John-n-va
02-09-2006, 10:23 AM
With alot of advice and help from Buckshot, I now have reloads for the little 7.35 Carcano.
Buckshot walked me through slugging my barrel and throat. After that he made me a push thru boolit sizing die in .301. I purchased a Lee 90366 mold which drops at .310 and 156 grains with a GC using straight wheelweights. Using a .309 lubrisizer to lube them with Lyman Moly lube and installing the gas check and then running them thru Buckshot's push thru, the boolits come out right at .3015 which is perfect for my .3005 bore....i think the extra .0005 is springback.
Bought some 6.5 Carcano brass from Graf and ran them through a 7.35 full length die. Trimmed the cases to 2.00", flaired the case mouths slightly, added 20 grains of IMR 4198 cause I had some in my powder stash and the Lyman book said that would work with cast.
I was a little concerned about maybe having to turn the case necks down a little which would be a PITA since I have no equip. to do it with at present. I miked the loaded case neck at .325. Loaded a round with just a little more pressure than normal on the bolt handle and touched it off with quite a bit of flinch :razz: :razz: Everything worked well. Checked the case for any signs of excess pressure. No blowback and the primer wasn't flattened hardly at all....cool. Miked the fired case neck and it was still .325 hmmmmmm. Don't see any evidence of the neck rubbing in the chamber and it extracted just fine. Fired a few more just to be sure with the same results. Still a little concerned that the case neck may be a little tight in the chamber but no signs of excess pressure is encouraging. What do you guys think???
Now I need to go to the range and start working up a good load. This was a ton of fun exercise and I learned alot thanks to Buckshot!
Buckshot walked me through slugging my barrel and throat. After that he made me a push thru boolit sizing die in .301. I purchased a Lee 90366 mold which drops at .310 and 156 grains with a GC using straight wheelweights. Using a .309 lubrisizer to lube them with Lyman Moly lube and installing the gas check and then running them thru Buckshot's push thru, the boolits come out right at .3015 which is perfect for my .3005 bore....i think the extra .0005 is springback.
Bought some 6.5 Carcano brass from Graf and ran them through a 7.35 full length die. Trimmed the cases to 2.00", flaired the case mouths slightly, added 20 grains of IMR 4198 cause I had some in my powder stash and the Lyman book said that would work with cast.
I was a little concerned about maybe having to turn the case necks down a little which would be a PITA since I have no equip. to do it with at present. I miked the loaded case neck at .325. Loaded a round with just a little more pressure than normal on the bolt handle and touched it off with quite a bit of flinch :razz: :razz: Everything worked well. Checked the case for any signs of excess pressure. No blowback and the primer wasn't flattened hardly at all....cool. Miked the fired case neck and it was still .325 hmmmmmm. Don't see any evidence of the neck rubbing in the chamber and it extracted just fine. Fired a few more just to be sure with the same results. Still a little concerned that the case neck may be a little tight in the chamber but no signs of excess pressure is encouraging. What do you guys think???
Now I need to go to the range and start working up a good load. This was a ton of fun exercise and I learned alot thanks to Buckshot!