Odd Behavior
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 6:39 am
One engages in odd behavior, when deprived of the KCA Forum for extended periods, during a "pandemic".
I've taken up with strange rifles and loading exotic calibers in my basement.
I never thought I'd be reloading 6.5X50mm Arisaka!
A few years ago, I bought a Type 38 carbine from my wife's widowed Aunt. It was her husband's WW-2 'bring-back', for which the Aunt's immediate family had no interest. (I just wanted to keep the 'heirloom' in the extended family).
Well, you know how it is when you have a firearm .... you want to shoot it!
Factory loaded ammo was 'silly expensive'.
It was far cheaper to buy some nice 6.5 Arisaka 'semi-rimmed' Prvi Brass from Graff's. (I already had 6.5mm projectiles, primers & powder. I simply used a 6.5X55mm 'neck-sizing' Die to make rounds, that would work).
BTW - The 6.5X50mm is a great little cartridge and fun to shoot. The Type 38 carbine is strong and has some neat virtues. However, the bolt ergonomics are rough. It ain't no Krag!
I've taken up with strange rifles and loading exotic calibers in my basement.
I never thought I'd be reloading 6.5X50mm Arisaka!
A few years ago, I bought a Type 38 carbine from my wife's widowed Aunt. It was her husband's WW-2 'bring-back', for which the Aunt's immediate family had no interest. (I just wanted to keep the 'heirloom' in the extended family).
Well, you know how it is when you have a firearm .... you want to shoot it!
Factory loaded ammo was 'silly expensive'.
It was far cheaper to buy some nice 6.5 Arisaka 'semi-rimmed' Prvi Brass from Graff's. (I already had 6.5mm projectiles, primers & powder. I simply used a 6.5X55mm 'neck-sizing' Die to make rounds, that would work).
BTW - The 6.5X50mm is a great little cartridge and fun to shoot. The Type 38 carbine is strong and has some neat virtues. However, the bolt ergonomics are rough. It ain't no Krag!