7.65 French Long.

[72 usmc]

Loaded up 250 Starline brass cartridges and this is the fit in a 1935A barrel.The First shown is a military, original French cartridge, second is a Steinel cartridge with the copper tip, and third is my reload with Starline brass and pulled French bullet and powder. OAL is 1.180, primer, CCI small pistol primer, crimped with a modified Lee 30 Luger crimp pistol die. CH4D die set

Original French steel case ammunition for fit, .309 bullet with a OAL of 1.191 with 77 grain FMJ

[72 usmc]

STEINEL FACTORY AMMO
Steinel cartridge for fit in the 1935 A barrel. OAL is 1.185 Starline brass with .308 carbine bullet-110 grain weight

RELOADS
My reload with original pulled components with Starline brass OAL 1.180inch, .309 original bullet with a 77 grain weight. This was tested and all go Kaboom. CCI small pistol primers are a little harder than Winchester. They fire off fine, but have less of a primer strike depth than observed on Winchester small pistol primers.

[72 usmc]

My next reloads will be with components Tuna recommends: "I have been using the Hornady .309 diameter XTP 90 gr. with 3.5 to 3.8 grs of Unique." I am going to use Winchester small pistol primers. I want to see how the Xtp .309 bullets feed.
labor day update: it seems XTP bullets and small pistol primers are gone, nothing to be found. No ammo, no primers, no bullets for pistols.

[72 usmc]

Anyone do some reloads with the new brass?

[Tuna]

72 usmc, I finally settled on the 3.5 gr. Unique, 90 gr HP combo. It is just so very consistent in my 1935S. Right now bullets, primers and of course powder made it hard to get out and enjoy shooting.

[72 usmc]

I was out of primers, but an old forum buddy Timbuktu drove a hour to drop off a sleeve of 1000 CCI pistol primers and I had ordered some more Starline brass a few months ago when it came back in stock. How is that for a friend and luck. When he got them they were $32 per a sleeve. And he would not take any cash - a gift since he did not need them. Some days are just good.

[72 usmc]

I am having an interesting discussion on gun boards about .32 french long, there is some interesting information and new pictures as well as links to old posts about BuffaloArms brass, Old Western Scrounger brass and Starline brass.
see this link for that discussion :
https://www.gunboards.com/threads/reloa ... t-10682013