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I don't know if Carcanos were rechambered the same way, I think it was always easier to get surplus ammunition for them from European sources.

The reason for it was the Japanese 6.5 Arisaka rifles that came to the US as war trophies. Ammunition wasn't available but the 257 Roberts could easily be necked up to 6.5 to match the bore and a reamer for the x57 case was large enough to clean up the existing chamber. The result is a 6.5...

That's a beautiful rifle and an absolutely classy chambering!

Absolutely beautiful, love the cartridge selection!

Windhoek Lager

I love these threads about authors because it seems I always find new reading material. I’ll just say that the guy responsible for starting all of this with me is Capstick and his articles in OL. Pretty heady stuff for a kid not even old enough to hunt whitetails in Minnesota at the time.

If you keep them, one of them should be chambered in 9.3x62.

Ballistically, yes. They are different cartridges though. The 6.5x57 has a different shoulder location than the 7x57 so the 6.5x257 Roberts is not physically interchangeable with the 6.5x57. It is a common misperception that they are.

My copy arrived today, enjoying it immensely.

I agree, those are really good episodes. I’m looking forward to his appearance on more of them.

Now is the time to flush the trash out of the organization. My guess though is that the old guard will manage to hold onto power and nothing will change.

Thank you for putting this on. Prayers for the family. Bob