So in January 1892 Argentina was facing possible war with Chile. The rifle is in the process of becoming a different caliber. So many great loads to try!I just so happen to have a set of dies that I won't be using anymore, they are yours if you like + brass and Hornady. Those rifles are a great deal of fun to shoot, but I think the Argie may become my favorite cast boolit shooter. I have worked up cast boolit loads for each of the three and found a sweet spot at around 2450 fps with an NOE C309-150 3R SP which I powder coat. 308 rifles to give my wife a variety of choices, an M1A, Sig Saur 716 Patrol Rifle (AR 10), and a Mossberg Scout Rifle. I may just shoot it for killing tin cans as I don't really hunt anymore. I have yet to purchase dies but do have a suitable mold albeit only 155 grains. There is some wear on the stock and some patina on the barrel near the muzzle. The numbers all match and production was from the original run/purchase order. The action is so smooth, bolt was turned down and barrel was one of the 24" variety carbines. I had always wanted a surplus gun just for cast boolits and look forward to working up loads for the rifle. It was his BILs deer rifle and only got fired to check zero and the occasional shots on game. The bore is pristine and reportedly only had 20 or 40 rounds through it. My Argie was a gift from a dear friend whose brother in law was the original owner as a surplus gun in the 1950s. It's a PB so you have to watch your velocities. PS: Another good slug for cheap shooting would be the Lyman 311410.
Maybe just me, but it was iron sighted and just seemed to be more fun then the 22. Didn't give the neighbors any gas, and didn't disturb the animals. In any event I liked this so much that I used it to shoot ground squirrels around the place instead of the 22RF. Well, wife and daughter had a horse, I had a mule. We lived in a fairly narrow canyon at the time, and we had horses.
practically no recoil and the loudest noise was the bullets' crack which wasn't bad. This was a fabulous shooting rifle and this load was a lot of fun to shoot.
Off the bench at 50 yards 5 rounds created a really nice circular group of 1 - 1.25". 311" groove / 9.8" RH concentric rifling.īoolit: Lee C309113 FNGC, cast 1 ww, 1 Lino ( harder then need be, but ww's were free/cheap.)īoolits not weighed. Rifle was a (no longer have it) '91 Argentine 7.65x54. Norma 7.65 Argentine with 150 jacketed SP (original load no longer loaded) 2943 fps with 66,900 psi.yes that is correct.Īrgentine 7.65 milsurp FMMAP47 185 gr FMJBT 2448 fps with 54,800 psi Hornady Custom factory with Hornady 150 gr. methods is very close to the 56, 500 psi derived from peizo-transducer methods for the C.I.P. but was it? Or was that just what the cartridge with the powders available in the late 1800s were capable of safely? BTW 45,000 psi derived from C.U.P.
Many times we hear "the action was designed only for 45,000 psi". There is no established SAAMI MAP for this cartridge. For the 7.65 x53 Argentine Europe's CIP shows a MAP of 56,500 psi. I've done a lot of pressure testing using a M91 Argentine Mauser with barrel shortened to 24".
" I would still keep the loads in any other 91 to the recommended levels for that action."