Need help quick, is a 7.35mm a good deer gun?
[?]Is the italy 7.35mm m1938 ts carbine a good deer gun?
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Unless you can handload or shell out about $40 bucks a box for Norma ammo, I would say no.
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If the bore is in good shape yes it will do quite nicely for deer. New Hornady ammo is available from www.grafs.com at $20 a box; norma doesn't even make it anymore. Powerwise it has a slight edge on the 30/30 but is less powerful than the .308 by a long ways. Note that most of these guns have fixed sights so if there is no scope on yours some practice to determine point of impact is in order. Also note that you need a clip to use the gun as a repeater. Despite a lot of rumors, the Carcano is a safe, strong, accurate gun, if not very well finished compared to pre and early war Mausers.
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Jonk, sorry to say, you are incorrect. On your information, I contacted Graf and Sons who are one of my suppliers to get some 7.35 Carcano for some of my customers. They are always complaining about the high price.
I talked to a very nice saleslady and she told me that while they stock 6.5 Carcano and the bullets and brass for 7.35, they do not have loaded ammuntion nor any plans to get any.
Dangerous Dave at Old Western Scrounger is the only other (besides Norma) that carry it at $30.95 and $7.50 shipping.
Still about $40. or reload your own.
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Thanks Pk3skyking. My mistake. I have gotten bullets from grafs and thought they had the loaded ammo too. So I guess OWS is the only way to go unless you handload... though if you DO, then I stand by what I said. Underrated cartridge and gun, great for deer.
On another note, if you find some surplus, the FMJ might do ok for deer. I normally wouldn't advise this but the surplus 7.35 uses a aluminum nose bullet that tumbles on impact, much like the .223, which should do a fair job in terms of expansion or at least not punching through on a deer. And for some reason (? god knows why?) the 7.35 seems much more reliable than 6.5 of similar vintage.
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Before you consider using FMJ, some state require use softpoint or hollowpoint ammunition for hunting. Make sure your state is okay on this one. 0 -
Can't use FMJ for deer hunting here in Orygun.
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Ahh! A fellow Oregonian! Correct that FMJ ammo is illegal to use for hunting here, as it is in most States. Until Graf finally comes through for those requiring factory loads (supposed to be before the end of the year, they say) the answer is handloading. You can convert 6.5mm Carcano brass to 7.35mm rather easily. If you can find some of the Italian W.W.II surplus 7.35mm ammo you can pull the bullets and replace them with soft points. The 7.35mm is just fine for blacktail/whitetail deer up here in the timber; but perhaps is not the best choice for the open range. Also, the Carcano rifle's issue sights leave something to be desired for precision work; so you may want to scope the rifle if your shots are over 100 yds.
I'll add a post script in the form of an edit: If you are contemplating buying one of these rifles be sure to get a couple of clips with the gun as part of the deal. Without the clips that retain the cartridges in the magazine you'll be buying a single shot rifle. When available the clips usually go for $5-up each.0
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