Rex in OTZ
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Im a novice at reloading.
I was given a 1891 Argentine mauser.
The T serial number = 1900 mfg date.
I live in the Nothwestern Arctic Alaska.
Not a place rife with 7.65 Mauser rifle ammo on the store shelves.
So was thinking of handloading for the 7.65 Argentine.
As its the 1891 mauser mfg in 1900 was thinking its more like a rimless .303 British as for pressures.
I picked up 100 cases of New Privi Partizan brass.
My next step will be to pound a lead fishing sinker down the bore to figure what size the bullet itd take?
So whats published is itd take a .311" bullet but I want to work with a known.
A frend gave me a bag of .310" Remington Coreloct 180gr soft points.
I Might consider using them.
Might not. Just because they are free dont mean I might use them
(No loading data on 180gr rem coreloct .310" in this 7.65 Mauser)
Then should I measure case capacity of the brass I have?
Just because I over simplified saying its a rimless .303 British can that be problematic?
In 1900 nobody was using spire pointed bullets but round nose 200gr slow boats of hurt.
I dont want to get off on the wrong foot with my first reloading this cartridge.
Comparing the case next to a .308, the 7.65 case is a bigger case.
As its a 1891 mfg 12 years before the Titanic set sail makes me think pressures souldnt be high.
I did buy a box of 7.65 Mauser the last time I was in Anchorage (Alaska Ammo) still that was a $28 box of cartridges.
I still would need some sort of powder measure/scale and reloading die.
I was given a 1891 Argentine mauser.
The T serial number = 1900 mfg date.
I live in the Nothwestern Arctic Alaska.
Not a place rife with 7.65 Mauser rifle ammo on the store shelves.
So was thinking of handloading for the 7.65 Argentine.
As its the 1891 mauser mfg in 1900 was thinking its more like a rimless .303 British as for pressures.
I picked up 100 cases of New Privi Partizan brass.
My next step will be to pound a lead fishing sinker down the bore to figure what size the bullet itd take?
So whats published is itd take a .311" bullet but I want to work with a known.
A frend gave me a bag of .310" Remington Coreloct 180gr soft points.
I Might consider using them.
Might not. Just because they are free dont mean I might use them
(No loading data on 180gr rem coreloct .310" in this 7.65 Mauser)
Then should I measure case capacity of the brass I have?
Just because I over simplified saying its a rimless .303 British can that be problematic?
In 1900 nobody was using spire pointed bullets but round nose 200gr slow boats of hurt.
I dont want to get off on the wrong foot with my first reloading this cartridge.
Comparing the case next to a .308, the 7.65 case is a bigger case.
As its a 1891 mfg 12 years before the Titanic set sail makes me think pressures souldnt be high.
I did buy a box of 7.65 Mauser the last time I was in Anchorage (Alaska Ammo) still that was a $28 box of cartridges.
I still would need some sort of powder measure/scale and reloading die.
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