I found someone who wants to trade me a mum-less Japanese m38 Arisaka for my worthless "sporterized" Carcano. He can't find ammo for it anywhere. I have 6.5jap dies and 100 brand new Prvi brass cases on the way and the Arisaka is a true 6.5. He won't shoot the Carcano more than to check out that it works and feeds (it does), he just wants to have a dirt cheap emergency deer rifle he can actually shoot and keep a few boxes of ammo for if he's going to have it. He shoots so seldom he'll figure the poor accuracy is him and it will live in his safe happily ever after.
I have no problem at all with another old 6.5 to play with. Don't know yet if it's a rifle or a carbine. Don't really care either way. I'll post some pics when I pick it up.
I love being able to load and shoot these obsolescent cartridges in their classic mil rifles. And it's even better when I can cast bullets for them, too. I have two moulds, 140gr and 170gr, that will work with this one.