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**44 AMP** · June 29, 2013, 12:11 PM

Also be aware that the older loading manuals (particularly Lyman) warn to ALWAYS wear shooting glasses when firing a Carcano.

This is not because of the rifle design, specifically, but because many of these rifles have been found to have bores that are oversize for standard US 6.5mm bullets.

This sometimes causes a gas blow back situation (without a blown primer or case rupture) due to the bullet not sealing in the bore (or the case in the chamber, or both) which the Carcano action is not as well built to handle as many other designs (Mauser, for instance).

SO, ALWAYS wear shooting glasses (proper practice when shooting anything), when shooting Carcano's, based on actual need, not just general safety practices.

June 29, 2013, 12:11 PM	#4
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,833	Also be aware that the older loading manuals (particularly Lyman) warn to ALWAYS wear shooting glasses when firing a Carcano. This is not because of the rifle design, specifically, but because many of these rifles have been found to have bores that are oversize for standard US 6.5mm bullets. This sometimes causes a gas blow back situation (without a blown primer or case rupture) due to the bullet not sealing in the bore (or the case in the chamber, or both) which the Carcano action is not as well built to handle as many other designs (Mauser, for instance). SO, ALWAYS wear shooting glasses (proper practice when shooting anything), when shooting Carcano's, based on actual need, not just general safety practices. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.