6.5 Carcano Ammo

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Hi all,

I'm new to the forum. I recently purchased a 1941 Mannlicher Carcano rifle ... yes the same as the one used to kill JFK (I just don't have a scope) ... I am looking for some ammunition for it though and am having one heck of a time locating some ... if anyone could drop a line and let me know if they know of any or anything that would be great. Thanks!
 
Norma Brass is .003 large on the head and will cause feeding issues, see if you can source some Priv brass it will feed and function properly in your carcano....
If you reload be carefull about your powder selection, funny pressure issues with extruded powders, round was designed and intended to use slow ball powder WW760 or H414, some net research will give you ideas....
 
"...am having one heck of a time locating some..." Hi. Where you are matters. Epp's lists 6.5 x 52 Carcano ammo and brass. No mention of brand or price. Possibly Norma.
 
762nato said:
If you reload be carefull about your powder selection, funny pressure issues with extruded powders, round was designed and intended to use slow ball powder WW760 or H414, some net research will give you ideas....
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i thought ball powders came around in the 1930's, not the 1890's?
 
do some googling, was loaded with slow ball powder. Did experience some pressure issues with extruded powder.


As far as Carcani are concerned, the chicken-and-egg question can be answered clearly: the 6.5x52 cartridge came first, and only then a weapon was tailored around it. Incidentally, its rimmed predecessor, developed by Italian technicians who heavily drew on Swiss experiments, probably was copied by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher and lateron he presented it to the world as "his" 6.5x53R Romanian and Dutch (the Brits called their Kynoch hunting loads ".256 Mannlicher").
The first cartridge type, called M91 like the rifle, used a hot two-based propellant, Alfred Nobel's Ballistite. Not only was it erosive and rapidly ruined the rifle's throats, but the Italian state also had to pay royalties to Nobel. So, it is no wonder that a single-based nitrocellulose powder was soon invented, the all-Italian "Solenite". The cartridge was then called M91/95 and always retained this name. The change was gradual, the last ball cartridges with Ballistite being produced in 1905/1906. For special applications (such as blanks), Ballistite was retained.
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did some googling, here is a picture of solenite h ttp://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting/carcano/graphics/l/6.jpg doesn't look like ball powder to me.
 
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