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Magnum Wheel Man · August 16, 2011, 02:16 PM

I couldn't get a response to my last thread, so I'm wording differently

I just got a model 38 carbine in 6.5 mm the guy I bought it from is a retired tool & die / gun smith... he made a set of custom dies ( the chamber is both longer & over .010" bigger in diameter than the Arisaka cartridge ) he's calling it 6.5 mm Japanese service cartridge... ( he appearently found the dimensions in one of his books )

he's also made a forming die to form 35 Remington ( though they'll be just less than 1/8" shorter in the neck ) & is taking the rim off some 303 British to make me some longer cases in case I wanted to load hotter loads ( he's concerned that using "regular" Arisaka cases will cause short case life because of the bigger chamber diameter ) personally I probably will just load up the cases I have, shoot it a little, & put it in my service rifle locker... butt... maybe I'll take a liking to the carbine & cartridge, & start shooting it more ???

anyone out there pretty knowledgable of the Jap cartridges ???

want to talk reloading while I'm obsorbing all this new data ???

August 16, 2011, 02:16 PM	#1
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	6.5 Jap service rifle vrs 6.5 Arisaka... anyone play ??? I couldn't get a response to my last thread, so I'm wording differently I just got a model 38 carbine in 6.5 mm the guy I bought it from is a retired tool & die / gun smith... he made a set of custom dies ( the chamber is both longer & over .010" bigger in diameter than the Arisaka cartridge ) he's calling it 6.5 mm Japanese service cartridge... ( he appearently found the dimensions in one of his books ) he's also made a forming die to form 35 Remington ( though they'll be just less than 1/8" shorter in the neck ) & is taking the rim off some 303 British to make me some longer cases in case I wanted to load hotter loads ( he's concerned that using "regular" Arisaka cases will cause short case life because of the bigger chamber diameter ) personally I probably will just load up the cases I have, shoot it a little, & put it in my service rifle locker... butt... maybe I'll take a liking to the carbine & cartridge, & start shooting it more ??? anyone out there pretty knowledgable of the Jap cartridges ??? want to talk reloading while I'm obsorbing all this new data ??? __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust...