Nora
03-19-2009, 04:01 PM
I've had an M91 Cavalry Carbine given to me as a kid to hang on the wall in my room next to my Red Rider and Springfield Mod15. My dad bought a box of Norma ammo for me to shoot. The only way that I can describe the out come is to say it was abysmal. Tin cans at 25 yards with the .22 was a norm. 25 yards with the 6.5 yielded 3 hits out of 18 on a paper plate. I never asked for any more ammo for it again. The $20 he spent could have bought a lot of (Win) Wildcats instead. It was cleaned and went back on the wall as a decoration. It came from the odds and ends section of my grandfathers guns and would not be parted with.
Fast Forward 30 some years later to last month. I saw Hornady listing ammo for it with the interned .268 instead of the .264 on the Norma. I bought a box and was pleased with it's performance enough to shell out for 200 rnds of brass a set of dies and 500 160gr rnsp. The old Beretta is now giving 1.5" @50 ydrs and 2.75 @100 yrds driven at 2150 fps.
Ok now to my point. I'd like to try making some CB's for it. I've been looking at the Lyman 6.5cal 150g #266673 mold. Tech support told me this mold will cast #2 to .265-.266". I want to shoot it as cast and not resized, but with a GS. Is it possible to add a GC without a sizing die?
Also though the chamber and barrel are in excellent shape when seated to length, the bullet sits .230" off the rifling. I'm not able to seat it any less or it won't fit in the magazine well. Will this have any potential problem with that kind of jump with a CB?
(for those who aren't familiar with them) The Carcano uses an en bloc style clip that if you don't put enough force into closing the bolt to grab the round out of the clip and send it into the chamber, it will end up in the top lug area instead. How well is a long nosed lead round going to handle this?
Lastly. I've never played with any thing in an alloy before. Doesn't seem to be rocket science, I've just stuck with straight WW, and water quenched and GC any that I intend to feed to a rifle. How much, if any size difference will there be between this and a #2 as cast?
Thanks in advance
Nora
Fast Forward 30 some years later to last month. I saw Hornady listing ammo for it with the interned .268 instead of the .264 on the Norma. I bought a box and was pleased with it's performance enough to shell out for 200 rnds of brass a set of dies and 500 160gr rnsp. The old Beretta is now giving 1.5" @50 ydrs and 2.75 @100 yrds driven at 2150 fps.
Ok now to my point. I'd like to try making some CB's for it. I've been looking at the Lyman 6.5cal 150g #266673 mold. Tech support told me this mold will cast #2 to .265-.266". I want to shoot it as cast and not resized, but with a GS. Is it possible to add a GC without a sizing die?
Also though the chamber and barrel are in excellent shape when seated to length, the bullet sits .230" off the rifling. I'm not able to seat it any less or it won't fit in the magazine well. Will this have any potential problem with that kind of jump with a CB?
(for those who aren't familiar with them) The Carcano uses an en bloc style clip that if you don't put enough force into closing the bolt to grab the round out of the clip and send it into the chamber, it will end up in the top lug area instead. How well is a long nosed lead round going to handle this?
Lastly. I've never played with any thing in an alloy before. Doesn't seem to be rocket science, I've just stuck with straight WW, and water quenched and GC any that I intend to feed to a rifle. How much, if any size difference will there be between this and a #2 as cast?
Thanks in advance
Nora