Carcano 6.5 x 52 Sporter First range trip

[ichthyo]

I shot my M41 for first time today. I'm pretty happy. Shot some light rounds with Lee Cruise Missles, 20 gns 4895, and Norma brass.

[Gunor]

What diameter?

[ichthyo]

.266 and .267

[richhodg66]

What distance was that?

Beenw orking with a sporterized Swede I haven't been able to get to shoot very well at all. All the threads I've read said that cruise missile wasn't good in the Swedes. Seems to work in the Carcano.

[ichthyo]

That was only 25 yds. I don't have access to a 50 and the 100 was full. The CM group was better than my pistol caliber carbine was today at 25. I guess you would expect that with the 25" barrel.

[JeffinNZ]

.266 and .267

Mine does best .268-.269 inch. You will get oval bullet holes but they should group OK. "Wobbly Bottom Syndrome."

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Nice shooting. Interesting stock. Is that a "butter knife" bolt handle? Did you do the alteration? From the one photo it looks like a good job.

[WILCO]

From the one photo it looks like a good job.

Yes. I like it!

[ichthyo]

The gun was already sporterized when I got it, but was missing parts. The barrel was cut 2" from the original, but it isn't a gain twist Carcano so it isn't affecting accuracy much. I had to find new front and rear sights. I did the swirl paint job and it turned out great. Google swirl paint and you will see how to do it. I'm okay with the butter knife after I polished it up quite a bit.166116

[ichthyo]

My barrel slugged smaller than most I've read about. .265 grooves. I started with .266 and then shot .267 CMs. I may try some .268s and see what happens. I saw no evidence of high pressure.

[Multigunner]

Only high pressure problems when using .268 bullets in conventional .264 bores come from use in chambers with tight necks. A proper Carcano chamber should have no problem with .268 bullets, and could likely digest slightly larger boollets.