Re: Carcano 6.5 ballistics (was: JFK and dumb dumb bullets?)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Steuber says...
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>Chris Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>> >does the 6.5 Carcano compare with, say, the .30-30, the .223 Remington, or
>> >maybe the 7.62 x 39?
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>> Not really any of those.  Maybe a .243.
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>Isn't the .243 a necked down .308 Winchester?  I don't own one or
>have experience with it, but from what I seem to recall in a
>reloading manual, that is a fairly hot little cartridge.  That is it
>is comprable in muzzle velocity to the .223 Rem but with the larger,
>heavier bullet.  I would think it more powerful than the 6.5 Carcano.

I don't have a "Cartridges of the World" handy, but you might want to check on
the actual bullet weight of 6.5x50(?) Carcano ball ammo.  I suspect that if you
used a bullet that heavy, the .243 would slow WAY down.  I don't know what the
head diameter of the 6.5 Carcano is, so I'd have trouble finding a comparable
COMMON sporting cartridge.  Like I said, it's very similar both to the 6.5
Japanese and the 6.5 Dutch.


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