DisgruntledPatriot
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- May 29, 2015
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I bought a TS carbine Carcano on GunBroker. The seller claimed the bore had sharp rifling, turned out that wasn't the case at all.
She slugged to .2635 on the lands and .272 on the grooves. I ruined three brass brushes and a hundred patches before I got relatively clean patch through that barrel.
The rifling is visible, and casts some shadow. That's about all that can be said for it.
I have never reloaded one round. It looks like this will be my start.
My research indicates that either getting a custom bullet mold in the right diameter from NOE, or paper patching standard diameter projectiles at low velocity will be the way to go. My concern is the case mouth and if I make the case take big enough bullets, will the case be too big to chamber?
I can only find primed brass, so annealing with a torch is out.
Maybe just shoot a box of standard Privi Partizan ammo and use the casings from that?
Need some help here.
Thanks.
She slugged to .2635 on the lands and .272 on the grooves. I ruined three brass brushes and a hundred patches before I got relatively clean patch through that barrel.
The rifling is visible, and casts some shadow. That's about all that can be said for it.
I have never reloaded one round. It looks like this will be my start.
My research indicates that either getting a custom bullet mold in the right diameter from NOE, or paper patching standard diameter projectiles at low velocity will be the way to go. My concern is the case mouth and if I make the case take big enough bullets, will the case be too big to chamber?
I can only find primed brass, so annealing with a torch is out.
Maybe just shoot a box of standard Privi Partizan ammo and use the casings from that?
Need some help here.
Thanks.