Glad it worked out! Now get that old gal cleaned up and take her out for a dance!
Slightly buggered screw heads can be repaired if you have problems finding a replacement. Easy to find with a search on the google.
Glad it worked out! Now get that old gal cleaned up and take her out for a dance!
Glad you got the rifle apart, cleaned and ready to shoot.
You do know that original 6.5X52 Carcano rounds were loaded with .267 (basically .268) RN bullets, right? Good luck finding any surplus ammo...that ain't gonna happen. Besides, it's collector ammo now.
6.5 rounds for modern rifles are topped with .264 bullets. A lot of the current 6.5X52 ammo sold for Carcano's is also topped with undersized .264's. Meaning: no accuracy at all...
I'd recommend you slug your barrel and measure the bore (not hard to do). I'd also measure the projectiles in the ammo you have coming to see how they line up together.
Good luck. And we're looking forward to a range report! (With pics, please)...
my friend got me one of those around 1980. I remember him saying it cost him $35.It shot well.
Buggered screws can be improved by using a SMALL ball peen, and tapping the displaced metal back down. Find a saws all blade the width of the slot and touch up the slot by HAND, carefully. Sometimes even NASTY screws clean up pretty good.
Peen the metal up to the top of the fillister dome, then downwards and towards the slot, Grind the blade on one side to fit the slot correctly, remove a few teeth in the middle and then have at it.
By polishing the working face(s) of the hammer the work goes more smoothly.
The omitted teeth allows the blade to remain straight.
Screws that are tough to work, polish with sand-cloth, heat them up to almost bright red and stick them in sand till they cool off.
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Is it a trick of the light, or do the primers show two dimples?
How well did she shoot?