action-short of a standard M91 barrel.
    YMMV

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    Quote Originally Posted by kywoodwrkr View Post
    There was some banter sometime back about rebarreling a Arg. M91.
    I always look for what will possibly work across the two rifles.
    The 6,5 Carcano was the best match as far as I could see for the Arg. M91 action-short of a standard M91 barrel.
    YMMV
    Rebarreled mine in 44x1.8" with an octagon barrel for use in our "limited firearms deer zone" a few years back.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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
GC Gas Check