My cARcano-15

[I Swan]

I see it over $1 a round a lot but with clips as mentioned. I think 7.35 ammo was stored in a cool dry place I think a lot of the 6.5 got surplused out from poor storage in Albania and Africa.

[6mmintl]

I had a 1891 Tyro long rifle in 6.5mm, broke the range record for military rifle silhouette with it at Sacramento, shattered the old record of 1 hit out of 40 tries with a 4 out of 40 tries, terrible sights and .264 bullets in a .268 bore did not work too well.

Hornady .268 bullets at $35 per hundred gets way too expensive and are 160 grain round nose.

[knucklehead0202]

At this point pretty ALL surplus carcano ammo is not recommended for firing. Having tried it, none that I had went bang. I've also heard that the powder deteriorates and gets kinda dangerous.

Far as shooting the 6.5 carcanos, each one may represent a different result. Many of the later-manufactured 6.5's will shoot just fine with .264 bullets and in some, the .268's are downright unsafe. Many earlier rifles with gain-twist will likely benefit from the larger bullet but even in those, a flat-base .264 bullet with a long bearing surface will generally produce satisfactory results.

I'm still trying to emulate Prvi Partizan's 6.5x52 123gr sp load, as it shot VERY well in 2 of my cavalry carbines. Pretty sure my problem thus far is that it doesn't like the powder I'm using. I plan to use a slower powder and magnum primers to see if I get better results.

As for reloading the 7.35x51, they seem to be much less quirky with loads. I run 38.0gr of BL-C(2) under the 128gr hornady pill with great results. Once I get the stuff and start resizing .308 bullets to use, i'll update with how they shoot.

[I Swan]

I shot 7.35 surplus with good results 2-3 years ago. Made in 1939.