Thread: Random observation.

Originally Posted by whanahuia

Yeah given those factors, thats why I stated almost. Chamber a modern rifle in carcano and it looks to me like the margin would be slim.

Greetings Again,
Perhaps it would have been better to state that then, rather than stating that the load data is "almost interchangeable" which is demonstrably untrue and dangerous. The 6.5mm Carcano was one of a number of similar cartridges of about that calibre adopted in the last decade of the 19th century. The aim was to have a lighter cartridge with decent performance compared with others at the time. Net case capacity approaches that of the Creedmoor but performance falls well short. The danger of the bald statement in the OP is that someone, with little handloading knowledge or caution, acquires an old Carcano with some of the Norma cases that were available at one time and stokes them with max Creedmoor loads. The results could be disastrous especially if they used .268" projectiles.
Regards Grandpamac.