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AL45 · July 9, 2013, 10:40 PM

The bolt is hard to close on my 7.35mm Carcano, but it opens easy and ejects fine. I notice that the rim is marred and scratched, Some rounds chamber fairly easy while others take extra force and ocassionally a little rap to push in and turn the bolt handle down. These are 6.5mm resized to 7.35mm with the correct trim length of 51.4mm. The rounds shot fine and produced 3 inch groups (not by me). I am getting ready to reload these and am wondering if I can expect better bolt performance since these cases have now been fire formed to the gun?

July 9, 2013, 10:40 PM	#1
AL45 Senior Member Join Date: December 12, 2012 Posts: 761	More Carcano questions. The bolt is hard to close on my 7.35mm Carcano, but it opens easy and ejects fine. I notice that the rim is marred and scratched, Some rounds chamber fairly easy while others take extra force and ocassionally a little rap to push in and turn the bolt handle down. These are 6.5mm resized to 7.35mm with the correct trim length of 51.4mm. The rounds shot fine and produced 3 inch groups (not by me). I am getting ready to reload these and am wondering if I can expect better bolt performance since these cases have now been fire formed to the gun?