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Thread: 7.35mm Carcano reloading
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June 29th, 2019, 05:08 PM #11Active Member
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Re: 7.35mm Carcano reloading
raxar - Thanks, will give it a shot.
Delkal - I'm going to be using PPU brass, picking it up from a friend that owns a LGS, It's not once fired, but it's not abused brass either. I only use Imperial sizing wax, when loading for any rifle calibers on a single stage press (RCBS Rock chucker). When loading for the 223, I use Hornady One Shot case lube, and I give it a good once over, shake it up, and spray it again, then let it sit and allow the spray to work around.
Thanks for the stuck case warning, but been there and done that. As far as a stuck case, I made my own stuck case removal kit, and have only had to use it once over the years since I've been reloading. Don't want to jinx, myself.
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June 29th, 2019, 08:14 PM #13
Re: 7.35mm Carcano reloading
Here's the data from my manual. If you don't have any yet I recommend getting some Hodgdon Trail Boss powder for reloading these types of calibers. It will save you the hassle of trying to find data since there is a formula for figuring out how much to use, and it makes for very mild plinking loads
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Re: 7.35mm Carcano reloading
raxar - I took your advice and picked up a RCBS shell holder #9 from my LGS. Bought a fired 7.35 Carcano brass along. It's a much better fit than the #2 Lee shell holder, recommended by Lee Precision. Thanks for the reloading data. Now all I have to do is pick up a die set made by Hornady at a decent price. Failing that I'm open to giving the Lee dies a try, now that I have remedied what I think is the problem with the Lee dies in this caliber.
Thanks all who responded for your help.
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Re: 7.35mm Carcano reloading
CH4D will make them for you. Dave is good people and will get it done right. You will pay a good bit for them.
Do a search under "Carcano".
http://www.ch4d.com/products/dies/caliber-list?page=11
Grafs also has them.
https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog...ywords=carcano
Grafs also carries .300 bullets, well, a bullet.
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August 6th, 2019, 10:46 PM #16Grand Member
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Re: 7.35mm Carcano reloading
Trialboss will work really well with these older rounds. Hodgdon has a guide for using Trialboss with any cartridge.
I've used this guide for 30-06 with 220 gr Berrys. I came in at just 1,000 feet per second and pretty consistently. I second on Trailboss.
Probably work great with .300 cast bullets for the Carcano.
https://www.hodgdon.com/wp-content/u...loads-2018.pdfLast edited by GeneCC; August 6th, 2019 at 10:56 PM.
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Re: 7.35mm Carcano reloading
One last thing - word around the campfire is that the Carcano does not like to be used without the en-bloc clip. The rounds will not line up right causing damage to the extractor. I fiddled with my 6.5 and sure enough loading them one at a time requires some care.
I don't know if the 7.35 has this alignment problem. The en-bloc clips are cheap.
Supposedly the action is pretty strong. While it looks delicate the quality of steel that the Italian military chose is supposed to be high.
I've cast my 6.5 Carcano rifles. They have a considerable jump before they encounter rifling. I am not sure about the 7.35 rifle.
The 6.5 Carcano Moschetto carbine is a very handy rifle. The fixed sights are pretty good. If the Italians had run with a spitzer round with the aluminum nose like the 7.35 and used box magazines they'd have a nice item. Handy like an AK nice.
They're still being used in Libya. Prvi Partisan makes really nice 120 gr FMJ rounds.
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Re: 7.35mm Carcano reloading
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August 15th, 2019, 06:16 PM #19
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I'm looking for some of those Carcano 'magic bullets'.
I don't speak English , I talk American!
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