While in Minnesota, I visited my favorite gun store and what did I find...6.5mm Carcano ammo on 5-round stipper clips (?), looking new and shiny. Headstamps said "50" and "*", I think. Laquer-sealed. They had just under a hundred rounds (also had a 6.5 carbine minus its bayonet). Any idea as to what ammo that is? Would the straight (not Manlicher-type) clips work in the carbine? Anything to watch out for? I am seeing no regular sources of Carcano ammo out there: is that chambering on orphan now?
Attn: 6.5mm Carcano users
- Thread starter Oleg Volk
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Carcano
Unfortunately, Salty, unless the stuff is Norma it is Berdan primed; Berdan, while reloadable, is a bit of a pain to do. I've always wanted to take a correct size end-mill to a Berdan primer pocket and see if it couldn't be cut to use boxer primers by milling off the anvil. That said, the cartridge itself has a fairly high B.C. IIRC. I know I drove one through an 18 inch water logged oak stump one time and could have used the recovered bullet again.
Unfortunately, Salty, unless the stuff is Norma it is Berdan primed; Berdan, while reloadable, is a bit of a pain to do. I've always wanted to take a correct size end-mill to a Berdan primer pocket and see if it couldn't be cut to use boxer primers by milling off the anvil. That said, the cartridge itself has a fairly high B.C. IIRC. I know I drove one through an 18 inch water logged oak stump one time and could have used the recovered bullet again.