6.5 Carcano loads with PPU bullets

[AirmanRatliff]

Has anyone loaded with Privi's .268 123gr or 139 gr? I'm hitting a brick wall looking for load data. All I'm seeing is data for the Hornady stuff. To be fair, that's what I used to load too, but I'm out, and wasn't getting the best out of them anyway.
Thanks in advance,
Rick

 

[Galil5.56]

Rick,

If you scroll down, you will find some data I think may be helpful... Maybe a bit weak, but it is tested.

http://www.hodgdonreloading.com/rel...-and-tricks/common-metric-caliber-reload-data

I did not know that Privi made the correct diameter bullet for the Carcano... Good show Privi! I have used their 139 grain FMJ, .263" bullets for reloading my 6.5x55 Ljungman AG42B, and they worked well. Good luck.

 

[AirmanRatliff]

Galil,
It's not alot, but if I find nothing else, at least it gives me a starting place to (veeeery carefully) test some loads. Thanks!

 

[Galil5.56]

Here is a bit more, giving you more propellant choices.

 

[Mr. Standfast]

The Carcano was designed around a heavier bullet than most, but don't worry too much about nose shape. This is the Hornady bullet I use in my 6.5x54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer, suspended together with a very cheap clone of the lighter Swedish military FMJ, in a caliper set to the land diameter. Contrary to what we are often told, the lighter Spitzer contacts the rifling at practically the same distance from its base.