rcmodel
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About 15 years ago, a casual friend bought a 6.5 Jap Arisika rifle and had no ammo, and couldn't get any.
So I offered to help him reload for it if he bought a set of dies & some Norma brass, which was available.
We (he, with me supervising) loaded 100 rounds.
We test fired 10 rounds, then he sold the rifle, along with the dies, and 10 empty cases.
So today, he called me and said he had sold the remaining 90 rounds to another guy who had a 6.5 Jap rifle.
I told him I really wished he hadn't of sold my (his) reloads.
Then towards the end of the conversation, he told me the others guys 6.5 Jap had been rechambered to .257 Roberts, but they should work, right??
YIKES!!!!!!
The .257 Bob rechambered Ariska's have 2/10" excess headspace and a .020" bigger chamber at the case head!!!!
I told him to get ahold of the guy ASAP and tell him not to try to shoot them!!!
Just goes to show, No good deed goes unpunished when it comes to reloading.
Now I'm setting here sweating tonight hoping the guy hasn't already blown himself up!!
rc
So I offered to help him reload for it if he bought a set of dies & some Norma brass, which was available.
We (he, with me supervising) loaded 100 rounds.
We test fired 10 rounds, then he sold the rifle, along with the dies, and 10 empty cases.
So today, he called me and said he had sold the remaining 90 rounds to another guy who had a 6.5 Jap rifle.
I told him I really wished he hadn't of sold my (his) reloads.
Then towards the end of the conversation, he told me the others guys 6.5 Jap had been rechambered to .257 Roberts, but they should work, right??
YIKES!!!!!!
The .257 Bob rechambered Ariska's have 2/10" excess headspace and a .020" bigger chamber at the case head!!!!
I told him to get ahold of the guy ASAP and tell him not to try to shoot them!!!
Just goes to show, No good deed goes unpunished when it comes to reloading.
Now I'm setting here sweating tonight hoping the guy hasn't already blown himself up!!
rc
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