Hornady 6.5 .268 CARCANO bullets discontinued

[Lebel]

Has Hornady discontinued carcano specific bullets? If so, does anyone provide a hunting legal expanding .268 jacketed bullet? I know about the PPU fmj's but the game-warden might take issue with those.

 

[brybenn]

Could drill a small hole in the tip of the fmj then its considered a hollow point. Expansion likely wont occur much but youd be legal.

 

[tiriaq]

There has been a lot of discussion about openng the tip of a fmj bullet which has a jacket open at the base. Might be legal from the standpoint of hunting regulations, but there could be other problems.

 

[diopter]

We need someone to try loading FMJ backwards, like they did in WW1 to see what the range limitations may be.
Might make a hell of a short range hunting round.
And yes, I think outside the box.

 

[mbogo3]

Also did it in Africa when they ran out of solids for elephant.

 

[mbogo3]

Hornady also quit making the 160gr SP .264 I liked for drilling moose.

 

[Tompullings]

I wonder if a guy could file the tip off and expose the lead underneath. Might have to go to a cast projectile otherwise.

 

[diopter]

Problem with that is that FMJ's do not have a cup at it's base, so jacket and lead usually separate on impact.

 

[Snider shooter]

The other problem with filing the nose is the lead pert goes out the bore and the jacket stays in the bore. Doesn’t happen every time but even one in a thousand is one too many. I use cast in mine.

 

[bearhunter]

The other problem with filing the nose is the lead pert goes out the bore and the jacket stays in the bore. Doesn’t happen every time but even one in a thousand is one too many. I use cast in mine.

Ummmmmmm, that was only an issue with exposed lead bases.

 

[diopter]

Lebel

Would you consider resizing .277 bullets to .268?
https://leeprecision.com/bullet-szr-punch-.268.html

 

[JaredP]

Also consider buying 264 bullets of your choosing, powdercoat them twice and then size to 268.

I do this for loading 401 WSL (.4065) with .40 cal pistol bullets. One layer of PC is about 3 thou.

 

[Lebel]

I was looking at Corbin's swaging dies, but that's quite an investment. Online I've read about people using a neck sizing die to form down .277(270). Wartime production Caranon's, which is most of them, were drilled, rough reamed and rifled; no lapping. When you bore scope them, of all the 30 different ones I own, you can really see the tool marks, even on postwar F.A.T. refurbs. I'm also experimenting with copper plating after a friend of mine who was a former electrical engineer, told me that the bullets (anything being plated) don't have to directly touch anode they just need to be in the path of the anode and cathode. I was dissuaded when I went online and seen people making a bullet tree to the anode and I thought, what a pain in the arse, their setups are needlessly over complicated. I put a glass dish on top of a waterbed heater, used straight vinegar, and only had to put the bullets in the path of the current to plate, which they did plate. Or... I have a lathe and I can turn some from round brass-stock. There's more then one way to skin a catfish.... who thought it was ment as an actual cat all their lives.. ;-)

 

[bearhunter]

There has been a lot of discussion about openng the tip of a fmj bullet which has a jacket open at the base. Might be legal from the standpoint of hunting regulations, but there could be other problems.

I believe the PRIVI bullets offered by Tradex, have solid, enclosed bases

 

[mbogo3]

I think they are the incorrect .264?

 

[diopter]

https://www.prvipartizan.com/search_rbl.php

Do a component search for 6.5 bullets and you get this:
PRVI PARTIZAN AMMUNITION Search Result
Art. Calibre Dia. (inch) Bullet Type Bullet Bullet
Weight (g) Weight (gr)

B-603 6.5 mm 0.277 FMJ BT 7.45 115
B-605 6.5 mm 0.268 FMJ BT 9 139
B-083 6.5 mm 0.263 FMJ BT 9 139
B-484 6.5 mm 0.264 FMJ BT 7.1 110
B-485 6.5 mm 0.264 HP BT 7.8 120
B-114 6.5 mm 0.263 PSP 9.1 140
B-117 6.5 mm 0.263 SP 8 123
B-483 6.5 mm 0.264 SP 8 123
B-084 6.5 mm 0.263 SP BT 9 139
B-118 6.5 mm 0.263 SP RN 10.1 156
B-352 6.5 mm 0.268 SP RN 8 123

 

[mbogo3]

Well I stand corrected.

 

[sledge]

Powder coating a spitzer .264 won’t give best results. Really need the long round nose bullets in a Carcano.

Jet Bullets sells .268 cast bullets. They worked amazing for me.

 

[sledge]

https://www.prvipartizan.com/search_rbl.php

Do a component search for 6.5 bullets and you get this:
PRVI PARTIZAN AMMUNITION Search Result
Art. Calibre Dia. (inch) Bullet Type Bullet Bullet
Weight (g) Weight (gr)

B-603 6.5 mm 0.277 FMJ BT 7.45 115
B-605 6.5 mm 0.268 FMJ BT 9 139
B-083 6.5 mm 0.263 FMJ BT 9 139
B-484 6.5 mm 0.264 FMJ BT 7.1 110
B-485 6.5 mm 0.264 HP BT 7.8 120
B-114 6.5 mm 0.263 PSP 9.1 140
B-117 6.5 mm 0.263 SP 8 123
B-483 6.5 mm 0.264 SP 8 123
B-084 6.5 mm 0.263 SP BT 9 139
B-118 6.5 mm 0.263 SP RN 10.1 156
B-352 6.5 mm 0.268 SP RN 8 123

I’ve never seen anything other than .264s from Privi here. They .268s seem to be for the European market where they know the proper size bullet.

 

[Ganderite]

I have loaded hundreds of rounds of 30-30 and 308 with a 147 gr FMJ backwards. They make great 30-30 plinkers for 50 yards or less. Accuracy is not stellar, but for some plinking purposes, they work just fine.

I have no idea if there would be any expansion.

I have experimented with clipping off the nose of a FMJ. I clipped it off with a side cutter then cleaned it up with a file. It expanded.

But, there is a danger of the core blowing through the jacket and then obstructing the bore. If you try this, check the bore after firing one shot.