Good!! Thanks. Just ordered some FMJBT from SGAmmo; they've been out of stock for months so I hope that's the new bullet diameter production.It also includes a 139 grain FMJ 6.5mm nominal bullet with .268" diameter designated B-605.
I'm not sure how to check PPU ammunition for specific bullet number used in this case. If you look in that 2016 PPU catalog you'll see 6.5X52mm Carcano ammunition loaded with .264" bullets also.Good!! Thanks. Just ordered some FMJBT from SGAmmo; they've been out of stock for months so I hope that's the new bullet diameter production.
Question for the board:
Am I going to regret not buying one of the $250 Carcanos currently available?
Oh, there is, too. You're not looking in the right places. Try J&G Sales, AIM Surplus, DK Firearms, Empire Arms, Edelweiss Arms, Robertson Trading Post, Mosin Crate, Old Steel, Axis Arms, Victory Arms, and then of course the old standby: Gunbroker. Ignoring everything RTI offers, there's still an absolute flood of Arisakas and Schmidt-Rubins on the market right now, and a fair number of Mausers. If you just gotta have an M39 Finnish Mosin or a Waffenamt'ed K98 then you'll have a tough go. Look for something other people aren't running after, and there's plenty offered.... Its just that there is NOTHING else on the milsurp scene right now and runaway inflation is scaring folks witless.
That's just like what my dad bought for me to use as a deer rifle decades ago except I don't precisely recall the year stamped on the receiver of the one I had, and furniture wasn't pristine but also wasn't hacked up by anyone.PS - today I picked up from my FFL a very nice Carcano M38 (1941 original 6.5 as purposed short rifle - not 91/38, not rechambered, and NOT cavalry) that I bought from Empire. A little pricey but there have been none on GB. So clean I won't have to do a dang thing to the furniture.
Oh, there is, too. You're not looking in the right places. Try J&G Sales, AIM Surplus, DK Firearms, Empire Arms, Edelweiss Arms, Robertson Trading Post, Mosin Crate, Old Steel, Axis Arms, Victory Arms, and then of course the old standby: Gunbroker. Ignoring everything RTI offers, there's still an absolute flood of Arisakas and Schmidt-Rubins on the market right now, and a fair number of Mausers. If you just gotta have an M39 Finnish Mosin or a Waffenamt'ed K98 then you'll have a tough go. Look for something other people aren't running after, and there's plenty offered.
You were fortunate to do so. Those days will never return. There are two ways of dealing with it: 1) get all bitter and bummed out and walk away; 2) accept reality and deal with it according to how it is. When confronted by a situation you have no control over and can't change figure out some way to benefit from it. Else you just spend your life pissed off. That's my philosophy.Those of us who stocked up on $25-70 k98s, Gew's, Turks, K31's, m44s, m39's. m91s, smles, etc might disagree.
Too true Wiscoster!! I agree wholeheartedly and may complete a book on what i have experienced. I chose to benefit long ago (and have handsomely). I cannot even look at stuff without the thought of what the dollar used to be worth and the base fear of where it might go. In our move i found catalogs and invoices from 1983 to 2010. Just to add to "grandpa stories" how about finding the lowest price we paid was 7.87 for a complete rifle SHIPPED!!!!!You were fortunate to do so. Those days will never return. There are two ways of dealing with it: 1) get all bitter and bummed out and walk away; 2) accept reality and deal with it according to how it is. When confronted by a situation you have no control over and can't change figure out some way to benefit from it. Else you just spend your life pissed off. That's my philosophy.
You can bet I'll be in line for an autographed copy.... I agree wholeheartedly and may complete a book on what i have experienced....
Well, ya, been there ... when I had to quit flying. Found something else to occupy myself. Not quite as good, but life goes on .......Good times now gone.
I think it was Napoleon Hill who called that “look for the seed of an equivalent benefit.” The more something sucks, the greater the possible benefit, if you can just figure out what it is.You were fortunate to do so. Those days will never return. There are two ways of dealing with it: 1) get all bitter and bummed out and walk away; 2) accept reality and deal with it according to how it is. When confronted by a situation you have no control over and can't change figure out some way to benefit from it. Else you just spend your life pissed off. That's my philosophy.
Hey! Doc! We can agree on this! I had a 6.5 years ago that shot 1" at a hundred with surplus ammo. It was a long rifle, made by Terni (?) I think. It was smooth feeding and had a very mild recoil. I seem to remember Frank DeHaas mentioning the time somebody screwed a 30-06 barrel onto a 6.5 , opened up the bolt face, removed the extractor and starting shooting heavy 06 loads in it, one at a time. They even fired a proof load in it. The gun held.They are much better rifles than their reputation suggests. From an engineering perspective, they are very good infantry rifles indeed
Too bad Lee Harvey Oswald wasn't or didn't..... BUT I was strongly warned away from buying a Carcano in the 1960s and heeded that warning.