6.5 Jap ....

[lkothe]

I've just inherited a 6.5 jap that I'm going to load ammo for....anybody have brass or load info for this rifle? Have about a half of a box of Norma ammo with it.

 

[dennishoddy]

Great rifle if you got one of the surplus ones before the end of the war. Beware of the ones later in the war. They had weak actions.
I have a 7.7 jap that has been re-barreled to a .300 Savage. (identical ballistics to the .308).

 

[n423]

Great rifle if you got one of the surplus ones before the end of the war. Beware of the ones later in the war. They had weak actions.
I have a 7.7 jap that has been re-barreled to a .300 Savage. (identical ballistics to the .308).

Stepdad gave me a sporterized Jap rifle. Took it to a gun shop,they said they would have to do a cast in chamber to see if it was a 6.5 or 7.7. Gave it to my son and he sold it at a gun show...

 

[Toney]

You can take 35rem cases and run them through a 308 die then the 6.5. Or you can use 303 brass but that's a lot of work.

 

[lkothe]

6.5 brass is available at a few places.....not that expensive either.

 

[Shadowrider]

Stepdad gave me a sporterized Jap rifle. Took it to a gun shop,they said they would have to do a cast in chamber to see if it was a 6.5 or 7.7. Gave it to my son and he sold it at a gun show...

Me thinks said gun shop was just wanting to get into your wallet. Chamber cast? Really?

 

[n423]

Me thinks said gun shop was just wanting to get into your wallet. Chamber cast? Really?

I thought so also, didn't have it done...

 

[Shadowrider]

It's fairly simple to deduce that if it has a barrel dia a tad over .30 caliber it ain't no 6.5! I'm just sayin. lol

Sometimes I really wonder how people get their shoes on the correct feet in the morning and people in gun shops like this one are definitely in that group.

 

[dennishoddy]

Set of dial calipers usually solves the question.